Before Chrome Reverse Wheels Were Available From Your Local "Progressive Auto Parts" Store Hot Rodders Achieved A Clean Look With Poverty Caps And Baldies...
I had baby moons on my cars starting 1964 on reversed 15"Chevy wheels I made in high school machine shop, I bought the baby moons from that exclusive speed emporium JC Whitney. Pretty standard procedure in my beginning, paint wheels black, portawalls if needed and baby moons. Pic of my 58 Chey ragtop 1966 and current 51 Merc 1966/ 58 Impala convert, [GALLERY=media, 541989]Iphone 6-16 051 by wicarnut posted Jun 24, 2016 at 11:01 AM
My thought too, I winter in Az,, been up to the flats to eat several times, cool bar with usually a band, has saddles instead of bar stools. That road 88 is a fun road to take guests/visitors on, thinking they they paved the original wagon trail, up/down/curves are spectacular, scenery beautiful
Funny, I was also thinking Tortilla Flats, AZ .. My mom lives in Apache Junction and we've visited Tortilla Flats.
Baby Moons for me. I have 2 nice sets of Olds flippers (54/55) and 56’s. I always go back to the baby moons.
POVERTY CAPS AND TORTILLA FLATS... what a concept for a post... Hello, When we had our 2nd 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery, it was a daily driver, sometimes, a hauling vehicle, as in yard stuff, and trees, etc. and finally a Saturday night dinner date hot rod. Since we were in the hot bed of Mexican food places in So Cal coastal areas, we enjoyed going to a different one each week until we solidified our choices for the best in certain dishes served. (one was a place called El Toro in Westside Huntington Beach for their sugared Pineapple treats and great Enchiladas.) 327 SBC powered But, as times passed, there was another favorite, called, of all names, “Tortilla Flats,” located on a busy corner of Laguna Beach, CA. Parking was scarce, but the food was the best on the coast and the atmosphere was like dining in an old adobe building from the early days of So Cal. Its early history goes back to John Steinback, living in Laguna Beach during the 1930s and having inspiration for the Tortilla Flats novel. There have been plenty of So Cal Mexican cooking history in our area and one of the cooks went on to open many different restaurants in other places, like downtown Laguna Beach and currently, in Crystal Cove, called Javier’s. Yes, we followed the fine dining trail of outstanding Mexican food options each time. It was still working until the current pandemic put a stop to all dining in restaurants. Jnaki This current Laguna Beach restaurant served Mexican food and was called “Tortilla Flats,” named after the book John Steinbeck wrote while living in Laguna Beach in the 30s. But, had changed owners and was now a “new age” old restaurant and entertainment center. The old Tortilla Flats Restaurant was converted to Mozambique Restaurant. Side note: The new Mozambique owner created Daryl’s House in New York. The first time we parked the 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery in the small parking spaces, we were early and there was plenty of room. But, when we came out, the lot was packed and leaving the small tight fitting parking spot was no longer a choice the next time we went to the Tortilla Flats Restaurant. There were plenty of “next times,” too. The side street was a safer place to park and it was a short walk to the entrance. Our “look” was a set of small chrome dish hubcaps or “poverty caps.” At the time, the name poverty caps was not used. We called them small chromed hubcaps. There was no poverty involved in purchasing NOS chrome hubcaps from the NOS dealers in So Cal, back then, but there was a well known, Tortilla Flats.
Came here thinking something was going on in my neck of the desert. Leaving with some neat images and a great Jnaki story.
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