(1946) Cruising Downtown Los Angeles...IN COLOR!

Not much as changed, except for all of the old cars.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1e6_1341229499

 

Funny to think that in that era the Model A was only 10 or 15 years old and would have made a decent second hand car....

 

Cool! Here's the vid...

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I must of missed how to imbed the video. Thanks for doing that.

 

Saw a few A's and a few T's in there.

 

You're welcome. You need to paste the "iFrame" embed code in "Advanced mode --> Editor Mode". Editor mode is accessed via those two little "A"s in the top right corner of the reply page above the smilies to the right of the ABC check icon.

 

Really great. So interesting to just look out the window with minimal edits. And you're right - much of it around the jewelry district is unchanged. I even think some of the parking lot signs are still there to this day. A lot of people drove nice cars back then.

 

btt for the night crew. Things get lost really quick around here..

 

Very few pre 34-35 cars to be seen,and this was only 10-12 years later.

 

I noticed that too. Lots of 39-46 cars in there.

I'm guessing because of the money there at the time, everyone had a new car, except for a few.

 

Cool video, thanks for posting. Yeah a lot of downtown still looks like that, it looks like they were going down Hollywood Bl. too..

 

Im actually surprised how many mid 30s and older cars were there... Cars had a lot shorter lifespan back then.

 

Must be a fake because I can't see ANY tractor grills and sculpted rebar on any of the cars
!

 

Cool link, but I'm here to say things have changed. I don't see roll up metal doors or gates in front of the store fronts. Not to mention tents and sleeping bags.

 

And I want to stop frame at one of those intersections, climb through the video screen, and just BE THERE! Maybe even wear a double breasted suit with spectator style shoes. OK I'll jump off at the theatre showing the Outlaw....

 

There couldn't have been too many since those were the war years. No production '42-45. That video was shortly after the war ended and detroit had only just begun to meet the demand for new cars. cars were hard to get right after the war and lots of returning G.I.'s had cash.

 

btt for those that haven't seen it yet.

 

You know, your right! I didn't even see a single rubber rat...
LMAO!!!!

 

me too!!!!!!