some Pics from SoCal 40 years ago

hey I went to kepple to! class of 78' in fact, so did my mom and dad!( class of 53") did you go to bad bobs bbq? I may have seen your coupe. I was there for 10 of 11 sec. in my red primer 30 coupe.

 

Great shots..

 

Sorry I missed you. My boys & I were riding bikes around the park

 

The first one here appears to be the Garrett Winery, more commonly known as the Virginia Dare Winery on Foothill Blvd. (Route 66) in Rancho Cucamonga area.
The photos of the motorcycles was taken in 1973. That's my Sportster and a friend's Honda 750.
It's now a disgusting strip mall.






old postcard

 

Great shots !!

 

Love the panel. Is that 8 track tapes they are selling "Tapes unlimited"

 

Are you asking where this pic is? I'm not positive because it's been so long, but it looks like the remains of an old winery that used to stand out near Ontario, CA.

 

The "Taco Lita" restaurant behind the Chevy sedan delivery was in Pomona...

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1047...oid=Es2rf1F5DX1m9ixoSRFg5A&cbp=12,323.57,,0,0

 

Thank You Mazooma1 and Saxman...

That's exactly it, was along route66 same year you took yours 1973.

you guys are good, now i'll sleep better

 

Yum.. Taco Lita!! Still good today...

 

Went to Pomona for the Winternationals while in California that year but also visited a few other tracks:







even raced my '65 wagon at Orange County more than 5000miles from home

 

"One Adam 12, see the Man"...

 

You know, this is why I come here, hang around long enough and some good stuff pops up! You want to know how it really was? Well now you know! Thanks for the photos, love'em!

 

All great pics. Thanks a Lot

 

Killer pics !!

 

First 3 pic are of the Fontana Dragstip. What year did you take these?

 

you're right about fontana, the year was 1973 !

 

Awesome pics. Really "took me back". Thanks for sharing.

I hope that Fontana Closed sign made it to someone's garage wall...

 

that was the way it was.just a short drive in any direction.thanks for posting.those were the days

 

Wow Mazooma, You da man!

 

So many cool pics and info!

 

A bit of history about those grandstands at Fontana. In August of 1964 when the oval dirt track known as Western Speedway in Gardena was being torn down the Los Angeles Times reported the grandstands were sold and taken to Fontana dragstrip. It is possible some of these grandstands had history at the oval track of Culver City in the early 1950s before that track was torn down in 1954 and some stands were taken to Gardena Stadium when that track was built in late 1954. Gardena Stadium changed its name to Western Speedway in 1960. It's a little complicated but a little history lesson never the less. I wonder if the grandstands had a life after Fontana?

 

crazy info tomi

 

fucking awesome!

 

To the OP... Awesome pics! Post more if you have them!

Mazooma, do you know if this was the Taco Lita on the corner of White Ave & Mission Blvd?

 

Must be....there is another one in Arcadia and the one in San Gabriel closed decades ago.
I know this is not the Arcadia one and from the lettering on the panel, it's a good assumption that it's the Pomona one.

 

Good stuff. I love candid shots from this era because I was running around back then and it brings back lots of memories.