Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Cahuenga Pass, then...


...and now.




La Cienega Blvd. near Beverly, looking north toward the Hollywood Hills.




Sunset and Vine, looking north on Vine St.


Westwood, CA, looking toward UCLA campus.


Simon's Drive-In, Wilshire Blvd.

 

Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), Santa Monica Pier in the background.


Hollywood Fwy. and downtown L.A.


Paul Newman and fins...

 

any more info on this ???

would like to see s side view



edit
I found it the Jade Warrier drag bike

video of it in acion
http://www.dragzine.com/news/video-the-insane-jade-warrior-motorcycle-in-action/

 

My Dad, and his bikes, early 60's

 

Russian roads and Russian cars ))

 

I started going through some of my Grandpa's old photos:

 

"Pinky," a one-off 1960 Corvair convertible for Mrs. Harley Earl:

 

Busonic

 

The longest railcar, ever. Gary.

 

Never seen a Buick like this!

 

Wouldn't that be a WWII conversion, admittedly somewhat better done than most?
It's my understanding that with rationing a commercial vehicle was entitled to a larger fuel ration than any other cars, hence one of the reasons for the conversion. Also with war production stopping civil cars and trucks from being made to focus on war needs farms and small businesses etc could not procure new industrial vehicles, again resulting in working vehicles being converted to trucks.

Doc.

 

Here's some info on this one. Looks to me like the rims are wider than stock, or reversed.
Seems it was a an actual factory job.

http://buickman2.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/

 

These were made by Buick and used a Roadmaster chassis, they were intended for plant use only. Only 1 managed to escape the crusher.

 

from the horror movie "the swamp thing"

 

Not that vintage...

Only 42 years ago: my little sister on my 3rd bike.



I still have the white Scout. The bike is long gone.

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EDIT: WTH? My photo isn't showing up.

Lesse if this one works:


Urg!



(OK...fixed now!)

 

Just for kicks I went back to page 1000 and started reading from there. Lots of pics I can't remember seeing before, or only remember very hazily. A few missing, but the whole thread is chock full of great stuff and worth dipping into at any point.

Mart.

 

That's what I love about the H.A.M.B. learn something new every day!
Thanks for the clarification Grumpy!

Doc.

 

Is that Smokey Yunick in the hat?

naaah...too chubby!

 

No, that is an original member of the BCCCA at the Abbotsford airport, here in British Columbia. Here's the whole thread http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=821966

 

Been away for a few days, but my thoughts exactly. Cars are my life, but the extra I have gotten from this thread is priceless. It has been said that all of that other stuff is available elsewhere. I would like to know where. To all who have contributed, Thank You!

 

My childhood hometown - quite a few years before my time! Milford Michigan, about 1915 or so.

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