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That picture is the corner of Washington and Center City Parkway in Escondido, CA. It was taken a few years before I moved here, which was in 1970.
I believe when the Toed Inn looked like that it was on Wilshire Blvd. The original one was destroyed by a flood in 1938. I remember going there...
Thanks for that link. I was in the Valley from 1949-1964. A lot of memories in the link you posted.
I used to commute through that tunnel 5 days a week going from Granada Hills to UCLA. It was great when the freeway finally opened.
That is definitely cool! I was cruising those streets in 1958. The car I had wasn't dependable enough to take it that far in 1957. At that time...
I raced a four-wide at Lions sometime in the second half of the 60's. It was an AHRA track and had LOTS of classes. They did the four-wide to go...
It looks the same as mine, and mine is early 40's.
I have over 2000 pieces of Plomb tools, including duplicates. My Dad was a tool designer there in the 1940's, but I only got a few pieces from him.
Here's a few more that didn't fit into the last post. B/T/W, most of the boxes are overflowing with tools.
I have several of the types of tool boxes already shown, especially the Plomb brand as I collect those. My old Kennedy was my Dad's when he worked...
I also really enjoyed the Ansel Adams shots around LA. My Dad started at Douglas Aircraft in 1939, but it was probably a few months after these...
I used to live very close to there, but it was in earlier times. In 1964 I lived at 12401 Magnolia and was driving my new '64 GTO. I had just...
Another story of Phil's '50 Olds. One Saturday night we had gone on a double date in his car. My girl friend lived in Beverly Hills, and his...
In that era we hung out at the three local Bob's Big Boy Drive-Ins: San Fernando; Van Nuys; and Toluca Lake. We usually met somewhere around the...
I will skip all of the stories about me racing my first two crappy cars. They were a 47 Dodge with Fluid Drive and a 52 Ford with a 6 cylinder...
It has taken me several days to go through this entire thread, but it was a very entertaining read. For me it has been interesting from two...
I spent a lot of time there, but it was a little after that picture was taken. That's Janss Steps, the entrance to the main part of the campus at...
Here are a few more pictures of the Ernie's Camera "Shudder Bug". I was there the day it crashed at San Fernando.
Welcome to the board. I assume you take your cars out to Cruisin' Grand.
That's got to be the most unique '62 Ventura I've ever seen! Welcome to the board.
If you are speaking of the pictures that I posted then you missed the little head at the center left of the picture (above the fender of the car)....
Some of the small number of pictures I have with my old cars. The '47 Dodge picture was taken in 1957. All of the rest were taken between 1959...
"Is this the same road used in a few scenes from "It's a mad mad mad world"? You be the judge.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsnlV-bHQjA...
I'm also in Escondido. A friend of mine has a shop that many of us use for all of our fabrication. He can do most anything, and he is very...
I just checked out the SoCal Car Culture web site and found a few pictures of my car at a show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds last October. Look for...
Hi Dan! I hope all is well with you. The old picture threads on this site are awesome.
I have a very large collection of Plomb tools. My Dad was a tool designer there in the mid-40's. They got sued by Plumb in Pennsylvannia when they...
Although I am a local, I will not be able to attend this year. There's an annual Pontiac race in Phoenix (Speedworld) this weekend.
It has really expanded since my visit in the 90's. Is the Mooneyham Sharp 554 coupe still there? That was one of my favorite cars to watch run....
These were at Alexander Fraser's "Million Dollar Pier", later just called Fraser's Pier. Two of the pages are the same picture, but I couldn't get...
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