History Vintage classified ads (Got some? Let’s see them)

It is awesome to see the old school pictures and prices. Hope I’m not the only one that thinks so. Let’s see those ads.


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Check the classifieds here. lol Couldn't resist Sorry

 

Hahaha. Doesn’t seem to be much interest. I’m guessing there are none that are 65 or older. I heard that around these parts things past 65 are illegal.


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Here’s a few from my little book collection.


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That's so cool a post - where was Sheppard's ?

 

cincinatti? or somewhere else?

 

To have a time machine .

 

Heres a couple of ads from old Hot Rod magazine's...I even found a Old School for sale ad.

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Some more mouth watering ads from old Hot Rod magazine's..I know a couple of these cars are still around , do you recognize any of them or maybe even owned one of them , the actual car listed, at one time.

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Hello,

This was our favorite place in downtown Long Beach. It was several blocks from our high school and close enough to run down there for some needed parts, etc. My brother bought his 1958 Impala there in the fall of 1957. We had many runs down to the parts department for getting new ring or pinion gears, Positraction oil, hydraulic linkage tubes for the three carbs, and other parts, etc. (The son of the Cormier Chevrolet owner had a Corvette as his first car, as we all expected.)
Cormier Chevrolet in Long Beach 1963 in,
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World movie.

Jnaki

Jump up two years after high school and I went to Cormier Chevrolet to purchase a new 1965 El Camino from the ordering sheets. Then after a year or two, they moved to this huge location off of the 405 freeway near the entrance to Lions Dragstrip. They sponsored many events and hot, local cars over the time period they were there, off of the 405 freeway. Their sign was one of the biggest and could be seen from any direction on the freeway.


After many years at this “close to Lions Dragstrip” location, they ran into some bad economic times and sold to another dealer in 2011.

 

Awesome history. Let's keep these going.

 

Some more ads from the back of old Hot Rod magazine's.

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Mel Burns Ford was on Long Beach Blvd. a.k.a American Avenue until 1959!

Hello,

We grew up in Long Beach, went to high school near the downtown area and close to all of the car dealers on the main drag running inland from the beach. But for some reason, the original name, American Avenue was changed to Long Beach Blvd in 1959. It did give credit to the city growing up and gave everyone a central city location that headed to the commercial downtown area and the famous white sand, long beach. Since all of the makes were represented on the boulevard, as teens, we had a ton of choices to buy new or used.

My brother bought his 58 Chevy Impala new from a dealer closer to the beach. Mel Burns Ford Dealership was closer to our house. My dad bought his long line of Buick Roadmasters from the dealer directly across the street from Mel Burns, but back then, the same street was called American Avenue.

At our hot rod cruising area, there were Ford fans and Mel Burns was the place to go for them. In the Ford history, the hot Ford sedans came from Mel Burns and then they secured the Shelby/Cobra Dealership. (Besides driving up to Hermosa Beach to the Shelby place, that is where my wife and I saw a Cobra up close. We, being 20 somethings at the time, have always liked/wanted a Cobra for a final car.)

Jnaki


Mel Burns Ford main showroom and service dept. was located at 2000 Long Beach Blvd., between 20th and 21st streets in downtown (old) Long Beach. Across the street, at 2055 Long Beach Blvd. was the used car dept.

“Mel Burns did sponsor a current model hi-po Fairlane 2-Door Sedan in 1965. Just prior to signing the Shelby franchise, Mel Burns also sponsored a 1965 Mustang 2+2. It was originally built by Les Ritchey who had been a service manager at Norman Ford Sales in Pomona, California, before moving over to Mel Burns. The following year this car was cosmetically upgraded to a '66 and refinished in '66 Candy Apple Red.”

“Les Ritchey; his Holman-Moody prepped '65 was upgraded to a '66 by Bill Stroppe Ent. with the addition of the SOHC 427 and other light weight parts for '66. The car was painted in a genuine "Candy Apple Red" with a Lime Gold base coat as related to me by Randy Ritchey while I was doing the gold leaf lettering on the car. Unfortunately, Les was killed in this car during testing.”
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This is the Sheriff from the Dodge commercials with my dad

 

Hello,

During our teenage-20 something time period in So Cal, factory sponsored/built street legal cars were flourishing. Almost every dealer had their share, as the market was rather hot and spicy. There were all kinds of dealers throughout So Cal and everyone had their favorites. If one were a Plymouth-Dodge fanatic, then a short trip to the Milne Brothers in Pasadena was the place to go. These factory hot rod builds were special order and were used by the dealers as race car advertisements.

The whole dealer versus dealer and factory versus factory was really something. This was a new way to sell cars to the local hot rod groups. The battle of the factory was just getting started and would last for several more years.

These hot Plymouth/Dodge sedans were the answer from the Dodge/Plymouth group against the onslaught from the Ford/Chevy dealers during this time period. An aluminum front end from the factory for everyday street driving to work or school? That is/was a little over the top.

Jnaki
Who was there to hold up the Ford end of the factory battles in So Cal? Les Ritchey and his Ford Thunderbolt race/STOCK cars were front in center.

 

A little something from my little book collection.


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555 willys for 5g's.....man

 

1962 Drag News . . .

 

May 1957

Hello,

Back in 1957, there were the standards for car wax and other things to make them shine. The paste wax, like J&J J-wax. It was hard to put on and if left too long, very difficult to get off with a clean cloth.

But, the king of paste wax was the Gold can product, Simoniz, Vista Wax. It was the best for all cars at the time. Again, the product was good, but if left on too long or such a wide area that removal became very difficult. If the cloth was loaded up with dried product, then it left scratches on the surface as the wiping was done.

My brother found an answer to his car waxing problems and regularity. He found a young teen to do all of his detailing and total car wash/wax situations. It was my way to pay for any ride I wanted and needed, if I had to be someplace that was beyond a bus ride/bicycle ride away.

Jnaki

It wasn’t until 1958-59 when we saw a Competition Coupe called the Colburn Glaze Special ripping up the Lion’s Dragstrip Saturdays. But, as we all know, at the time paste wax was superior to liquid wax in any form. Little did we know about the quality of Pure Carnuba Wax in either form back then.

The Colburn Glaze Special was a rolling advertisement for the pure Carnuba Wax detailing solution.

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Hello,

Bill Colburn had many different builds of the competition coupes from the early days of So Cal drags. When we saw him at Lion’s Dragstrip in late 58, he already had one of the loudest, fastest competition coupes in the whole area. It was impressive and we could not get enough of listening to that black primered coupe. The stance was one of a kind and it was intimidating just sitting in the pits.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/drag-cars-in-motion-picture-thread.228509/page-1881 COLBURN GLAZE


Thanks, @296ardun


My brother and I did not see these versions of the Colburn Glaze Competition Coupes. They were from late 1957 and 58. It was a Chassis Research dragster frame with coupe body bolted on for entry into the Competition Coupe class.
1958
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/drag-cars-in-motion-picture-thread.228509/page-1881 Colburn Glaze History


Jnaki

Our first time seeing the Bill Colburn Competition Coupe was at Lion’s Dragstrip in mid 1959. It made believers out of those that thought only FED racers could be so impressive and fast.
Colburn Glaze Lions 1959
Colburn Glaze Competition Coupe


“This is another photo of the Colburn/Glaze coupe that I have never seen before. That coupe was one of my favorites back in 1959. It always looked ready to rumble. My brother wanted to eventually drive an FED like Tommy Ivo's single Buick. I wanted to be the cool guy in this mean looking Colburn Glaze Coupe. That would have been something."
Dec. 1959


Riverside Raceway Dec 1959