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03-08-2011, 01:21 AM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
I guess I had too many pictures in the above post, so I split it up:
August 74 in California, this is the 63 Corvette we paid $1800 for in Sacramento  A car I wanted in Sacramento, but it was not for sale:  later that week, down the coast:  Wednesday night we were here:  That night was the 1st time we had ever seen a low rider ... San Diego later that week:   camping in Nevada:  and In Colorado:  there was a huge flood at this location 2 years later ... http://www.super70s.com/super70s/Tec...g_Thompson.asp
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07-25-2011, 08:06 PM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
My ex- wife raced down the Big Thompson canyon in a VW about 5 minutes ahead of that flood.... Still talked obout around here...
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07-25-2011, 08:10 PM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
Sorry, the flood referenced on page 176..
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03-08-2011, 02:36 AM
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Great pictures, Jim, thanks for posting.
A lowrider in '74???? Man, that absolutely had to be the start of that trend.
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Bill Pritchard 73 Camaro RS Z28, L82, M20, C60
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03-08-2011, 03:59 AM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Pritchard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great pictures, Jim, thanks for posting.
A lowrider in '74???? Man, that absolutely had to be the start of that trend. </div></div> We saw several on Van Nuys and spoke with one of the owners of one and he showed us how the springs were cut and the "Lincoln hats" were used with the hydraulics to raise and lower the cars ... all were Impalas back then (and that 66 Caprice). This took place in a parking lot on VNB. People cruised and they parked. We understood from him that is wasn't "new" it had been going on for some time apparently, how long would be hard to tell. The world and Van Nuys Blvd was a different place back then ... There was no machismo "turf" / gang bs, just all types of car people showing their cars and cruising ... There were the low riders, the hot rods, street machines / muscle cars, the custom vans (wrassle castles) and the jacked up off road trucks, quite a spectrum of interests
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03-09-2011, 04:05 AM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: al8apex</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The world and Van Nuys Blvd was a different place back then ...
There was no machismo "turf" / gang bs, just all types of car people showing their cars and cruising ... There were the low riders, the hot rods, street machines / muscle cars, the custom vans (wrassle castles) and the jacked up off road trucks, quite a spectrum of interests </div></div> Ain't that the truth [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] And that reminds me...the first time I went to Los Angeles was in 1980. My brother-in-law and I went to Van Nuys Blvd for the cruising scene - and I have a <span style="text-decoration: underline">LOT</span> of pictures from that night. I'll have to scan them and post here some time....
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03-08-2011, 02:41 AM
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Terrific Jim. That looks like some good - good times! Keep 'em coming!
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03-08-2011, 02:49 AM
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Look at all of those long haired people [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
Cool stuff! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
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