This is the Painted Desert Park along the Gallup-Holbrook branch of the National Old Trails Road circa 1924 that would become Route 66 in 1926. it was also known as "The Lion Farm". It was established in the 1920s by the mystical Harry "Indian" Miller. A few years later Harry would lease the iconic Two Guns, Arizona, and start many legends. Notice the "Ticket Office - Pickwick Lines" sign. Later they became Greyhound. Is the car on the left up on blocks? This photo is courtesy of Bill Parker.
My Mother had one as the family car (Dad always had pickups) and it became my first car (NOT a hand-me-down, I had to BUY it). That was a good car, and in-fucking-distructable! Not the ideal teenager's car (unless you had a girlfriend, which I did), but I'd sure like to have it now!
Obviously written by Tommy Ivo, because that was his Cadillac, trailer and dragster. Also that is him on the left with arm on Prudhomme’s shoulder.
Hello, I was just looking at my Jimi Hendrix poster drawn by Jon Van Hamersveld for a epic concert at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium in 1968. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...d-paper-art-work.1182992/page-6#post-14904773 I had researched Jimi Hendrix's history as much as I could years ago for a story I was going to write for another publication. But, decided to move on and filed it away. Then I found a great story written by a writer/photographer by the name of Chris Huber. Jimi Hendrix playing guitar in full military uniform, 1961. “Jimi Hendrix is perhaps one of the greatest guitarists to ever walk the earth, but few know that he also did a short stint of military service when he was just 19 years old. It’s true, the famous Woodstock performer and upside-down guitar player served in the U.S. Army from 1961-1962, and in fact it was in the army where the seeds for Jimi Hendrix’s highly-influential career in rock music were first sown.” “While he did pick up the guitar at the young age of 15, Hendrix was known for getting into trouble during his time spent growing up in Seattle. By the time he was 19 years old he had already been caught twice joyriding in stolen cars. According to his brother Leon Hendrix’s account in the 2012 biography Jimi Hendrix: A Brother’s Story, Jimi was given the option of serving two years in prison or enlisting in the army, and he chose to enlist.” “So on May 31st, 1961, Jimi Hendrix officially enlisted in the army and was sent to Fort Ord, California to complete 8 weeks of basic training. When he completed training he was placed in the 101st Airborne Division and stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.” Written/researched… Chris Huber Jnaki The well written story and old photos tells a great storyline and the early times during those hectic periods of the early 1960s into the 70s. YRMV
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