Think "malabu maniacs" is in my home state;South Australia! Licence plate SA343-90 & RHD. This would be early 60's going by the 60 Falcon;my surfing era.
Hello, For those that do not follow the Saturday Art thread by @wicarnut, it is a place to showcase car art done by others with given credit for the artwork. It is not just a copy and paste anything thread… Not like the Friday Art thread, where our own art is supposed to be drawn and shown for display. Here is an old post that captures the almost exact location in Venice, California on Windward Avenue. We just happened to decide that a short trip to Venice, in our long drive homeward from a road trip prior to the pandemic, would allow us to see a different view of So Cal beach experiences. Jnaki Jonas Never Art Mural near the entrance to Venice Beach below the “V” A view from Windward Avenue to the beach. Just before the last cross street at the shoreline. The last road trip prior to the pandemic in November 2019 was a vacation in Santa Barbara. The drive down Coast Highway back through the Malibu Coastline and the Santa Monica Region had been done plenty of times. This time after Santa Monica Pier, we decided to go back down Pacific Avenue through Venice to Marina Del Rey. Venice Beach has been noted for being eclectic to say the least. Plenty of times it has been shown in tv productions and movies as a background of craziness and the beach lifestyles. Although through the eyes of TV shows and random movies showing Venice Beach scenes, it should not be looked at as a means of describing So Cal beach/ocean lifestyle. It is one part of it, as shown by the tv/movie producers, but not the whole picture. Remember, as part the So Cal beach lifestyle, Venice is overblown and just another L.A. city attraction. Since it has been portrayed as how a beach town is supposed to showcase the So Cal lifestyle, most people think that is all there is to the laid back way to live. It is just one way to look at how different L.A. is from the rest of So Cal beach towns. If you can get over how crowded Venice Beach and its surrounding streets are on any day of the week, then it becomes a tourist attraction. Sure, there are some cool small houses along the canal and outlying areas, but the beach and boardwalk are the main attractions. So beware. We drove down Pacific Avenue like we had plenty of times during the 60s surf adventures along the coast. But, for us, the surf was not like the Orange County surf beaches and points. It was a different time line to make an adventure of driving and checking the surf in the whole Santa Monica/Venice area. This time, we decide to take the main drag to the most popular area, Windward Avenue. On the way to the beachfront, we saw a giant mural on the side of an old building. Parking spaces were at a premium and the cost for close to the beach was horrendous. The small parking lot below the giant mural was almost packed, but the whole area looked shady as were the attendants. So, for lack of security, we kept going down Pacific Ave. and Speedway streets to the outskirts of the beach to the entrance to Marina Del Rey Harbor. The view and atmosphere from the beach to the marina canal and main marina was completely different from viewing the whole area from a sailboat. Artist, Jonas Never, is popular for his murals all over So Cal. This whole building wall is pretty detailed and showcases the lifestyle of the area.
Hello The first photo says Ohio on the license plate... The second is a famous photo of San Diego surfer, Butch Van Artsdalen One of the best in the 60s surf scene. The old car and two paddle boards along with misspelled "Malabu Maniacs" are not from the USA. But, the Life Photographer got a good shot of the back row changing spot at San Onofre Beach on the Camp Pendleton compound. The tall cliff gave most unsuspecting folks a secure feeling of privacy. But, what was that Life Photographer doing up there? NOTE: Look at the part of a custom surfboard rack for a convertible on the rear bumper. Nice!
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