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In the last part of the 1940s LA neighborhood, I was surprised to see how the paint on all the cars had gone flat and rusty. When they go by the vacant lot you can see the ocean in the background. Maybe that has a lot to do with it.
BIG change in the years of cars in the first 7 minutes (downtown) and from 8:00 on (residential). Pretty cool to see at least 3 NEW Corvairs.
Watching the video and imagining Marylin Monroe in the back seat of one of the cars p***ing by gives me a tingling feeling all over thanks for posting
1940 Ford coupe primer color Hello, Nice find on the newer version of the colorized film. By now, we all know the pink glow is part of the colorization process and have to get over it being a a custom Pink car show glow on everything. Ha! The clarity is amazing and they probably used a 35mm size film reel. It is amazing that we grew up as teens in the early 60s and we always saw the cars of the time on the daily cruising scenes everywhere. When we drove into Los Angeles with our parents, then with our own cars, it was similar, except for the tall buildings. But, the old cars were what we were driving at the time. In our own Long Beach and south Orange County areas were the same. Daily sightings of cool old cars. That was one of the advantages of living in that time period. Plymouth Coupe going into an auto center for tires, tune up, gl***, etc. Five Star Tire Co … Jnaki But for these days, it is fun to be on the watch for old cars chugging along on our current highways that we used way back then as young driving/cruising/surfing teens. Even my wife is into the game of sighting those old cars before I can see them and for her, the sighting may cause an accident with my digital camera recording the event. Ha! Note: The famous Pierce Brothers Mortuary on the next block. Then a rarity then and now, three 60-61 two door Corvairs on the same street, same block within several cars of each other. New in late 59 + 1960 and they grew in popularity until the disaster struck years later. The May Company Department store was one of the largest in Los Angeles. It ran almost the whole block on 8-9th Street. These days, the remnants of the large chain of stores is gone, only to be remembered by us old folks as a huge clothing/household item place to get fashionable things versus going to the upper crust places in every community. In the Westcoast, those stores had no compe***ion and ruled the landscape. Then over the years, the other coast big names came into the vast spreading commercial businesses and today, Macy’s from the Eastern seaboard is now entrenched in the Westcoast, some taking over old May Company storefronts. What kinds of cars were Los Angeles Police force using? Finned 1960 4 door Plymouth sedans, as seen flashing by in one scene. but, throughout the whole film, they were relatively absent. The whole filming goes back to the old film with the largest underground parking facility on the street disguised as a neighborhood park. Then the scene with the two Ford station wagons and a Rambler in between pops up to tell you it is the same clip over again. Then the film switches to a late 40s filming location as there are no more 60s cars in the film. Completely different community and time era. An interested teen wondering about the filming going on from the moving car. Note 2: When one watches this film, notice the breaks in the “watched” red line at the bottom. One can coordinate the changes in the film with the small breaks in the line. Possibly a stopping point for a commercial or two.
Lovely cars back then. I could find all my neighbors' and family's rides. Also dig the faith they had in bumpers. The War made for attention paid to necessities. ( rationing ) Washing and waxing not on the list; tend to the victory garden instead. The efforts at home ( mfg ) were as crucial as the combat by the prime age group.
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