Was going through a stack of magazines that came from George and this was folded up in one of the Motor show promo things. looks like it says 1957? I’m Not very good with filters or whatever but it appears to be Texas.. anyways I figured I would share this. I also took one of my choppers out in the snow. -germ
I was stumped why the California Highway Patrol would summons someone to appear in a court in Texas. I learned something. It's the Municipal Court of San Antonio, California. Larry
Ya, south bound Long Beach Frwy between Atlantic and Florence is LA County California. There’s a court house is on Norwalk Blvd today that is after where San Antonio changes name.
Did Barris do a 56 Lincoln of any note? That's a super cool piece anyway, but would be great to match it to the car he was driving.
Yep, the infamous + on the speed, I had one of those tickets for 75+. Cop said I knew you were going faster, i was going 100 to catch up, but you slowed down before I could clock you. So 75+ was written on the ticket. I was going 90-95 on interstate, late at night. Saw his headlights way back and gaining, so I let off and down to 55 limit at the time.
Hello, In 1957, the average speed our dad used to drive on the Long Beach Freeway to and from Los Angeles to our house in the Westside of Long Beach was 70 + So, early in the morning, he took Alameda Street near the old Lion’s Dragstrip and our house to go all the way into Downtown Los Angeles. But, he knew where the CHP usually hid on the on ramps due to seeing them sitting/watching the cars from their down slope on ramp location. The speeders going one way cannot see the onramp spaces for parking slots those CHP folks took. After plenty of times going by the same locations almost all year around, drivers began to see who was parking where, located on the ramps. Some times, our dad took us to Los Angeles with the whole family. He was always pointing out stuff for the two boys in the back seat. When he told us about the flood control/Los Angeles River next to the freeway and how much it used to flood the surrounding communities before the channel was built, we were impressed. He even told us the area of Long Beach where our house was located was a muddy field when he was a teenager. His stomping ground of Terminal Island and San Pedro was part of his growing up stage. Jnaki As the southbound freeway was there, the clover leaf intersections of the large main streets was a convenience to all drivers. It was the fastest way to get from going in one direction and head the opposite direction, etc. Off ramps and on ramps provided traffic free zones for the best movement of cars. Later on as the freeway expanded down to our area of PCH near the harbor, we, as teenagers, were used to driving on those cloverleaf intersections. We did notice that the on ramps were perfect spots for the CHP to sit and wait for the high speed drivers to whiz by. Not just whiz by, but most were whizzing and changing lanes at the same time. We were told later that those are the ones the CHP folks pull over for a “speeding ticket.” So, the posted George Barris ticket shows excessive speed from Florence to Atlantic. Going South towards the Barris Shop at 11:30 am. SB or Southbound at 70+ is ticket material. The many times we drove that section of the freeway, from Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles to Long Beach/Bixby Knolls is not the most pleasurable of drives. The speeds do rise as we all want to get by “the boring stuff.” Although, if one got off at Firestone Blvd, a few miles East is the old Harvey’s Broiler Drive-in Restaurant. YRMV
Was it possibly the Lincoln concept car that eventually became the bat mobile? What year did he acquire the original concept car? If so that ticket is really freakin cool
No, it was not the Futura. The Futura was trailered. Ford would not let it be driven on the street unless doing movie work.
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