Art & Inspiration 1940's Los Angeles car culture

This is pretty cool.

From the description:
"My mom and dad grew up in the L.A. area in the 30's and 40's. These pictures represent some of the cars my dad had and some of the work he did at his upholstery shop. A lot of custom tops in those days. To the best of my knowledge, these photos were taken between 1941 and 1948 several years before I was born. It's slice of life and car culture of the period, I hope you find it interesting." John Blizzard Jr
Mike

Edit: Wait, there's more !

" have a ton of slides from the late 50's to mid 60's, most are just family outings but quite a few offer a window into the car culture of the day. My mom took most of them. She had a Kodak Pony 135 and slides were the chosen platform." John Blizzard Jr

 

Great share. You know a car is done right when it can stand the test of time and fads.

 

Thank you. I am amazed how clear and crisp those pictures are unbelievable. I’d love his 34 with the sidewalls and full fendered skirts.

 

Now that's what I call, EASY on the eyes.
What a treat Thanks @AccurateMike
I keep going back for more

 

Wow! These are some of the great early rods that the GI's in Europe heard about that inspired them to go back to wherever they came from and spread the gospel!

 

Thanks for taking the time to post all the wonderful pictures, some very nice looking cars, I agree that it's interesting to look at the backgrounds, thanks again.

 

Saw that in my feed as well. Very nice.

 

very cool thanks

 

Thank you for sharing the video! It so cool to see the cars from back in the day. I'd love to have anyone of them.

 

Amazing, your dad was at the roots of hotrodding

 

Those tops look great on a real variety of cars! He was a talented craftsman. Thanks for the photos.

 

Those are wonderful! I agree, looking at the background is just as interesting as the main subject.

 

Good stuff, thanks for posting.

 

Nice!!
The real stuff, the startphoto, thats my kind of dream roadster, just perfect in everyway.
Also nice too se one really low roadster with piecut frame.

 

Very cool...I'm partial to that '37 club cabriolet...but I am biased .

 

Nice Mike, My dad and mom grew up in the West Hollywood during the 40's Here are some shots of my dad's A V/8 and one of his 40 coupes. The 40 he installed Ardun heads in 1952.

 

Fantastic