I'm guessing the cameras were only used for live broadcasting. If they did any "taping" it would have been Kinescope (a movie camera in front of a TV and filming the live broadcast) which was really inferior quality and most all of them were s****ped after airing. Videotape wasn't around until the later '50s. Regardless that's a great collection of photos!
Wow! What a gold mine. I bet it’s largely 50 with some lose 51 that got added to the file. “Well it’s this building musta been 50/51 toss it in that pile”
Well done Boss, Please keep Tom's incredible picture history coming. What a great show Ab Jenkins amazing beast I saw a B'Ville a few years back. Great detail pix of Eddy Miller Jr's stunning Lakster. 1 of my all time favorites, which I need to see in person. The Valley Custom bodied So-Cal Streamliner in most likley Black Primer after some damage the previous racing season ..and sooo much more great stuff,
At first glance I thought that was the entire venue! Can’t you just imagine one of those wood bleachered auditoriums with that laid as the back drop? I was a little bummed that it turned out to be models ( which should have been obvious given the scale) but it’s still very very cool
A number of years ago, my friend Pete McCleod, and I attended the annual GasUp at Jack Mendenhalls cool compound in Buellton California. At that time, the Eddie Miller Jr. lakester was there as you see in these photos that I took at that event. That is Pete ( in black shorts ) helping to push it back onto the trailer. Enjoy from Dennis.
wow!!! All of the details exposed on so many great cars. Overhead converted and injected flathead. Front and rear axles, louver patterns, profiles and close-ups. And then there is the last picture. The Estes Ardun Indy car and Aggies 98! I want to ride the same tine machine back to this event.
Yep all 1950 Love this shot of Bill Phy's coupe These two of Dahm bros T is rad! Tom Gravas AV8 This is cool, Al Barnes A. Heads are one of two sets cast fuel injection was Al's own design 100% this is the Hooper/Brown lakester Earl Evans manning his booth
More cool photos from Tom Cobbs, thanks for another great segment of this saga. The engine in the Eddie Miller lakester is unique as a one off, but these ***mings heads for flathead Ford were very low production too.
I don't care what year it was, that is some cool stuff! Including Tony LeVier's Cosmic Wind "Lil Toni"...
Yeah, 2 sets were cast as I posted above. Mark ***mings had a set and Al Barnes the other set shown in the photo. Al Barnes went on to create Barnes Systems spe******ing in oil pumps for dry sump systems, company still open. https://www.barnessystems.com/ He also offered Barnes heads for SBC in the 80s similar design to the Westlake (Gurney/Westlake) heads. Barnes made the injectors too as well as things like water pumps, timing covers most went on sprint cars & boats Al's roadster ended up painted red and on cover of HOT ROD March 1957 when owned by Jim Hinds
Hello, We have been to the Shrine Auditorium (near the Los Angeles Coliseum) for rock concerts and that is too sloped to have a car show. So, around the corner, my wife and I have also gone to many car shows in the named: Shrine Exposition Hall building. The red 65 El Camino parked in a premier spot prior to the huge Jimi Hendrix Concert in 1968 Our premier seats in the left side balcony next to the stage. It was a very loud and exciting concert for us. This is the poster that we have in our saved 60s stuff. It was/is still an original from that era. Our good friend from high school (55 Nomad owner) was on the executive staff of the group presenting the show in Los Angeles and got us those great seats. Forever grateful... Thanks, R. So, around the corner, my wife and I have also gone to many car shows in the named: Shrine Exposition Hall. It is completely different than the concert hall for rock concerts. Although they did have a few shows in the Exposition Hall throughout the 60s years. Mostly, it was car shows, business conventions and even comic book conventions/ sales shows. Earlier, my brother and I attended several car shows from the late 50s time period in the Shrine Exposition Hall. It was a tall hollow building around the corner that allowed conventions and display groups to utilize the flat floor that seemed like a football field in length. an earlier car show photo... Jnaki If there are more photos showing the interior of the Exposition Hall in a better photo, then it could be identified by what was there at the time. Each different event had booths and tables, or car show area displays. The most unusual shows were the comic book conventions with their tables of small boxes lined up with a zillion comic books, all in neat clear wrappers for protection. And, purchase. YRMV The name of the hall is called the Shrine Exposition Hall. So the listed Shrine Convention Hall may possibly be mislabeled. The whole block long area is a block or so away from a location called Los Angeles Exposition Park, where the museums are located and the huge Coliseum complex takes up a lot of space. Next door to the Shrine Auditorium is the historic university campus that has been around for many years. (late 1800, early 1900) The whole area will be very crowded in 2028 when the Olympic circus comes to town… like it did in 1933 and 1984.
One of my favorites too, and I hope to see it in person one day. The Rodder's Journal had a pretty good feature on it a few years ago with some excellent photos and the story behind its construction.
Very cool display! Do you have any way to lighten up the background to see what was V8-60 in the top right? chris
This might help, but it seems many here have a very firm grasp on the history. https://www.customcarchronicle.com/historical-custom-car-shows/1950-petersen-motorama/ 1951 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNWANgg2KJA https://www.customcarchronicle.com/historical-custom-car-shows/petersen-motorama-1952/ Programs https://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11..._car/custom-car-show-pro/petersens-motorama-/ cars attending over the years https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Motorama
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