Hot Rods Lynwood CA 1959 Car Show (First Time Shown)

Cool video. Thanks. Reminds me of the cars I used to see in the
"little books" back then.

Thats because they are the cars you saw in the "little books"

 

Great little bit of history. Even better that it was posted by the person that shot it.

Thanks Don.

 

Great piece of REAL hot rod history. I was impressed with the level of quality of the cars.

Maybe they weren't all primered up piles of **** back in the day eh.

Thanks again for sharing.

 

Wow! Very cool! I love old stuff like this. When I was a kid I loved to use my dads Kodak Brownie, wind it up and flip the film half way through. If you didn't do it right the picture would "wash out" in the middle where they splice the two halves together. Digital is much easier but 8mm has a warmer feeling, kinda like a 33 rpm LP.

 

Wow, look at all those cars in black primer with red wheels...

Really cool stuff, thanks for posting it.

 

I have NEVER heard any experts on this site claim that WWW's were not popular in '59. I think you have subtracted about 4 years...

 

Priceless.

 

Great thanks for posting

 

"Grandson is the PC whiz" Kids are great when they help us old farts with the new tech.

Would he be interested in sharing his know how on getting them from 8mm to DVD?

 

Well, actually its my "know how" to go from 8mm to DVD!---Here's how:
Set up screen to show 8mm with projector,set up old VHS camera next to projector with mic UNPLUGGED(to eliminate projector noise),--start 8mm projector--push rec.on VHS--when segment ends,---push stop on VHS.

From experience, you CANNOT record the 8mm straight across to a modern DVD didital camera/recorder because of the "sensitivity" in the lens, it makes a "flickering motion" when it records---So, don't waste your time in that area. (found out the HARD way!).

In your VHS to DVD RECORDER, go from VHS to DVD, following your own directions, & you will have the master copy!
I have done this for my family of old 8mm reels & reels from years ago, & it works great!

Now, as far as the modern tech. to put it on the HAMB---Thats where grandson comes in!---He's a whiz at it, but still requires about 30 min. of computer stuff!!!

Glad you all enjoyed my efforts!!!!----Don

 

Deuce Daddy,

I appreciate the info. I'll have to give it a whirl in my spare time.

Later, Silverdome

 

What a lovely way to start this old man's day. THANKS

 

Wow - reel to real..

That's not somethin' you see everyday. Man, thank-you...

 

thats a cool video man.

 

Actually not true I have filmed allot of super 8 with my DV camera and my high end HD camera and works fine.. you have to be in a dark surrounding and adjust the focus manually.. then you trasfer onto DVD..

 

Piero (Evel) - Thanks for posting this reply to Deuce Daddy Don ... I was going to offer the same solution ... but didn't have the guts to "correct" one of the elder statesmen of the HAMB

 

What a glimpse into the way things really were. Loved the camara pan to the chicks *** at the end. Cl***ic! Thanks for posting.

 

good stuff !!

 

With the exception of the cheesy **** music, that was awesome! Thanks!

 

Enjoyed!....Thanx Deuce Daddy Don

 

You can send the super8 to me and I'll put it on DVD for you

 

I have a book on Roth and his cars, when he was interviewed for the book he said who painted the car. It wasn't Watson, I forget who he said it was. But the paint job was kind of unusual. The painter used straight enamel without reducer, he put the paint on a hot plate and sprayed it on hot! I heard of doing this in the sixties when I first got involved in cars but did not know they were doing it in California in the fifties. This method of painting fell by the wayside when enamel went out of use and more modern paint with hardeners came in. He sure got a shiny finish for enamel didn't he?
............................Later..............................

Dug out the book Hot Rods by Ed Big Daddy Roth. He says the car was painted by Wally Jordan using plain enamel heated on a small stove until it was runny. He also says he sold the car to Lee Rhodes of the Long Beach Renegades in late 1958.

 

This show was held two miles from my house, but I moved a year earlier> I remember EVERY SINGLE ONE of those cars from going around on the weekends to high schools and parks in the area, plus most cruised the Clock drive-in across the lot from my home. My house was the equivalent of about 20 homes down the way and across the street from Larry Watson's very first shop right out of high school in 1957on E Artesia in N Long Beach. Great film !! I was influenced deeply by these shows as a kid, hence my artwork on my art site at www.rickwilsoncustomcarart.com. I also have a nostalgia drag racing site at www.dragracingartprints.com nurtured by my beloved home track at Lions, about four miles from the house.

 

Cool vid!! Thanks Don!! couldn't see any cars matt black cars laying frame ...or skulls or cobwebs for that matter...

 

Very nice....thanks for posting.... and great to see "traditional" cars with actual ground clearance...

 

HA!----Thanks "Hemi", I'm still an 18 year old trapped in my 1932 bod!!
Bet your Dad (Bruce) would have liked my film too!
I tried using my DVD camera to record off the 8mm film, but didnt care for the "Flickering" results, thats why I went to my old VHS camera.
But, yep!---You can still teach an "old dog" new tricks I guess, but then again, its easier to let grandson (the whiz) do all that hi-tech stuff!---Don

 

Very cool footage, thank you for sharing it with us fifty-some years later.

 

Took me back to my high school days in Artesia, Ca. Thanks for the post.

 

Thank you for putting the time into sharing that with us!

 

Thanks for that, I was there too