History Sunset Strip -1952

I stumbled onto this Youtube video this morning. At 27 seconds they p*** a Pep Boys, then at 46 seconds, there's what I think is a 1940 Mercury Coupe with white walls, skirts and it appears to be lowered in the rear.
I thought you guys might find it interesting.

Here's the link if you want to watch the whole thing

 

very cool.......in color too !!!!!!

 

I found another one. 2.50 into this video and again at 3.21


And this at 3:34 with a close up at 4:02

More at 6.15


Some of this is obviously from a TV show.

 

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. My family is all in LA. Crazy how much has changed yet still remains familiar.

 

Not a protester in sight

 

Hello,

We have been in So Cal since 1946 and during those first three years, our dad’s 41 Buick Fastback was our only transportation. But, during those times, it was nice that our dad worked in Los Angeles. So, our mom liked going to Los Angeles to visit him for a surprise lunch on the old Red Car trolley from Long Beach.

With two little kids in tow, we did get to see a lot of the Los Angeles area as our dad liked driving around the whole place. We never got to see the area unless he drove us there to “see the sights.” But, through the experience of our family drives, as teenagers and 20 somethings, it seemed like driving down memory lane when we took our trips up from Long Beach during the day and definitely at night.

The old building that housed the Buick Dealer was a car dealer many times over with different makes from the early days of 1930, starting with a Packard dealer.

The original Buick dealer, Howard Buick celebrated 14 years at 6660 Sunset. His longtime manager at 6660 Sunset, Phil Hall took over the Sunset dealership, which became Phil Hall Buick. Phil Hall Buick remained here until April 1964, when he moved to a newer, larger space at 6909 Santa Monica Boulevard.

Jnaki


The business on the left is called Currie’s Ice Cream. At the time it was a big name family business, with locations all over So Cal. It was the go to ice cream place for families. There was a Currie’s Family Ice Cream place and diner a few blocks from our last Westside of Long Beach house. It was a dress up place for dinner with the special, the famous ice cream desserts. It was near the main corner of the intersection of PCH and Santa Fe Avenue. Folks from the South Bay in Los Angeles used the PCH to get to the Long Beach downtown area and farther down to the beach area, drove right by the establishment.
Today, that same corner has the original Taco Bell #2 still going strong in sales. (Taco Bell #1 is in the corporate office parking lot, temporarily being preserved.)

The Sunset Blvd roadway was a a cool drive back when we made our annual trip to Hollywood area then instead of Hollywood Blvd to the West, we took Sunset Blvd on the same roadway from the film. We ended up about 20 miles West along the ocean at PCH in Malibu. Then a coastal drive through the shore all the way back to Long Beach. A teenager’s great cruise in Los Angeles and So Cal. But, my wife and I also did the same tour in our 20 something days after visiting Los Angeles for our nighttime activities. YRMV

Note:

Sunset Blvd. goes along the backside of the giant UCLA campus on the way to the ocean. Where Sunset Blvd. makes a "T" intersection with PCH, that is where the original Baywatch TV show was filmed almost weekly... We used to see the production as we drove up the PCH coast to Santa Barbara for visits to my brother's house.