Here goes my car ID skills, from L-R across the bottom.. 37 Plymouth or Dodge, 37 Ford Club Coupe, Model A tub, 33 Chevy, 38 Studebaker, 29 Pontiac, 32 Ford 3W coupe, 34-35 Chevy, 39 Ford Deluxe Coupe and a 37 Plymouth Convertible As for the one tucked in the bottom right corner... shot in the dark... 32 Ford Cabriolet. and, at the very bottom with the surfboard sticking up out of the back seat, 39 Mercury Convertible.
....been there when you can have a conversation with the production, fulfillment and shipping department without even opening your mouth....appreciate what ALL you do
Cool picture. @jnaki needs to weigh in on this. I was thinking either motorcycle cop or US Army Cavalry. Pretty sure those pants he's got on are called jodhpurs.
Might have posted this photo I found at a yard sale before. Several years later based on the cars. Sorry for the crappy photo of a photo. Don't know if it is copyrighted or not. Regardless, credit to photographer/owner.
THE STATE OF STUFF Hello, As far as the guy in the plain officer’s garb, the car patrols had the guys in full length pants with black shoes or low boots inside of the cuffs. The motorcycle guys had the high top leather boots with the pants tucked in place. Even in the early 60’s those were the outfits. In that area, of the coastal freeway or back then roadway, the cars outnumbered the motorcycles. But, motorcycle patrol officers did wander around since it was not a full on multiple lane freeway. Most motorcycle patrolmen wore boots and stayed mostly on roads, the cars were on the fast highways and then in more modern times, freeways. Note: There is his motorcycle parked next to the open roadster/cabriolet. In those days, it was a gathering of surfers. Word of mouth was pretty exclusive with some really big names in local society in attendance. There were also the families of the local surf communities and they continue onward to today’s same in name, club. In the 40s, the access to getting into the beach facilities was through the main Camp Pendleton gate and driving into the almost hidden beachfront. Now, the whole area was government property. The 50s started the exclusivity with stickers, i.d. cards and a roster of families regularly checked for entrance to the beach area. The northern end of the beach is exposed to other areas along the shore. From the old PCH highway/turned into a freeway, travelers could see the tip of the beach and some of the waves breaking. But, if, and when it got really good, it was off limits to anyone without a name on the surf club roster and/or a U.S. Armed Forces I.D. It is government property. (Today it is a California State Beach with direct access for the general public) The popularity of the beach club drew inquiries from all over. But, in the later years, a cool sticker was made and only given to the actual club members. The wait list was long and if we knew someone that had a sticker on their station wagons, that was the transportation to the beach. Jnaki Heaving met a lot of members over the years, stories abound. The early boards like everywhere were finless and were heavy, so a point and shoot was an angled trajectory across the wall of water. So as the technology improved with fins, then the whole wave could be used for turns to ride the wave. As the boards got lighter, Ha! 45-50 lbs, our beginning era, they still could paddle into the waves and make enough turns and cutbacks to make any wave a fun ride. It is a fun place for fun surf. On most days, easy to catch and easy to ride. Just up the beach coastline is the Trestles State Beach area and that is the high performance wave area of the Westcoast. It still has some characteristics of the early days of… “sneak in to ride the waves…” But, like all coastal areas, the public has multiplied in numbers and that is also the story on the once exclusive surf spots. Easy going San Onofre state beach versus the high performance waves at Trestles State Beach, just a long walk between the areas, to compare the two surfing scenarios. YRMV
great photo, real West Coast American history there. I went to a little car show in my old home town on Vashon Island Sunday. 'stopped at an estate sale on the way home and bought this beat up surf board for the wife to use as a canvas to paint on. 'snapped this pic while waiting in line for the ferry home
more info at https://www.liquidsaltmag.com -- San Onofre: Memories of a Legendary Surfing Beach = book by David Matuszak - search for interview
Bob Bergren uses a 30s tent like the the one in the picture. Brings it and a full array of vintage camping gear to all of the races. Neat
we had those and other army surplus tents growing up, the paraffin canvas on a hot summer day smell memories..
I have one of those tents. We used to camp out in the back yard when we were kids. My dad lived in it for a while between homes, when he was a kid.....
Thankfully some had cameras then...it really helps capture the look that resonates the history many here work very hard to replicate in stepping back with many things older in origin than one would think...there is a 3 Window Coupe...maybe 5...in that pic that really reminds me of @tb33anda3rd's 33 Chevy...It might not even be a Chevy but it sure has some common details... https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/33-chevy-3w-time-for-a-cool-change.863287/
Wonder what the chances are that the 32 Cab in the photo is the one I ended up with? Earliest owner I know of was Kendrick Adago from Temple City, Ca., sold to a gent in Long Beach, Ca. In 1950. All not really that far from San Onofre….
For the early playboy set, sporting around in one of these must have been something. Smooth, quiet, powerful, but huge. Definitely would be fun on an open road more than tight quarters.
I thought the same thing. That picture of my cousins 33 Chevy is a Mercury Series 3 window. Smaller than the standard and kind of rare.
1959 Hello, Before my wife and I got married, her family from OKC and Buena Park, CA always went camping as a family. Her dad was a stickler for towing his outboard runabout boat. The kids had to suffer in good and bad weather, just because her dad wanted to cruise around. But, when he wanted a longer vacation, the Salton Sea camping sites were called home for a week. By the time they had moved to Buena Park in 1957, he upgraded the family car/station wagon to a 59 Chevy 4 door wagon. As a surprise, I made 3 matching 1959 Chevy Station Wagons from my Hot Wheels/Matchbox Collection garage. Including the massive stuff piled on top, including the "heavy canvas dome tent." I am still looking for a matching outboard runabout in the style they had back then. The color palette from General Motors for the 1959 station wagon had the color at Satin Beige, a little on the pink side and a little on the coral side. The squarish tent with a peak point was made of heavy canvas. At the time, no one thought of a product like a seam sealer or a spray to coat the canvas for more waterproofing. My wife said they never had moisture coming into the tent during their usage times at the Salton Sea. It was very dry out there, despite the location of the salt water lake. Many years later, family members used the canvas tent and no one complained of the moisture. When we were in our own family camping mode, we borrowed the Orange canvas tent. Our sleeping arrangement was that our son would sleep soundly between both of us, on the outsides. But, we did not account for the middle of the tent sleeping area that dripped water from the peak dome and the seams down to our sleeping son and made him get up earlier than we would have liked. Refugio State Beach in the Santa Barbara/Goleta area... Here he was, scruffy hair, warm jacket and vest sitting up looking around with his flashlight. Why? The drops were hitting him in the face and woke him up very early in the morning. Then he used his light like a beacon all around and into our sleeping faces! The moisture always sat on all surfaces. The odd smell of wet canvas and what ever was on the outside surface permeated the overall aroma. It smelled like a wet dog after a rain storm. Jnaki So, for our last years of family camping, (many more camping trips to Half Moon Bay, and Mammoth Lakes/Crowley Lake areas,)we got ourselves a 4 season nylon dome tent that was strong, seam sealed for waterproofing, and an added protection to the waterproofing spray, a waterproof rain fly to cover the whole dome tent. The tent was so lightweight that my wife could carry it to the campsite from the station wagon. Three flexible poles and the tent popped up in minutes. Standing headroom and plenty of room for the three of us and gear storage. The early constructed all canvas tent? As no one else was camping in those times, the heavy tent bit the dust at the local thrift store donation. So, if you happen to buy an orangish color canvas pyramid tent from a So Cal thrift shop many years ago, that was our donation. YRMV
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