Man,I love those grills.They try to do "agressive" grills today,but they have nothing on those early Buick fangs! I lament that I was not born early or wealthy enough to acquire one of them.Great looking machines.
Depression years still. My dad used to say...there is only a weeks difference from a bad hair cut,to a good one! I guess in other words...Get your money's worth!
Hello, During our 1966-68 college dating days, my wife and I went to many drive in theaters in the Long Beach area. There were 4 drive-in theater locations close to our college campus. The Circle Drive-in being only 1.5 miles away from the main campus. The other nearby drive in theaters in coastal Orange County were just down the coastline and slightly inland. (Hiway 39, Warner Avenue, etc.) But, the idea of spending as much time together was important, so if the movie we wanted to watch was playing close to her house in Buena Park, then that was it for the short 5-6 mile jaunt. Much like most drive-in theaters of the day, the screen was nice and big. The speakers were minimal to say the least with the sound coming from those metal hanging speaker enclosures. We always got take out food as the snack bars were always crowded and noisy. As the ad shows, “Luxurious” is for name only. It is all in the eye of the beholder… Jnaki So much for the 60s drive in theaters. But this one was close to her house and that meant a longer time being able to spend together. The comforts of the interior of the 65 El Camino where we spent plenty of hours going up and down the Westcoast of California on our long distance road trips was like being at home in a nice comfortable couch. Ahh, what So Cal living provides… But the Anaheim Drive-In was not on the list of places where we always went. It was just this one time from nearby Buena Park. YRMV
Just incredible machines. I would love to see how the dies are formed for these presses. Thanks for posting.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the building at the bottom of your picture the Carter Bowl (as in bowling alley)?
Thanks again for posting these beautiful machines. In the top photo it looks like the panel was seamed together but the panel below appears to be one piece, am I not seeing what I think I see?. Either way I love the photos. Thanks.
I think I remember reading Budd Manuf. started with castings. Probably cast steel as I don't think iron would take the punishment.
Hello S6, We liked bowling as much as the next person, but as a kid, we bowled at the ones in Long Beach. Santa Fe Bowling Alley several blocks near our Westside of Long Beach house, the Circle Bowl near the Traffic Circle Drive-In, the Java Lanes up the hill above the drive-in theater and a little funky place on Anaheim Street called the Major Bowl. By the time my wife and I were seeing each other, only the Java Lanes high on the hill above the Circle Drive-In was around. We did not bowl in any other place in So Cal. That place up above the drive-in was usually crowded with tournaments and clubs, but there were always some lanes open late at night. Jnaki Then bowling lost its luster until we took our son to a "puffy lane" kids section of a local So Cal coastal bowling place. The puffy lanes were large blow up tubes covering several gutter lanes and did not allow the balls to fall in the gutter. That made the kids's wayward ball angle just roll towards the pins. Those inflatable tubes that could be placed into the gutters for those requiring bumpers and easily removed after their sessions. It made bowling fun for the kids. Yes, I rolled a ball down the "puffy" lane and got 6 pins down. Ha!
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