Vintage shots from days gone by!

I think this is Wendover, Utah/Nevada, just west of Bonneville Salt Flats. I love this picture.

 

any of you chicago kids remeber the TWO-TON BAKER riverview commercials???youll laff your troubles away!!!

 

OK...NO LAUGHTER ON THIS ONE,GUYS......

 

OLDSMOBILE DEALER IN SO CAL
Hey J,
That sign looked very familiar. It is Culver City. Back In 1959-60, the Albertson Oldsmobile Dealership on Sepulveda began a part of drag racing history in So Cal. They were prominent in 1960 when Leonard Harris made his historic consecutive top eliminator victories at Lions Dragstrip.

That consecutive win streak record and Albertson Olds will always be a bookmark in my memory.

Jnaki
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...hear-some-stories.185297/page-6#post-12622005

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...arts-cars-thread.1019010/page-3#post-12062240
“Jnaki: I did not notice the surrounding events going on, but during this same time period, the Albertson Olds FED with Leonard Harris was setting their consecutive, So Cal, win streak record at Lions. It just so happened that on this day, we stopped that consecutive week’s, win streak due to having the track shut down. Record of this shut down has been misprinted in many publications. (It was a C/Gas coupe, not a C/Altered that stopped the streak.) “


“The Albertson Oldsmobile dealership was a short distance down Sepulveda Boulevard from Adams' home. Longtime Albertson parts manager Don Farr introduced (Gene)Adams and (Leonard)Harris in early I960, and at Farr's urging, Adams agreed to put his 407-cid Olds engine in Harris' coupe.”


“The Albertson Oldsmobile Racing team posed for this publicity shot at the Culver City dealership in spring 1960. From left, kneeling, are Gene Adams and Ronnie Scrima; standing, Lou Albertson, Leonard Harris, and sales manager Phil McNab, Albertson Oldsmobile was the first dealership to become a household name among race fans nationwide.”

“Harris' driving ability and the willingness of Albertson to provide sponsorship in the form of engine parts, paint jobs, and lettering brought the trio together. The Albertson Olds dragster debuted April 24 after Adams' Olds was taken from the Fiat and lowered between the K-88 chassis' huge three-inch by .095-inch frame rails.
The combination of a chassis that worked, abundant reliable horsepower, and a naturally skilled driver clicked immediately. Harris broke Tommy Ivo's San Fernando track record with a 9.30, set top speed of the meet at 163.33 mph, and won the event. He repeated the feat a week later at Lions.”

“On May 21, they broke it in with a 9.08,163.33-mph pass to begin an amazing string of 12 straight Top Eliminator wins at Lions, then the most hotly contested Top Gas track in the country with fields often in excess of two dozen entries.

After only a six month reign of terror, Leonard Harris was killed in another car at Lions in late 1960, Scrima left the team and Tom McEwen took over the driving, beginning a long and successful partnership with Gene Adams.” WDIFL

 

Northhbound California Street north of Manzanares Street, Socorro NM.