Old Street Scenes

[al8apex]

this shot is from my 1st "solo" visit to California (without parents) in 1974. We were visiting a friends brother stationed in Sacramento and bought the 63 Split window for $1800.

It had all the day 2 stuff on it, black side pipes, WIDE Ansen sprints with corresponding wide bias plies and flares

We did the coast Highway down to LA and traded the wide Sprints for a set of 5 63 knockoffs with Michelin radials that we found on a guy's 69 SS396 El Camino ... poor guy, the rear tires we traded him wouldn't fit under the rear wheel wells and his air shocks were not functioning ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

That made the Corvette look stupid with the wide flares and skinny knock-offs, but we knew the value of original parts over day 2 stuff way back then ...

the car DROVE way better with the OEM sized tires/wheels though

[al8apex]

Cruising Woodward 30 years before the Dream Cruise:



ok, maybe not CRUISING, but commuting ...

[mockingbird812]

Jim - great photo of yr split window at sunset. Ahhh....memories!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Bill Pritchard]

Here's a recently unearthed photo of my future mother- and father-in-law along with a few of their friends, circa spring of 1950 (just before they were married). My in-laws are on the left....my father-in-law's Studebaker Starlight Coupe is on the right.

[CC Rider]

Neat picture Bill!

[al8apex]

was digging through some old pictures and found a couple of gems:

My 1st 1969 Camaro, taken in 1974 I think. It has the NVY 302 plates on it from my 56 Chevy. 307, Turbohydromatic, disc brakes, positraction, F-41 suspension &amp; factory air (the car was &quot;cloned&quot; into a Z28 within 6 months after I sold it. One of those RARE factory air automatic 69 Z/28's).



Yeah, I added the Corvette Rally wheels with the 67 centers ...

I stopped counting but that was the 1st of ~80 69 Camaros I have owned over the years ...

The 1956 Chevy Delray, taken in 73 or 74. This is overlooking northern Lake Michigan in the background and I think it is Manitou island out there.



Engine: stock 302 from a 68 Z28 with a 62 Corvette FI on it. Note the &quot;correct&quot; fuel filter ... and the &quot;correct&quot; placement of the fender emblems on the prior picture.



We took it to the 1st Bloomington (2nd?) Corvette show:



and everybody wanted to know where it came from. (I replaced the plenum with an early 57 when we were there). I told everyone it was Zora's West Coast press car and was the prototype for the 57 Fuel Injection (I had a correct air cleaner on it as well). People noticed the one piece bumpers and the CA frame and bought the &quot;story&quot;. We had it in the swap area and were selling parts as I recall.

[al8apex]

I guess I had too many pictures in the above post, so I split it up:



August 74 in California, this is the 63 Corvette we paid $1800 for in Sacramento



A car I wanted in Sacramento, but it was not for sale:



later that week, down the coast:



Wednesday night we were here:



That night was the 1st time we had ever seen a low rider ...

San Diego later that week:





camping in Nevada:



and In Colorado:



there was a huge flood at this location 2 years later ...

http://www.super70s.com/super70s/Tec...g_Thompson.asp

[Bill Pritchard]

Great pictures, Jim, thanks for posting.

A lowrider in '74???? Man, that absolutely had to be the start of that trend.

[mockingbird812]

Terrific Jim. That looks like some good - good times! Keep 'em coming!

[Xplantdad]

Look at all of those long haired people [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

Cool stuff! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]