Then I moved to California in 1970 and the Powerine filling station was .32 / gallon, even then filling the tank was a challenge . View our inventory of Used Lexus NX for sale at Galpin Mazda. The photos in my series were mostly shot on Wednesday nights, but a few were also grabbed on Friday and Saturday nights. Old-timers will be sure to remember the crackdown on cruising that happened in the early 90s. A yellow Volkswagen bus, parked along the road, drew smiles and waves from the the spectators. Since I had just completed several years of photography in the Art Department of California State University at Northridge, it was an easy step to assign myself the task of capturing what I could of the essence of the boulevard scene. kids in the photos are now approaching sixty years of age, a few are even
Anybody that lived in SoCal back in the 70's and 80's and. .table_d2e42 { Normally Im not a fan of Dyna style shocks on a chopper but this one works for some reason. document.write('<'+'div id="placement_435071_'+plc435071+'">'); Among the clubs in attendance were Ruthless Ryders, Low Bottomz, Westside, and Majestics, to mention a few. By. The Van Nuys Cruising Association meets every second Wednesday in the parking lot of Rydell Chevorlet at 6001 Van Nuys Blvd. .table_d2e127 { Our new home (not quite new, built in 1949) was on
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Magnolia Boulevard, you would officially be in Van Nuys. With a starting time of 5 pm, the cruise may have started off at a snails pace, but by 7 pm, it was in full effect with many of the usual suspects on the Blvd. In Van Nuys there are a lot of coffee shops and parks. Windstar Cruises. Tonight in Jungleland Rick McCloskey collected these images on Van Nuys Boulevard, and they are an amazing statement of the time. .table_d2e226 { border-color: #000000; Although I personally had not participated
Cruising returned to Van Nuys Blvd on Wednesday, June 17th,2015 Cruises are the third Wednesday of every month. Nobody is perfect but the two girls in the white shorts are very, very close. I get to see old car friends and cars that I havent seen before, said the 37-year-old resident of Panorama City, adding that he has been attending the event for the last five years. Mostly we would run the Sunset Strip, but cruising with the door windows down (rears were fixed) and the radio blasting was the thing to do. } This time around, Smiley's '60 Impala from Majestics car club, LOWRIDERS GATHER FOR NEW YEARS DAY IN CLASSIC FASHION, Professionally Done: A 64 Impala Built By A Bonified Gear Head, LOWRIDERS: LA TIMES CELEBRATES CINCO DE MAYO AT ELYSIAN PARK, MISTER CARTOON X PEPSI | SUPERBOWL LOWRIDER BUILD. Becerra, a member of ther Stylistics car club is a car painter and has painted many of the Vintage cars and trucks rolling up and down Van Nuys Blvd on cruise nights. Some LA County Board of Supervisors propose expanding the board, Some California cities cant stop apartment projects as developers use builders remedy, Longshore union, shippers offer rate update on labor talks, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, DA Gascn suspends attorney who prosecuted transgender child molester, Southern Californias mountain towns remain buried under snow with more on the way, Reports: Kings trade Quick to Blue Jackets, acquire Korpisalo, Gavrikov, Killer keto? Amazing. Lived in my post war early suburbs shack in Van Nuys from 98-2010. -Nate. That did limit our range due to a student budget to live on. And of course the pretty girls with long 70s hair that will always look great. Plenty chicks and a light to light race anytime you wanted. The sign? We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. in 1972, by photographer Rick McCloskey, and part of his book, Los Angeles in the 1970s. After studying writing in Moscow, she moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and has called it home ever since. me better focus and at least some depth of field under the prevailing
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