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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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Whaddya mean? I used to go to the one in the Burbank/Toluca Lake area back when I lived near there. It’s close to the NBC Studios where they used to do the Tonight Show in the Carson/Leno years. On the weekends, there are the car clubs, quite a spectacle…
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Whaddya mean? I used to go to the one in the Burbank/Toluca Lake area back when I lived near there. It’s close to the NBC Studios where they used to do the Tonight Show in the Carson/Leno years. On the weekends, there are the car clubs, quite a spectacle…View attachment 5171618View attachment 5171619



Ha! I live in the Mid-West and used to cruise my muscle cars through Bob’s Big Boys and it was the place to hang but they left town decades ago! YMMV

Plus are they still a Nickel? Not with today’s inflation!
 
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The only Indy 500 turbine car.
In 1967, Parnelli Jones and Granatelli’s radical turbine-powered racer —an idea Andy had considered for years — came within three laps of winning the Indy classic.
With Jones well in front, a $10 ball bearing in the transmission failed.

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We can put "getting STP stickers at the local gas station" on the list of things we don't see anymore