Van Nuys Blvd., 1979 [Archive] - The Supercar Registry

Bill Pritchard

02-19-2018, 10:39 PM

I was there in March of 1980 and took a whole bunch of pictures......aside from mine being in color, they look pretty much identical to these.

Tracker1

02-20-2018, 01:43 AM

I was there in March of 1980 and took a whole bunch of pictures......aside from mine being in color, they look pretty much identical to these.

C'mon Bill - where are they?? Scan 'em!

Xplantdad

02-20-2018, 02:44 AM

C'mon Bill - where are they?? Scan 'em!

Agreed! :grin:

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:21 AM

I'm technologically challenged, but I'll try.....

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:28 AM

109941

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:36 AM

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:40 AM

again

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:44 AM

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:47 AM

again

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 03:55 AM

These were all taken on a Wednesday night, IIRC...

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 04:00 AM

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 04:01 AM

12 more to go.....another time....

CC Rider

02-20-2018, 04:24 AM

Very cool Bill!

mssl72

02-20-2018, 05:58 AM

That one shot of Pollard Ravenscroft is cool. That's where my brothers 1964 Nova is from. Van Nuys Blvd has changed quite a bit. I didn't move out here 'til the late 80s and missed most of that. Cool stuff! Can't wait to see the rest!

day2killa

02-20-2018, 12:04 PM

just awesome

Mr70

02-20-2018, 12:10 PM

Nice Bill.
Did you know any of those car owners personally back then?,cause 3 of them look like guys I remember.
Bob Hintz,Chris Micelli and Chuck Boksa ring a bell?

Tracker1

02-20-2018, 01:17 PM

Way to go Bill!

Tenney

02-20-2018, 01:43 PM

Cool, Bill, thanks!

Bill Pritchard

02-20-2018, 01:52 PM

Glad everyone enjoyed them. I will scan and post the rest later.

No Rick, I didn't know any of the people pictured.....I was just a tourist. That trip was the first time in my life I had flown on an airplane and the first time I had been to California. Marilee and I flew out there to visit her brother (who still lives there) and her aunt & uncle. We will be going back there in September for our nephew's wedding, but now we can drive there in a few hours :)

Burd

02-20-2018, 01:54 PM

Pretty cool.
Closest thing these days to it is Dreamcruise.

seventieshow

02-20-2018, 03:25 PM

The real "seventieshow". I would like to have the black Vega in the second picture.

markjohnson

02-20-2018, 03:49 PM

It's kind of ironic that when communities & the police started to crack down to put an end to these activities, a TV news crew would be there to interview people and there was ALWAYS that one guy that would say: "My grandparents cruised, my parents cruised, I cruise and my kids are gonna cruise! You can't stop it!". I would've agreed but those days most certainly did come to an end when today's generation of kids are able to stay in contact with each other using cellphones & social media without even leaving their houses!

JRSully

02-20-2018, 10:31 PM

Centerlines, Centerlines and more Centerlines... Cool Pics

Jonesy

02-20-2018, 10:38 PM

Great pics. Brings back the way cars looked back in the day. I kept mine stock, so I was kind of in the minority back then.

southernfriedcj

02-21-2018, 01:20 AM

Cool!

Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain, GA was our version of that. The cops cracked down and killed the cruise around 1980-1981.

southernfriedcj

02-21-2018, 01:34 AM

12 galleries - so much cool.

http://vnbcruisinglate70s.com/photos/

Nice find.

I surprised how many trucks were cruising. There were only a few around here and they were all full size, no imports.

Crush

02-21-2018, 02:33 AM

Cruising Gratiot on east side of Detroit looked just like that in my day! Good times!

Bill Pritchard

02-21-2018, 02:40 AM

OK, here we go with the last 12 pics I have....

Bill Pritchard

02-21-2018, 02:41 AM

4 more....

Bill Pritchard

02-21-2018, 02:43 AM

Last 4.....

combinefixer

02-21-2018, 03:27 AM

Cruising Van Nuys Blvd in a pimped out IH Transtar: OFF THE CHARTS COOL! LOL

Tracker1

02-21-2018, 01:26 PM

Riviera GS! Cool!

8secchevelle

02-21-2018, 01:54 PM

So cool , really brings back memories of good times in my life

Tenney

02-21-2018, 01:54 PM

^ on Centerlines, no less!

Tenney

02-21-2018, 02:00 PM

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/richard-mccloskey.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=404554

Tracker1

02-21-2018, 09:42 PM

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/richard-mccloskey.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=404554

Yes a great gallery from McCloskey, he shot those in '72 I think. I posted that gallery here last year in the Lounge. McCloskey was an artist - really captured "life" on the Blvd. rather than just cars. Amazing stuff, good to have it all here in this thread.

BJCHEV396

02-21-2018, 11:42 PM

Cool pics....thanks for posting Tracker!!

L78_Nova

02-22-2018, 03:03 AM

Wow!!! What a trip McCloskey's pictures are... never been there but man that sure captured the scene!! Time machine anyone ??

Bill Pritchard

02-22-2018, 03:59 AM

Wow!!! What a trip McCloskey's pictures are... man that sure captured the scene!! Time machine anyone ??

x2! I'm surprised how many lowriders and customs there were. And some of those "California Girls".....:drool:

markjohnson

02-22-2018, 06:21 AM

Riviera GS! Cool!

Sharp eye on the '65 Riviera being a Gran Sport! I missed that fact and I'm a big fan of those cars. How about the fact that those Centerlines would also be a 5-on-5.00" bolt circle!