Vintage Photo Friday - 1955
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| 1955. Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles |
I came across these FABULOUS photos on the Los Angeles Public Library website. The photos were originally from the Herald-Examiner, taken at the 1955 Los Angeles Auto Show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium. The original caption for the photo above reads, "Ever want to see how the inside of a dream car looks? Here's an X-ray view of the 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air V-8 sedan. Eleanor Howard and Martha Drake, Chevrolet hostesses, add beauty to the cut-away mechanical presentation of the car."
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| 1955. Pan Pacific Auditorium. Cut-Away Chevy Bel Air with models, Patti Lawler and Bobette Bentley |
I love the cut-away versions of the 1955 Chevy. I just wish those pesky models weren't in the way so I could really see the inner workings of the car!
Mr. Larry has a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air sitting in our backyard. It runs, but is really used as a storage unit.
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| Larry's '55 Chevy, in the rain. The Dodge is gone, but the Falcon Ranchero and Chevy remain |
I have great hopes of one day being able to have a presentable backyard....one car at a time.
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| Ellen's glamorized painting of the Chevy in her sunny, tiki backyard. Sigh. |
Labels: Architecture, Art, At Home, family, Los Angeles, Memories, Vintage Photos
posted by Ellen Bloom @ 2:43 PM
3 Comments:
I drove a 55 Chevy as my daily driver for years back in the 1980s! It was so much fun... when it ran :)
'55 Chevys are cool cars. You really feel protected with all that heavy metal surrounding you! My high school b.f. had one that I used to drive around town a bit! Larry's '55 runs, but it's a stick shift! Ugh! Driving a stick in that heavy car isn't that much fun, especially in the city!
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