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mozart
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 Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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Then and now pictures on Competion Motors in Hollywood (early '60s and 2009)
The manhole cover and the driveway cut-out remains the same, the one-time showroom is converted into a Goodwill store.
Many thanks to Everett Barnes for the use of his vintage photo.
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Russ Wolfe
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Shouldn's this be part of the other thread you started??
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TK6A5
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:42 am Post subject: Re: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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I am doing some research on Competition Motors. Does anybody know the source of the below picture which can be found on the "dealer page" of this site? I would be curious to learn for which Steve Allen show the missile was placed on the lot.
Many thanks,
Joris
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finster
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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casting around the net it looks like the thor missiles were on display in various locations circa 59 - 60
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TK6A5
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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| finster wrote: |
| casting around the net it looks like the thor missiles were on display in various locations circa 59 - 60 |
Thanks, still trying to date this picture and find where it was originally published. If anybody has an idea please let me knwo |
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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you probably need to search through the archives of the local paper which would have carried the original article. microfiche might be kept at the local library...
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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Check if the paid L.A. Times website has archives.
Thor was deployed from 1959 to 1963.
Steve Allen hosted TV shows from 1953 to 1964.
So maybe start with the 1963-1964 timeframe? |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Competition Motors Hollywood |
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| finster wrote: |
| casting around the net it looks like the thor missiles were on display in various locations circa 59 - 60 |
They were too heavy to move around.
I like the irony that the place where you used to buy VW parts is now a dollar store. I guess the neighborhood is moving upscale.
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