Monday, March 1, 2010
When the LA streetcars were replaced by buses, the cool streetcars were dumped and used as artificial reefs, some went to Korea in '56
Above went to Korea in 1956
Ain't the above photo a crying shame?! From a documentary I watched, GM lobbied local, state, and federally to get all street cars killed off because GM could make tons of money selling fleets of busses. Guess who already had GM stock? Yup, the people who got rid of the wonderful streetcars. How much pollution have the busses emitted since the streetcars went away? Only US cities that kept their tourist attracting street cars that I know of are San Francisco and New Orleans, two cities that love their history. read about the re-birth of street cars: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/world/americas/14iht-city.4.15301447.html
cool old tow trucks
I love the COE look
both of these last two are convertible cars that were converted, wouldn't that blow your mind if you came across it on the street today?
an addition to the 3 wheel dragster photos found on the HAMB
from http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/chat/post-random-pic-thread-7157/page175 
Above just found on the HAMB thread "History of LA" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4927350
Above found on http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/
This last photo also found on http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ but is clearly a different dragster, it's rear engine is a quick clue that other people were trying the 3 wheel design, but in a safer way
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