12-19-2022, 12:01 PM
GO, your comment about doing a New Year's Eve in Southern California reminded me of my first NYE in SoCal. I hitch-hiked from Edwards Air Force Base to Van Nuys to my girl-friend's house. I was 19 and she was 16 and her parents treated me like one of the family. It was 1959-60 and when I got there, we all went to a friend's house. The friend was a racing enthusiast who was friends with a drag-racer who was fairly well-known at the time, named Tommy Ivo. Our host and I were talking cars and he took me out back to show me his recent acquisition. In the alley was a car covered by a tarp. He pulled the tarp off to reveal a 1937 Cord 810 Convertible, my all-time favorite car. Sitting in an alley, covered by a tarp.
A very Southern California New Year's Eve.
A very Southern California New Year's Eve.