06-23-2026, 08:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2026, 08:55 AM by Gone in 60.)
Got that same shot with my CB a few years ago very early on a hazy morning.
My phone sort of makes whatever is in the immediate foreground look bigger than the rest of the photo, so yeah, looks like Bullitt is a bit off-kilter. But '60s Mustangs usually photograph with a nose-high look for some reason. Especially with that boat anchor 390 under the hood, the front springs are quite robust.
Speaking of off-kilter, riding up to L.A. late yesterday afternoon for the dinner, I could see smoke rising in the distance. Whispy light grey now, and I was thinking "They finally have that warehouse fire knocked down that's been burning since Thursday!" But it seemed like it had moved 1/2 a mile East. Turns out it was a different warehouse fire, of course, but at least both of them were being extinguished, finally. The area within a few blocks of the Petersen along Museum Row on Wilshire is looking pretty spiffy these days. They just finished a new subway station right across the street to the East of the Petersen and directly across Wilshire from the newly reopened LACMA (L.A. County Museum of Art). I had derided it as a "Huge concrete and glass sandwich" during the construction, but now finished, it's quite spectacular. With the grand opening of the new art museum and the subway station, they're keeping the area pretty nice and clean. They even fixed all of the lights on the Johnie's building, which is what caught my attention last night to want to take that picture with Super Bird.
All of the construction fencing in front of the museum in the shot with the CB was from the subway construction. Glad to see that completed, and the streets newly paved.
I could now, if I wanted to, walk to my local train station and take a train and the subway all the way to the Petersen. It would take three times longer than just riding there, but I could...
My phone sort of makes whatever is in the immediate foreground look bigger than the rest of the photo, so yeah, looks like Bullitt is a bit off-kilter. But '60s Mustangs usually photograph with a nose-high look for some reason. Especially with that boat anchor 390 under the hood, the front springs are quite robust.
Speaking of off-kilter, riding up to L.A. late yesterday afternoon for the dinner, I could see smoke rising in the distance. Whispy light grey now, and I was thinking "They finally have that warehouse fire knocked down that's been burning since Thursday!" But it seemed like it had moved 1/2 a mile East. Turns out it was a different warehouse fire, of course, but at least both of them were being extinguished, finally. The area within a few blocks of the Petersen along Museum Row on Wilshire is looking pretty spiffy these days. They just finished a new subway station right across the street to the East of the Petersen and directly across Wilshire from the newly reopened LACMA (L.A. County Museum of Art). I had derided it as a "Huge concrete and glass sandwich" during the construction, but now finished, it's quite spectacular. With the grand opening of the new art museum and the subway station, they're keeping the area pretty nice and clean. They even fixed all of the lights on the Johnie's building, which is what caught my attention last night to want to take that picture with Super Bird.
All of the construction fencing in front of the museum in the shot with the CB was from the subway construction. Glad to see that completed, and the streets newly paved.
I could now, if I wanted to, walk to my local train station and take a train and the subway all the way to the Petersen. It would take three times longer than just riding there, but I could...
You know what? I actually would like a pickle.