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[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

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[Madman Of The People]

On 09/03/2024 at 07:30, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

Larry Reed Sports Cars, Inc. 5208 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045.  This photo was taken on the corner of Centinela Avenue and LaCienega Boulevard.  There is now a Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurant located on the site.  I would post a Google Map link, but I must confess I don't know how. (Tried multiple times, but failed)

Larry Reed also had two other locations.  9022 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 is now a Lucid dealership and 19019 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90503 is now a small shopping centre behind a McDonalds.  It appears Larry either retired, sold up, or went out of business sometime around 1980.  Here's Larry's 2011 obituary from the Los Angeles Times...

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/larry-reed-obituary?id=20948008

 

This dealer listing from the 1971 Southern California International Auto Show lists Larry Reed's Los Angeles location as selling Fiat, Saab, Simca, Sunbeam, Triumph, and Volvo.  The Beverly Hills dealership sold Fiat, Rover, and Saab.  The Torrance dealership sold Fiat, Rover, Saab, Triumph, and Volvo.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/dealers/1971_southern_ca_auto_show_dealer_listing.pdf

 

Larry Reed later sold Lancias at the Torrance and Beverly Hills dealerships during Lancia's short foray into the American market, lasting from 1975-82.  The post-Fiat-takeover Lancia's sold in America were always sold through Fiat dealers and the ad below does not list the Los Angeles address, so I suspect that location may have shut down by the mid-1970s.

 

 

And here we have a 1961 newspaper ad for Larry Reed's Torrance dealership (lower left corner).  Seems old Larry dealt in all sorts, advertising "New and used Hillman, Healey, Borgward, Fiat, MG, Morris, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Simca, Sprite, Singer, Sunbeam, Triumph, Volkswagen, Volvo."  I wish I could still buy that 1957 Renault Dauphine for $399.

https://libarch.torranceca.gov/archivednewspapers/Press/1961 Jan -Jun/PDF/00000262.pdf

 

Larry Reed in Beverly Hills pops up again in this February 1970 Rover/Land Rover USA-Canada dealer directory.

https://www.lrfaq.org/Dealerships/Enfranchised_Dealers_Rover_US-Canada_Feb1970.pdf

 

And Larry Reed in Torrance appears in this Volvo dealer directory from June 1966.

https://volvo1800pictures.com/document/dealership/North_American_Volvo_Dealer_Directory_06_66.pdf

 

Abarth Spyders.  Ready to Race!  Ad from the Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, 29 May 1968.

[Remspoor]

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

There is now a Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurant

Run that past me again? 

[Madman Of The People]

49 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Run that past me again? 

 

You've not heard of it?

https://www.chick-fil-a.com/

 

Privately-owned fast-food chicken sandwich restaurant chain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A

 

The patriarch of the family who owns the company is a hardcore Bible-thumper (all restaurant locations are closed on Sundays) and he sparked a controversy several years ago for making some inflammatory anti-LGBTQ statements and is a supporter of right-wing Republican Party politicians.  Many people and organisations  refuse to eat there because of the owner's religious and political views.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A_and_LGBT_people

 

[rattlecan]

Cavalier, Renault (19?), mk2 Escort, Avenger, Chevette, Celica, mmm not sure?, another Cavalier, Maxi, Suzuki Swift (maybe?) mk4 Cortina

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[rattlecan]

Oh yeh missed the Professor walking out between 🤣

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 minutes ago, rattlecan said:

Cavalier, Renault (19?), mk2 Escort, Avenger, Chevette, Celica, mmm not sure?, another Cavalier, Maxi, Suzuki Swift (maybe?) mk4 Cortina

The Renault is a Simca thing (1100 or 1300 were the flavours I think). Celica I'd go for - no idea about the Swift thing - Nipponish - Starlet/Civic/Swift?

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https://canmore.org.uk/collection/2572124

[EyesWeldedShut]

McCalls Avenue Tannery, Ayr, circa 1970 (*AG was one of the local number plates)
 

[rattlecan]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

McCalls Avenue Tannery, Ayr, circa 1970 (*AG was one of the local number plates)
 

Ya don’t see a sliding door so much now do ya. H&S I guess. I can remember all the delivery vans used to have them, White Arrow particularly rings a bell. All the guys drove around e we it’s the door open in summer

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

The Renault is a Simca thing (1100 or 1300 were the flavours I think). Celica I'd go for - no idea about the Swift thing - Nipponish - Starlet/Civic/Swift?

Swift thing? I think that’s the original Honda Civic.

[Austat]

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9 hours ago, rattlecan said:

Cavalier, Renault (19?), mk2 Escort, Avenger, Chevette, Celica, mmm not sure?, another Cavalier, Maxi, Suzuki Swift (maybe?) mk4 Cortina

mk2 escort behind the celica?

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, Tayne said:

 

13 hours ago, rattlecan said:

Cavalier, Renault (19?), mk2 Escort, Avenger, Chevette, Celica, mmm not sure?, another Cavalier, Maxi, Suzuki Swift (maybe?) mk4 Cortina

 

13 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

The Renault is a Simca thing (1100 or 1300 were the flavours I think). Celica I'd go for - no idea about the Swift thing - Nipponish - Starlet/Civic/Swift?

Yep Simca 1100

9 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Swift thing? I think that’s the original Honda Civic.

Yep Civic

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15 hours ago, rattlecan said:

Ya don’t see a sliding door so much now do ya. H&S I guess. I can remember all the delivery vans used to have them, White Arrow particularly rings a bell. All the guys drove around e we it’s the door open in summer

We had some Transit Mk2s with sliding driver's doors fitted when they first came out but the later replacements were just normal hinged ones. Passenger doors were always hinged.
The sliders tended to shut abruptly under heavy braking and I think the H&S folks won the day - it was also possible to slither yourself out the open door with the seatbelt fully done up if the lap section was a little loose  

[martc]

Crosby Street, Soho, Noo Yoik, 1978.

 

[martc]

ZIL-MMZ-555 dumpers, GAZ-21 cars and high-speed cars GAZ-69A 4x4's, being exported from the USSR to Romania at Ungheni station on the Romania-Moldova border, 1968.  

[martc]

Finished Moskvitch 400-420K chassis at the MZMA factory, 1948-1949 . These will be passed on to body builders to make vans, pick ups etc. Approx 2500 were made.

[martc]

[Remspoor]

I have evidently met Peter Arundell. I was very young so I cannot remember it unfortunately. His garage was very near our house. And concludes  my claim to fame.

[Remspoor]

Bolton.

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[rattlecan]

3 hours ago, martc said:

🤣like a shite fitting shower cap. 

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