Street racing Cougar Eliminator circa 1979

[Royce Peterson]

More likely these two cars were 12 second cars. I went to the drag strip around 1977 (Green Valley, outside Ft Worth Texas) and was running easy 15.50's in my daily driver which was a 4 speed, 3.0 to one peg leg 289 powered 1967 Cougar. Another friend of mine went that particular day, his 327 powered '64 Nova with 3.73 / Posi / 4 speed was running 12.20's until the drive shaft snapped.

pretty scary when Snidely Wiplash gets out if the car, not sure if he was scoping the streets for safety or about to shoot a porno....

makes you think just how "fast" those 15/16 second cars where with all tgat noise and zero traction, thanks for posting

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Ever go to Pershing Dr behind LAX?  Huge street-racing crowds on that 2-mile-long, straight, 3-lane that was virtually uninhabited late at night. 

Pershing Drive was part of the Cobra demo ride from the factory on Imperial. In 65 they moved the people off the west side (Surfridge) and demoed the houses due to noise. It made a fun track until they fenced it off.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9405569,-118.4193123,2681m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

SA & CS had an office in this building on Pershing (north of the airport) while he was living in Marina Del Rey. 80s - 90s timeframe (if my feeble mind remembers right)
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9570858,-118.4429393,3a,90y,267.12h,98.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saXcNJud2oUFS2E47PiESUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

[deathsled]

Look at the palm trees on the map picture.  So exotic.  Makes me want to get back to California despite its problems.  At least see 1042 Princeton Drive and so forth.  Rodeo Drive and so on.

[427heaven]

 Has anyone ever climbed up on their fender and into the engine compartment to wipe the base of the carb?

[deathsled]

He knew he was being filmed.  I am sure it was done for dramatic effect.

[Side-Oilers]

Ever go to Pershing Dr behind LAX?  Huge street-racing crowds on that 2-mile-long, straight, 3-lane that was virtually uninhabited late at night. 

Pershing Drive was part of the Cobra demo ride from the factory on Imperial. In 65 they moved the people off the west side (Surfridge) and demoed the houses due to noise. It made a fun track until they fenced it off.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9405569,-118.4193123,2681m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

SA & CS had an office in this building on Pershing (north of the airport) while he was living in Marina Del Rey. 80s - 90s timeframe (if my feeble mind remembers right)
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9570858,-118.4429393,3a,90y,267.12h,98.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saXcNJud2oUFS2E47PiESUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Correct. My parents lived there (on Vista del Mar next to the little park) when I was born.  Very nice houses & great ocean views, all torn down for the LAX north runway expansion. (The park is still there.)   We moved to Culver City after that.  Not quite as nice of ocean views (none.)

Several scenes of those 1970s 8mm car movies we made (I posted on another thread) were shot on Pershing (drag race scene, and car-to-car shootout) and in those abandoned house locations. Quite a few houses had yet to be demolished at that time. A Rockford Files episode used one (on Waterview, I believe.)

How's that for boring & esoteric minutae for all the rest of you guys who have no idea where we're referencing.

That Google Maps location you posted on the office building is 100%. Been by it many times. Rode my bike past it as a kid. Catty corner from it on Pershing at Manchester was a large 1950s liquor store.  I think the timeframe for CS being at that location would  be earlier than '80s however.  (Definitely before he got in with Chrysler. He was in Bel Air then.) Didn't he live in Playa del Rey in the '66-67 timeframe?  Before much of Marina del Rey was completed.   

[Side-Oilers]

Look at the palm trees on the map picture.  So exotic.  Makes me want to get back to California despite its problems.  At least see 1042 Princeton Drive and so forth.  Rodeo Drive and so on.

Come out and visit, Richard. Would be great to meet in person. 
Van

[Side-Oilers]

We had a video tape reel to reel player around 1970. There were pre - recorded video tapes for it, one we watched over and over was Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. It was 16 MM video tape, black and white but color ones were available - if you could afford them!

TV stations were using video cameras generally by the early 1970's. Sitcoms were done in video tape by then too.

Agreed on the timeframe of professional video for TV stations, sit-coms, etc. I'm just referencing AFAIK the first home movie style video cameras as being around 1980.  Mine was a Panasonic with a giant camera that sat on your shoulder, and a heavy sling bag for the recorder.  Others may have come earlier, but I hadn't seen one. We had a Sony betamax player circa 1978.

[Royce Peterson]

I suspect this was filmed on professional level video camera equipment and edited professionally too. When I was in high school my sophomore year (1972 - 73) we were using black and white video cameras and editing the videos. It all seemed to be from the future! That particular film is easily way more professional than anything I was doing.

We had a video tape reel to reel player around 1970. There were pre - recorded video tapes for it, one we watched over and over was Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. It was 16 MM video tape, black and white but color ones were available - if you could afford them!

TV stations were using video cameras generally by the early 1970's. Sitcoms were done in video tape by then too.

Agreed on the timeframe of professional video for TV stations, sit-coms, etc. I'm just referencing AFAIK the first home movie style video cameras as being around 1980.  Mine was a Panasonic with a giant camera that sat on your shoulder, and a heavy sling bag for the recorder.  Others may have come earlier, but I hadn't seen one. We had a Sony betamax player circa 1978.

[deathsled]

Look at the palm trees on the map picture.  So exotic.  Makes me want to get back to California despite its problems.  At least see 1042 Princeton Drive and so forth.  Rodeo Drive and so on.

Come out and visit, Richard. Would be great to meet in person. 
Van

Thanks for the invitation Van. I may take you up on it!