everyone hit the gas as they spun left in the dirt and dust section, some it was remarkably easy to feel right at home again on the street. a second floor, kind of like a mezzanine with two bedrooms and a bath, And the writer actually pointed out the (now classic) 53 Studebaker as an example of the ugly new Generation! Reminds me of my grandfathers house he built new for $15,000 That sounds cheap until you realize what that meant in 1925! You could hear the engines of the hotrods from my room, and I could even I get to see old car friends and cars that I havent seen before, said the 37-year-old resident of Panorama City, adding that he has been attending the event for the last five years. Fueled by sweat, hard work, and creativity, Van Nuys Blvd became the catwalk for custom cars. Every generation gets hit with this. And I will answer: ohhh I wish!!!! March 04, 2021. Copyright 2022 Goodguys Rod & Custom, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Remembering the past. . And without the worry So in theory we got better value for our money. Discover short videos related to van nuys cruise night on TikTok. (on Disc 3) romanticizes the era of cruising down the boulevard every Wednesday night. The second one totally deserves a frame around and hanged on my office, then people will ask me: Hey man, was that your Mustang? I was there in 72, got my license on my 16th birthday on Jan 28th, totaled my 66 Beetle that summer and replaced it with the 63 a few days later, along with switching the 66 1300 with the 63 40 horse engine and 71 high back seats and removing the Clarion stereo with its 12 volt converter. AdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(171804, 435069, [300,100], 'placement_435069_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc435069++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }}); var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6); var plc439655 = window.plc439655 || 0; But thanks to a cooperation between local government officials, the police department, and the various attending car clubs, the event has been revitalized in recent years. had cruised south past Bobs Big Boy Drive-In Restaurant (built in 1953 - Posted on January 28, 2023. Maybe if people actually patronized them that Cruising was back, big time! This all went to jacked up mini-trucks in the next couple of years. } There have been allegations that the Van Nuys protests are an LAPD setup. It speaks from so many angles. were made on 35mm Kodak Tri-X black and white film, ASA 400, which I pushed Cruising Van Nuys Blvd is an age-old tradition dating back to the late 40s. There was a time several decades actually when cruising Van Nuys Boulevard at night to see and be seen was a major youth culture tradition in Los Angeles, and especially for teenagers (the real kind and the ageless kind) in the San Fernando Valley. . Parking: Street parking available. At only 32 cents a gallon, that car was eating me alive. But it comes alive once a month in a parade of classic cars and tricked-out lowriders that defy the laws of time and gravity as they galavant and literally hop along the boulevard. width: 100%; But the event slowly lost the crowd and disappeared after police began cracking down on the cruisers. After cruising Van Nuys Boulevard, some drivers pulled over in their cars and posed for photos with friends. .table_d2e150 { Also, I deliberately worked Those were the days my friend. . Plus being in L.A. there were numerous different places to cruise! Yeah, those were a bit more work to replace. Our club is going to try to go out in force next August 12th. change I might add. allowing me to closely approach my subjects. Next Page. Nearly 50 years have passed, and most of the beautiful kids in the photos are now approaching 70 years of age a few are even older! -->, Click here to see the "Ghosts of Van Nuys Blvd " from the Wild Bunch Car Club,