tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post6413851726837167308..comments2024-03-29T07:05:53.027-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Vintage CarsMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-43000840729841619532015-10-26T10:07:26.286-07:002015-10-26T10:07:26.286-07:00Date shakes are very good indeed. Indio had the d...Date shakes are very good indeed. Indio had the date festival for many years. Don't know if that's still a thing, but selling dates, date ingredient foodstuffs, date-related souvenirs, etc. were a big thing in a past day. I found some old pics of my visit to the Indio festival long, long ago. The Middle East theme probably would not play well today.<br /><br />I remember some buildings like this in PS, as you say, on Palm Canyon (or just off it) near the old theater, but, as noted, it was very long ago and memory fails. Little Spanish-style places like this abounded in old SoCal; Santa Barbara, La Jolla, PS, Venice, San Diego, even up into the San Joaquin Valley, Fresno, and Bakersfield. Mostly gone now, of course.<br /><br />Cool pics, cool cars, Major. Thank you.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69783391402586887922015-10-25T09:12:17.297-07:002015-10-25T09:12:17.297-07:00Major...It was down the Main Street of PS...I beli...Major...It was down the Main Street of PS...I believe it was the North side of town and nearby the old theater.<br /><br />KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-55691048234645220232015-10-24T13:31:46.260-07:002015-10-24T13:31:46.260-07:00Thanks for the car info; I really love both the Be...Thanks for the car info; I really love both the Bel Air and the ’49 Ford; they’ve got style! Those Deckers were the talk of the neighborhood.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, my guess is that the shopping center is gone, though I don’t really know. If it IS still there, it has probably been modernized so that it looks generic.<br /><br />TokyoMagic! again, oh yeah! Why buy dates when you can just pick them off the trees? (Bring your own ladder).<br /><br />KS, I wish you could remember where your shopping center was… maybe it was the same one!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-51519348757172253592015-10-24T11:11:07.592-07:002015-10-24T11:11:07.592-07:00I recall seeing a shopping center that looked like...I recall seeing a shopping center that looked like this in PS a few years ago. Had lots of charm. Wonder if it is there today myself. Anyone know?<br /><br />KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69732397232385153462015-10-24T02:25:36.749-07:002015-10-24T02:25:36.749-07:00It never fails, I often comment and then go back a...It never fails, I often comment and then go back and discover something in the photos that I didn't see upon first glance. I just noticed that there are bunches of dates hanging in those trees in the parking lot!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-27840824410064984712015-10-24T02:21:32.411-07:002015-10-24T02:21:32.411-07:00What a cool little desert shopping center! I wond...What a cool little desert shopping center! I wonder if any part of it is still standing today? Or do they tear things down in Palm Springs as easily as they do in Los Angeles and Orange County?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69173959196830358932015-10-24T00:18:58.796-07:002015-10-24T00:18:58.796-07:00Major-
That "baby blue" Chevrolet Bel A...Major-<br /><br />That "baby blue" Chevrolet Bel Air is from 1953, as you surmised. And that paler blue convertible on the far left appears to be a 1946 Buick.<br /><br />And in the second image, although very similar to the 1950 model year, the red convertible is a 1949 Ford. And it appears we're seeing the rear end of a 1951 Studebaker, parked in front of the Ford.<br /><br />(Now, about those Deckers... I've heard a few stories about the "biting").<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com