Yeah! That's just the way I remember it Jeff- just like that

:D


thanks

When the gate at Bowmont went up the end was near. That gate is evil.

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Bowmont facing Grandstands (at least whats left of Grandstands)
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Not a car in sight adding to the mystery of Mulholland Drive

Jeff, Could you show us which corners are which? It would help to understand some of the stories if we knew what the corners look like.

Maybe because we dream and recollect in black and white Dave ??

No trick photography. Just black and white. Ask anyone on this thread. This is how the road really is on Mulholland Drive.

Good eye !! You've caught allot of the more subtle undulations that gave/gives the road so much character. Like, even Sunday night when I went across west bound, last turn through the mini-esses. It's banked at it's exit and one can really hook it through there. But one has to know that, as it is not visible on the approach (saw one P-car takin' a line east bound). That's the real mix one had to deal with. Takin' a line where there could be oncoming yet leaving an exit (may not be pretty). We've all said the same things here. But THAT is the exact element we all took from Mulholland to the track. "To finish first one must first finish"

There has been some truly great things written here and I hope those across the country are "living vicariously" through the thread .

ps: Anybody notice that spell check says Mulholland is Malevolent??

I posted in jest - love this thread and your great B&W photos! Color can be the great seductress - but we dream in black and white. Maybe that has to do with the wonderful impact and quality of your great photos. Thanks.

Whatever happened to the "write a script and make a movie" idea much earlier in this thread? Is someone secretly working on it?

Or a coffee table book of B&W's, w/o cars in the pictures as you've posted - maybe titled "Mulholland Drive - Your Car Here"?

went back, edited with legends

Capitol One- "Whats in your wallet??
Ok who wants to be the producer?

I have this visual of MM chasing his mothers hub caps across mulholland. Yet I know exactly what he went through as my mother once said to me "how come my new car ("74 Chevy Caprice Wagon) rattles so much? To which I quickly went out and nearly flattened the tires) !!! She said, "much better now, but it corners strangely.":D

That is funny. How many young folks borrowed Mom and Dads car to go up to Mulholland? I did many time's in between down time with my own cars. I guess I should be asking how many of our parents cars came back from Mulholland with a "story" attached to it. Hummmmmmmm....a lot

I picture BIG American cars like Buick's, Cadillacs, Pontiac's, Custom Cruisers and Country Squire wagons.....
1) Hubcaps missing
2) Tires with rounded or cupped outside tread blocks.
3) Bent wheels
4) 3/4 of a tank of gas gone awol (really poor mileage!!!)
4) Burning smells
5) Kleenex box's crushed by feet
6) Items in trunk relocated by inertia
6) Headlamps mysteriously aimed high

on and on and on..........

If they only knew?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Jeff Hail [/i]
 

JEFF, AWESOME PHOTOS. YES THE BLACK AND WHITE ADDS THE RIGHT BIT OF FLAVOR. BECAUSE AT NIGHT AND DUSK THE COLORS TEND TO FADE AWAY. LOOKS LIKE THE SAME OLD PLACE
THE WEEDS HAVE GROWN TALLER AND THEY'VE ADDED A FEW NEW GUARD RAILS HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT'S THE TRAINING GROUND!

THANKS FOR THE EFFORT TO TAKE SOME EXCELLENT PHOTOS THAT REALLY CAPTURE THE ESSENSE OF THE PLACE.

CRE

Oh my god, I haven't laughed that hard and long for as long as I can remember. I'm crying ! Can you imagine how mad we'd be if our kids did that to OUR cars ???

Mom was a good sport however. I came back from a P-car time trial at Curly Prices Speedrome outside Las Vegas, where I entered her '75 454 Kingswood Estate wagon. While I beat all of the 4 cylinder P-cars and half of the 6 cylinder P-cars (ask Carl Young) I brought the car back with 4 cracked wheels, 4 warped brakes, the tires were worn down to the lettering and the trans, engine and diff all failed shortly thereafter (R.I.Pieces). The car was eventually bought back from the next owner under the "Lemon Law" and crushed.

Ya, ask him to stand up, then see if he remembers that BMW 320 at Laguna "we'all" put together at TurboTech in North Hollywood for the RS IMSA race?

And what happened to "Fat Dancer?"

Massive understeer was an understatement in those big cars.
No matter how much air pressure I always pictured those General
balloons running curves on the sidewalls. Funny how the lettering on those tires was always worndown.

It was a great lesson in learning "throttle steer". I used to shift the TurboHydro manually. That thing was corked so tight all you could hear was "BUHWUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" when I got on it.

74' Coupe De Ville with curb feelers. 501 cubic inches of massive understeer. Hilarious: Priceless
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I'm 41 years old now and grew up thousands of miles to the north. I saw the King of the Mountain movie when I was a kid, but until I read this thread (or part of it anyway) I didn't appreciate what it was all about.

I'm frankly in awe, and completely envious of the experiences some of you had growing up. I can't imagine going through that without being affacted deeply, as is obvious some of you have been.

My brother used to hang out at the 1/4 mile strip with his buddies, but I never got the chance. The eighties hit and things went all disco nd new wave, and there were very few gearhead types of my age, especially in the town where I grew up. I'm lucky I became a gearhead in fact, the odds were against me.

Will it ever be like that again?

You guys rock.