Vintage Pic from 1973, Live on the Sunset Strip Options

[Maltese Falcon]

I'm a fan for anything vintage L.A. especially if there's a 914 in the pic. Check out that dealer D.O.T. stance! This is from a vintage online media site; westbound on the Sunset Strip in front of Imperial Gardens restaurant. Today this is the Pink Taco restaurant, Hotel Marmont is just out of frame. The large dia pole is the support for the famous Marlboro Man billboard; today the iPhone billboard.
I was still cruising in the '69SS Camaro , and didn't get that special 914 drive experience until 1974 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
There were Lots of 914s around here in the 70's and lots of dealers too, all within 20 miles of this pic;
DTLA P+A (Porsche + Audi), Max Dial, Bob Smith, Vasek Polak, Bozzani, Rusnak, Westwood, Beverly Hills, Gabriel +Olsen, Steve Taub.

[bkrantz]

Cool. But maybe the vehicle stance is due to the massive torque about to induce a wheelie.

[Jett]

Love the picture!

[mgp4591]

Cool. But maybe the vehicle stance is due to the massive torque about to induce a wheelie.

HA! That's a good one! That's the very reason I never like them at first. My 65 GTO had a much better stance so the funny furrin' cars didn't really appeal to me until I made the decision to build a real sports car instead of an Earth turning torque monster that I'd become accustomed to.

[wonkipop]

I'm a fan for anything vintage L.A. especially if there's a 914 in the pic. Check out that dealer D.O.T. stance! This is from a vintage online media site; westbound on the Sunset Strip in front of Imperial Gardens restaurant. Today this is the Pink Taco restaurant, Hotel Marmont is just out of frame. The large dia pole is the support for the famous Marlboro Man billboard; today the iPhone billboard.
I was still cruising in the '69SS Camaro , and didn't get that special 914 drive experience until 1974 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

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[FlacaProductions]

This is great. I always wonder when looking at shots like this...where are those people today and where is that car?

[Root_Werks]

I love old photos like this, thanks for sharing!

[burton73]

I'm a fan for anything vintage L.A. especially if there's a 914 in the pic. Check out that dealer D.O.T. stance! This is from a vintage online media site; westbound on the Sunset Strip in front of Imperial Gardens restaurant. Today this is the Pink Taco restaurant, Hotel Marmont is just out of frame. The large dia pole is the support for the famous Marlboro Man billboard; today the iPhone billboard.
I was still cruising in the '69SS Camaro , and didn't get that special 914 drive experience until 1974 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Hi Marty my West Side LA bud,

I remembering going to the Imperial Gardens Restaurant for dinner and they sat us at a table next to Liza Minnelli and Roger Moore around 1976


Song by Steely Dan
Drive west on Sunset
To the sea, Turn that jungle music down,
Just until we're out of town, This is no one night stand
It's a real occasion, Close your eyes and you'll be there,
It's everything they say The end of a perfect day….
Distant lights from across the bay


Bob B

[Maltese Falcon]

I'm a fan for anything vintage L.A. especially if there's a 914 in the pic. Check out that dealer D.O.T. stance! This is from a vintage online media site; westbound on the Sunset Strip in front of Imperial Gardens restaurant. Today this is the Pink Taco restaurant, Hotel Marmont is just out of frame. The large dia pole is the support for the famous Marlboro Man billboard; today the iPhone billboard.
I was still cruising in the '69SS Camaro , and didn't get that special 914 drive experience until 1974 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Hi Marty my West Side LA bud,

I remembering going to the Imperial Gardens Restaurant for dinner and they sat us at a table next to Liza Minnelli and Roger Moore around 1976


Song by Steely Dan
Drive west on Sunset
To the sea, Turn that jungle music down,
Just until we're out of town, This is no one night stand
It's a real occasion, Close your eyes and you'll be there,
It's everything they say The end of a perfect day….
Distant lights from across the bay


Bob B

@burton73 here ya go Bob...Madame Wu herself, proprietor of the Imperial Gardens. Four decade run at this address, formerly the Players Club...and a private residence prior to that. After Imperial it became the Roxbury best known for '80s celeb riff raff; followed by Myagis Restaurant, currently Pink Taco.
Hey Bob did you ever eat at Ah Fongs on Sunset, just next to Greenblatts Deli ? Currently the Laugh Factory (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
BTW , Greenblatts recently closed its doors (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[Maltese Falcon]

This is great. I always wonder when looking at shots like this...where are those people today and where is that car?

@FlacaProductions That would be cool to know! I would almost say it's my old friend Renee Cortez, who often wore ski caps to keep his long hair under control and lived near Hollywood. He had a light ivory 914 like this...& the infamous guy that threw me his keys for my first 914 drive !
I have another pic of this Sunset Bl location, looks like pre WW2. The yellow line points to a (W-bound) sedan in the same spot as the 914. The Players Club in that era (Imperial Gardens in 914 pic) is visible, and the Chateau Marmont hotel is to the right (French Normandy architecture). On the left you will see a road sign Garden of Allah Hotel + Villas; singer Joni Mitchell based her song "They paved paradise and put up a Parking Lot" when the Gardens were demo'd for a shopping center. And of course Pandoras Box night club would be just out of camera range, caddy corner to the "Garden".
Good times !

[Maltese Falcon]

@FlacaProductions
The Players Club on Sunset Bl.

[Dustin]

Why do you think the pic with the yellow arrow is post ww2?

[Maltese Falcon]

Why do you think the pic with the yellow arrow is post ww2?

Already thought that one over too (edited). The "Garden" hotel ran from 1927 to 1959. There seems to be several fat fendered cars parallel parked (w-bound Sunset Bl.) which stood out to me as post ww2 era cars. Those older models pictured are def pre-ww2. I read that since motor vehicle production (duration of ww2) was shifted to War vehicle production...these older cars were still putting around post war.

[FlacaProductions]

I know this stretch of Sunset pretty well but I've only been in L.A. for 10 years so my personal history is limited.

Perhaps your original 914 pic came from this Ed Ruscha project? Fascinating and I originally looked for 914s and other interesting vehicles without much success...but I kept coming back to: where are all these cars and people today!!?

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/...-getty-database

[Maltese Falcon]

I know this stretch of Sunset pretty well but I've only been in L.A. for 10 years so my personal history is limited.

Perhaps your original 914 pic came from this Ed Ruscha project? Fascinating and I originally looked for 914s and other interesting vehicles without much success...but I kept coming back to: where are all these cars and people today!!?

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/...-getty-database

Absolutely...and two other very informative sites (on iG) @la.history @alisonmartino
If you're a local fan , check out 8830 W. Sunset Bl. The Classic Cat established 1965 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[horizontally-opposed]

Love these vintage L.A. pics.

Have always dug vintage city photos, but a good friend and L.A. native—plus Michael Connelly's books—have turned this SF native into a serious fan. Adding a 914 and other period rides only makes these images even cooler. There are so many cool nooks and crannies and hangouts throughout L.A., and the back stories only make them cooler.

And, if you haven't driven the 110, late at night with good tunes (whether musical or mechanical), you're truly missing out…

[Maltese Falcon]

Neile + Steve McQueen digging their newly acquired Jaguar XKSS fresh from Hornburg Jaguar, 9176 W. Sunset Bl. (recently relocated to LA Brea Ave.). It's in the Petersen Museum these days, it was re-sprayed white (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) last time I've seen it there.
Neile signed her book for me at the Egyptian Theatre where she spoke, then followed by a showing of the "Great Escape" .
Phil Spector ( the late) was known to drive his Daytona Cobra coupe on Sunset. When interviewed in a car magazine he said that he hated driving in hot traffic with No a/c and no p/s !

[Maltese Falcon]

Mort Sahl (the late) comedian liked to roll on the Sunset Strip in his 427 Cobra. I met up with him at one of his shows backstage at the Tiffany Theatre. We had some great car chatting, and he also signed his story in "Playboy" magazine for me !

[Type 47]

love those fake mag hub caps...just like my 73' came with

[Maltese Falcon]

love those fake mag hub caps...just like my 73' came with

Amazing faux fueks, talk about Porsche thinking "Entry Level " prices (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)