[MikeNoun]

Thanks! Very cool piece of literature.

Jim, was the area that Majestic Pontiac was in ever a good area? I thought the Watts Riots were pretty widespread (1965) and I know the rioters roamed the streets for several blocks in all directions, but I wasn't sure if they infiltrated the neighborhoods around where that Pontiac dealer was, or did the area start to turn sour in the 1970's?

[U47]

At one time the Crenshaw shopping district in Liemert Park ( these were areas of the city of L.A. that had names like where I grew up in Westchester, others you may have heard of would be Venice, Hollywood, North Hollywood, Paya del Rey, San Pedro, Mar Vista, Palasades, Wilmington, Carson, Watts etc. just to name a few) Anyroad at one time Liemert park was a nice upper middle class neighborhood. My uncle had a house not far from Majestic Pontiac, but as blight/crime spread from the inner city in all directions Liemert park fell into or became a poverty area. My parents house in Westchester was about 30 minutes on a good day away. The Crenshaw shopping district shopping center was where us white kids would sometimes go on a Friday night to look for street races. One of the famous street racers from that area was a guy some of you all have heard of called Big Willie. Later in the early 90's Big Willie was the guy who did most of the organizing with the city of L.A. to open up Brotherhood Raceway Park in the L.A. Port terminal area. My company donated several pre- production vehicles for use of the facility to use. I liked it cause I got to run for free. This track, along with L.A.C.R. is where some of us guys who belonged to a GTO club called Southern California Gathering of Goats used to run.
BTW: the last time I know of seeing the Majestic sign was in the movie "White Men Can't Jump" . It's a night shot and their driving north down Crenshaw Blvd. That will give you a idea of how badly a nice area has gone to ruin.

[U47]

Crenshaw mall of the 40's 50's 60' 70's with it's art deco buildings was a meeting place for many street races, but you be the judge of how nice it used to be:
http://cobb.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345...eca8970d-500wi
http://cobb.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345...964ed91970d-pi
http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/Ar..._2_630x215.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/...235c12d6e9.jpg
The Majestic sign long after Pontiac moved out
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...hOgTVj_qgGaVf7
When Pontiac was there;
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8...b3791287_m.jpg
Majestic all boarded up and fenced off:
http://www.synthetrix.com/cool/JHB/image/dscn0135.jpg

After the Watts riot of 65 it was never the same, but the time when we were looking for races was 1967-1970 era.

[Alf ista]

Here is passage about my car, a '64 Grand Prix, I found in the details that came with the car:
It was built for the 1964 model year and rolled off the line on the 21st of November 1963 in the General Motors South Gate plant, Los Angeles, California. From there it went to a showroom floor in a dealership in Glendale, Arizona called Mecham Pontiac. It was from here that the cars first owner purchased the car. Amazingly he kept the car for about 37 years and by all accounts rarely drove it. Apparently he used to drive it twice a week to the nearest town to see his sister! A fact confirmed by a later owner during a discussion with the original dealership.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Alf ista

From there it went to a showroom floor in a dealership in Glendale, Arizona called Mecham Pontiac. It was from here that the cars first owner purchased the car....

Noticing that you are one of our European members, I'm wondering if you know about Mecham's history? They are one of the higher profile Pontiac Dealers due to the two Mecham Brother's dealer upgrades to Trans Ams in the '70s known as The Macho Trans Ams
http://www.78ta.com/macho.htm