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22/07/2023 8:36 pm
Somewhere on Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Fresno in California's central valley circa 1957. The young speeder in his '32 3 window coupe with the loaded flathead is meeting the strong arm of the law of the California Highway Partol. Another day, another ticket. The '57 Chevy, '54 Mercury and of course the '55 Buick are all Brooklin. The '32 Ford is my build.
22/07/2023 9:09 pm
Fine models here telling a story in the Bakersfield-Fresno area, circa 1957 ! All these replicas look great and fit the scene beautifully.
22/07/2023 9:19 pm
Bet they had some Gene Vincent and Elvis tunes rockin from the radio!
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
23/07/2023 3:05 am
Wow, that's a great display !
Thanks for sharing with us.
Steve
John Kuvakas reacted
23/07/2023 6:08 am
Bet they had some Gene Vincent and Elvis tunes rockin from the radio!
Great image.
23/07/2023 7:37 am
Love that Rod!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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Topic starter
23/07/2023 1:30 pm
@100ford2003 Just suppose to be a CHP in one of the 270 of these cars ordered.
Steve Jacobs reacted
23/07/2023 3:25 pm
Fine models here telling a story in the Bakersfield-Fresno area, circa 1957 ! All these replicas look great and fit the scene beautifully.
James Dean, on Friday September 30, 1955 while driving a 550 RSK Porsche Spyder, got pulled over by a CHP, (likely driving a 1955 Buick), for speeding somewhere south of Bakersfield on hwy 99 only a hour or so before his untimely accident and death in Cholame at the junction of hwy 46 and 41. Hit by Donald Turnipseed, a student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo driving a customized 1950 Ford coupe.
This post was modified 3 years ago by John Quilter
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
24/07/2023 8:26 am
24/07/2023 11:31 am
Another James Dean car as featured in Rebel Without a Cause.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA