Hello,
after Princeton Drive and Carter Ave also is finished i will start with the last Building in Californian ...
Shelby American Inc., West Imperial Highway 6501, Los Angeles, Californiaor as Shortcut
LAXfor me personal it is my masterpiece, i am always a big fan of the 1965 - 1966 GT350 and so
in LAX the most magic happend ...
for sure i like the Cobra and Daytona also but my passion belongs to GT350
For a long time in my life i wanted to even know what happend here in LAX, but i never make
the work to detailed this at the Level i do it with the Buildings of Princeton and Carter ...
When you looked long enough on several Internet Homepage, looking in books and even in
Promotial Videos you can find lot of Pics ...
But at this Time, and to make it really detailed, i want you to help me ...
I want to have a nearly correct Timeline what happend at LAX.
SO PLEASE feel totally free to post any Pic from LAX you have when you can make it fix
with a Date ... and even when you have no Timedata on the Pic ... i want it, too
I dedicate this Thread to the great George Watters ... i had some emails with him and he wrote me
some stories from LAX where he was ... and for sure without his great Pics we can´t even do such a work.
He inspired me to do this work and find Details which maybe we all know befor but never see in
the hole context inside of the Buildings.Also i want to thank
Richstangs, we wrote very much in the last Days and he is so helpfull with all these
different timecodes and Pics to me ... even
Side-Oiler with his knowledge and Life-Time Experience.
I hope i don´t forget somebody.
So i will beginn with Part 1.1 and some Bird View Pics of the hole LAX Building ... in these Pics we see all Shelby rent for building the cars we all love in the forum.
and even the work was in full action ... we see the finished GT350 (with Hoods)
standing in Rows and we see even the Cobras standing.
This Pic is a little bit surprising ... maybe it is made befor Shelby rent that area
or shortly after leaving ... we see the hole area clean and clear oof Cars
Edith: Thanks Richstangs, Timecode is Early 65, even befor Shleby produced Cars but have already rent the area
This is a pic from a later Timecode on LAX, some Buildings are added on and we see a lot
of Airplanes ... the place was very big
Edith: Thanks CAMP-USHUR, Timecode September 1967 after Shelby rent was ended
Even the Building are standing so it would be very hard working on it, enlarge it, modified it
and change ramps and even Gates or whatever was needed ...
But when you look at Google Earth you can see the hole ground are right it was in the
Sixties and so i add some 3 D Pic from 2019
and even i make some simply Measurements with Google to find out how big some Details was
they are not exactly but we have a close overlook of the hangars and this floor tiles ...
The Next step, Part 1.2, was found a few years ago, after long search i found the
BLUEPRINTS of LAX like it was planned
for Shelby Production ... these Blueprints well help in near future to get the hole inside view of the Hangars.
The Item is still on sale on the Homepage ... for 6995 Bucks you can hang it in your Living Room, for me too much.
https://fastlanecars.com/gift-shop/46/signed-by-carroll-shelbyand last Part for Today,
Part 1.3, the Sales Office and Gate Entrance ...i am sure you all know the Pics and there is no surprising Details but only to get a full Walk-Around-Trip
i will add the Pics and even a little Detailing.
For the Open Pic from Sales Office i will use the Profilpic of
SFM66H, even he did the hole work with George Watters for the
famous George Watter Collection, and even to appreciation his hole work ... and even it´s in Colour.
does anybody know the exactly Colour that is used on the Pillars from Sales Office ?
but of course, many cars are pictured right befor the Sales Office, the GT350S we know all and maybe this one too, but it let us
see a little bit inside of the S.O.
just to get another Coloured Pic i will use this one from famous "Ford goes Raceing" Video
and for sure all of us know the following Pic but it´s a very good one to show the hole meshed up fence around the area from LAX
and the little Keepers House.
maybe a little unkown fact is that the S.O. was only on front and Gateside higher than the rest of the Building ...
you can see this in this enlarge Picframe ...
For the first i will go to work on the Hangars and make on in a few days or even tomorrow...
What does you mean about the Thread, or even you have information and dont forget your Pics (with Timecodes on it)
please share and keep the Thread alive...Greets from Germany
Steve / Stephan / Szabo