Places that are gone.......but were there in your youth.

[playdeep]

Ascot
Saugus Raceway
Speedway 117 (Corona)
Speedway 605
Orange Show Speedway
Victorville Speedway
El Cajon Speedway
Baylands Raceway
West Capital
San Jose(dirt&asphalt)
Altamont

 

[jetboatperformance]

Whats gone ? I cant see my "junk" unless I hold in my beer gut .....

 

[236eagledave]

Passing thru Hell CA on the way to The River.

Where was Hell Ca?

 

[92562]

Also Lions, Santa Ana, San Gabriel,Termial Island,and the original Irwindale drag strip. Dam the list is huge!

Also, the Big O in Ontario and most recently...Auto Club Dragway Fontana.

 

[Rondog4405]

Happy jacks fish farm! Man , as a kid my dad would take me there all the time. Other than going to the river , happy jacks was probably my favorite place . It was one of those pay per fish deals..but it didn't matter. Tons of great memories there! Wish it was still open to take my kids there too..

 

[92562]

Concrete Wave in Anaheim

Spent a lot of time there in the 70's and early eighties, good times!

 

[timstoy]

My old supervisor called that a dickie do, when your gut sticks out more than your dickie do!

 

[Willie B]

Rafters - Mammoth

… damn… Do I have stories about the Rafters from when I lived in Mammoth……

 

[Orange Juice]

For me, it’s not that they’re gone, it’s that I can’t enjoy myself as much, because of traffic, costs, and over crowded lines when you get there.

I think they call this getting old.

Most of my childhood fishing holes have been fished out.

 

[stephenkatsea]

Where was Hell Ca?

Hell CA was just north of what is now I-10 and WNW of Blythe. That road is now gone, although I’ve heard segments of it remain. It was the Dad’s, middle of the night, beer stop between Indio and Parker. Believe the town’s population was 3, plus a few ducks, cats and dogs. The lady who once worked at Magoo’s remembered it well. BoatCop may have further info.

 

[River Dirt 2]

Places I’ve raced:
Indian Dunes MX
Valley Cycle Park MX
Irwindale Mx
Saddleback MX
District 37, any number of locations

Off-road:
Barstow Fireworks 250
Cal City, HDRA

 

[mbrown2]

Hussong's Havasu....had some crazy times there under age and of age...!!!!

 

[mbrown2]

Tiki Terrace - Nautical Inn - I remember late 80's watching a 21 Skater w/bridgeport wax v-drives, jet's and everything as he pinned it through the afternoon chop.... this was when the bouys were close and you could watch hot laps from the Terrace deck.....the day my love for small outboard tunnels started!

 

[Dunerking]

Ascot,Indian Dunes,Devonshire Downs X
BMX track..Pickwick Drive-In…good stuff

 

[mbrown2]

HB - Electric Chair
HB - Golden Bear

 

[mash on it]

Pearsonville cafe.
Now a Shell station.
Open 24 hrs. But at 3 or 4 am, the owners wife would come downstairs, and cook your breakfast for ya. Eggs and bacon, hash browns, coffee (I had milk, lol). And would leave the check on the counter, and go back to bed.
Trucking had to be done, Haiwee reservoir at 6 am.

Dan'l

 

[framer1]

Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, used to sneak in there when I was a kid...

 

[dirtslinger2]

Naugles.......and the street races that evolved from there.

 

[Tank]

Indian Dunes! Man, that brings back some memories. I loved riding the back trails and coming across all the movie stuff. Gorman had a lot of cool, weird shit back in the trails too.

Pismo Beach when it was wide open

The Penguin Coffee Shop off the 10 and Lincoln in Santa Monica and the cool rock water fountain that was outside. (it was turned into a fuckin' dental office in the 90's but finally turned back into a Diner and is now Mel's Diner)

Georges Market in Malibu on PCH where the Topanga Ranch Motel is. The market was out front. We use to walk there as kids and get candy.

the Koffee Kart In Manhatten Beach (Demolition Omelet!! Insane!)

 

[Pebo]

Happy jacks fish farm! Man , as a kid my dad would take me there all the time. Other than going to the river , happy jacks was probably my favorite place . It was one of those pay per fish deals..but it didn't matter. Tons of great memories there! Wish it was still open to take my kids there too..

You can still fish at Jess Ranch. Very similar to the old Happy Jacks. http://www.jessranchlakesnews.com/

 

[DaveH]

a country of hard-working patriotic Americans.

an education system that taught instead of indoctrinated

a morals based society.





Red Onion
Sports Valley
Pipeline skatepark

 

[Outdrive1]

Naugles

 

[JFMFG]

JOJOS PIZZA

 

[Rondog4405]

You can still fish at Jess Ranch. Very similar to the old Happy Jacks. http://www.jessranchlakesnews.com/

Been there, cool spot ..but, not even close to good old happy jacks.

 

[dirtslinger2]

Cruising Hermosa Beach/Redondo on a Friday or Saturday night……. It would be packed!

I was there every weekend, and the last night of the Esplanade when the RB cops came thru and ended it forever. I walk my dog there in the evenings and think it almost daily how good those times were.

What about the Burger King on Torrance Blvd. after the Esplanade?

 

[Shlbyntro]

The Shoe Tree (Rice Rd)

Paradise Cafe (Parker)

Manor Market (Parker)

Hills Cafe (S. Austin)

Sandeez Hamburger Hut (Lakeway)
....just closed its doors last Saturday. The business had been around for over 60 years and hosted a classic car show every Friday. It will be missed.

 

[RiverDave]

A&W in Parker...

Loved it..

Wimpy's
Sports Valley
The Water Park in Parker
Broken Yolk
The original "Chicken Roost"
The 49'er back when it was sawdust on the floor place on river 95
Manor Mobil
Badenochs

Those are just at the river..

RD

 

[BajaT]

BLUE BAR II

 

[Hydroman55]

The Pow Wow Room, restaurant, gas dock at Blue Water.

 

[Gelcoater]

Mudshark Beach

 

[shintoooo]

Hotboat

 

[Gelcoater]

Hotboat

PowerBoat

 

[BTR]

Lion County Safari

 

[HST4ME]

Mooney's ice cream in old town Saginaw. Picked up my first hottie there when I was 14.

 

[Hydroman55]

PowerBoat

Bought my first copy 1969.

 

[playdeep]

Tiki Terrace - Nautical Inn - I remember late 80's watching a 21 Skater w/bridgeport wax v-drives, jet's and everything as he pinned it through the afternoon chop.... this was when the bouys were close and you could watch hot laps from the Terrace deck.....the day my love for small outboard tunnels started!

Tiki Terrace rocked...
Dancing in an inch of spilled beer.

 

[Hydroman55]

Hobo Joes Lake Havasu now Denny’s

 

[LAPII]

Lake Dolores.

 

[monkeyswrench]

BLUE BAR II

First bar I ever went in to!

I was little, can't remember the year. On the way home from Laughlin, saw the London Bridge, and ended up having lunch there. Some how my non-drinking father knew the owner at the time! Couldn't even tell you where it was, but I can tell you we were in a 72 Chevy with a cabover and no AC for us kids!

 

[twocents]

Anybody know where I can go to redeem all my "Green Stamps" books?

 

[timstoy]

Anybody know where I can go to redeem all my "Green Stamps" books?

And Blue Chip stamps!

 

[JB in so cal]

The Villa in Dana Point.

the Villans softball team

 

[liquid addiction]

Red Bluff
Chowchilla

 

[kurtis500]

GEMCO

Water Dog at Apache Lake

and of course, racing at Red Bluff...but I wasnt a kid

 

[kurtis500]

A&W in Parker...

YES! Always stopped there to get a REAL cold mug of root beer before heading in to the river

 

[LOBOATOMY]

Also Lions, Santa Ana, San Gabriel,Termial Island,and the original Irwindale drag strip. Dam the list is huge!

San Fernando Drag strip on Wentworth outside Sunland

And Vic Hubbard Speed and Marine.

 

[cofooter]

Happy jacks fish farm! Man , as a kid my dad would take me there all the time. Other than going to the river , happy jacks was probably my favorite place . It was one of those pay per fish deals..but it didn't matter. Tons of great memories there! Wish it was still open to take my kids there too..

My grandparents took us there also. They lived in Pasadena. Where exactly was it? I remember the bamboo poles and the bait, the helpers chumming the water, and my grandparents telling me when I had to stop fishing, lol. They cooked the trout when we got home. Fun times!

 

[cofooter]

Ascot
Saugus Raceway
Speedway 117 (Corona)
Speedway 605
Orange Show Speedway
Victorville Speedway
El Cajon Speedway
Baylands Raceway
West Capital
San Jose(dirt&asphalt)
Altamont

Don't forget Orange County International Raceway!

 

[Rondog4405]

My grandparents took us there also. They lived in Pasadena. Where exactly was it? I remember the bamboo poles and the bait, the helpers chumming the water, and my grandparents telling me when I had to stop fishing, lol. They cooked the trout when we got home. Fun times!

It was in azusa just before you head up into the canyon. Yep, you are right. Bamboo poles with a lil cup of dough bait. I remember they had a old 60's Pepsi machine too. I remember having a absolutel blast there as a kid!

 

[mbrown2]

BLUE BAR II

Can't believe I did not think of that....lot of foggy nights... How about Paradise!