Bummin’ around San Luis Obispo, CA.
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Frostie Freeze, Malibu in the late ‘70s.
The 21-foot tall staue was not an unusual sight around southern California at that time. Originally designed to promote body shops and auto parts stores, the “muffler men” were manufactured by a company in Venice beginning in the early 1960s.
Read more about muffler men here: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/37422
The one in Malibu was retooled in 1988 into a guy with a moustache holding a taco.
There’s one in Escondido in San Diego County. The Joor Muffler Man has been at the corner of East Valley Parkway and Juniper for 40 years.
Vintage postcard of the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier in the 1980s.
Source: cardcow.com
The Penguin coffee shop on the corner of Lincoln and Olympic in Santa Monica in 1988. The interior shots show the original decor still intact since 1959.
Photos: Jong Eng
They’re in the process of restoring the structure into a new restaurant. Read about it here: http://www.lamag.com/askchris/santa-monicas-penguin-coffee-shop-restored/
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