The iconic LAX Theme restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport was completed in August of 1961 (at a cost of $2.2 million) and heralded in the jet-set age of air travel. This is a publicity picture taken with an airline pilot, air stewardess, and a slick 1963 Corvette Sting Ray as futuristic is the building behind them. But look how empty the land behind them looks. All that space! These days, it’s almost lost amid the hubbub of LAX.
David said: “I believe it was taken as a Fall 1962 factory promo shot, as that is when the new model split-window Corvette was introduced.”
And here is the building under construction in 1960:
Since the Stingray in question came out in 1963, I suspect this is a Chevrolet publicity shot using LAX as a backdrop. Sure was a lotta space around LAX then, still! 😀
This picture cannot have been taken in 1961, since that is a 1963 C2 Corvette in the foreground. I believe it was taken as a Fall 1962 factory promo shot, as that is when the new model split-window Corvette was introduced.
The Corvette Stingray intro’d in 1963, so that pic wasn’t taken in ’61. It’s hard to tell, but that car looks like it’s the split window in the rear which would make it a 1963 Corvette.
The iconic LAX Theme restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport was completed in August of 1961 (at a cost of $2.2 million) and heralded in the jet-set age of air travel. This is a publicity picture taken with an airline pilot, air stewardess, and a slick 1963 Corvette Sting Ray as futuristic is the building behind them. But look how empty the land behind them looks. All that space! These days, it’s almost lost amid the hubbub of LAX.
The car is as iconic as the restaurant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette_(C2)
Since the Stingray in question came out in 1963, I suspect this is a Chevrolet publicity shot using LAX as a backdrop. Sure was a lotta space around LAX then, still! 😀
Ah, so that’s a Chevy? It’s a pretty zippy one, I must say!
This picture cannot have been taken in 1961, since that is a 1963 C2 Corvette in the foreground. I believe it was taken as a Fall 1962 factory promo shot, as that is when the new model split-window Corvette was introduced.
The Corvette Stingray intro’d in 1963, so that pic wasn’t taken in ’61. It’s hard to tell, but that car looks like it’s the split window in the rear which would make it a 1963 Corvette.
It’s a painted backdrop, Martin.
It is? It’s a good one, then, because it sure fooled me!