I don’t know if that circa 1960 Thunderbird in the foreground of this photo was cruising Burbank on a Saturday night, but that sure is the vibe I’m getting from this image. Bob’s Big Boy with their “original double deck hamburger” is still around at 4211 W Riverside Dr, in Burbank. It’s the oldest remaining Bob’s Big Boy location and was declared a historical landmark by the state of California in 1993. I doubt that hormonal teenage boys still cruise the boulevards of the San Fernando Valley on the weekends, but the big tradition at Bob’s is on Friday nights when dozen of classic car enthusiasts meet there to show and check out each other’s classic American cars. You can see pics of it HERE.And here is Bob’s Big Boy in January 2021
This is a frame from an iconic video shot on Riverside Drive, with the subject Thunderbird driving westbound on Riverside Drive, starting at about Hollywood Way. See:
https://youtu.be/mmE6GLOocO8
Ah! That confirms my suspicion that it came from a video. Thanks, David.
Martin,
I was one of those Bob’s regulars in the ’50s, a looker, not a shower. Went a couple of times before Covid, and it seems that the same people who were showing their cars in the ’50s were there, only about 60 years older with the same cars. It’s still a good Friday night show.