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When the Great Depression hit in 1931, Edelbrock went to California to live with his brother, Carl. Initially, he moved in with his brother and took a job as an auto mechanic. In order to earn some extra money to open his own repair shop, Edelbrock took an evening job in downtown Los Angeles parking cars at a large apartment complex. It was a ...
Engine Company No. 28 is a former Los Angeles Fire Department fire station on Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Built in 1912 at a cost of US$50,000 , the structure served as an operating fire station until it was closed in 1967.
Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 is a historic fire station and engine company in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1913, its white firemen served a predominantly white neighborhood. The demographics became more mixed in the 1920s, and in 1924 the firehouse was segregated.
Part of the Port of Los Angeles complex [26] Ford Motor Company Long Beach Plant Long Beach, California: Ford Model A: 1930 [27] 1959 [27] Ford Motor Company Pico Rivera Plant. Rosemead & Washington Boulevards, Pico Rivera, California: 1.4 million automobiles [28] c. 1959 January 1980 [29]
Engine House No. 18 is a fire station in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, California. [3] [4] [5]Cornerstone at Engine House No. 18. Built in 1904, the station was designed in the Mission Revival style by architect John Parkinson, whose later works included Los Angeles City Hall, Union Station, and Bullocks Wilshire. [6]
McCulloch moved its operation to California in 1946. In the 1950s, McCulloch manufactured target drone engines, which were sold to RadioPlane in the 1970s. These McCulloch 4318 small four cylinder horizontally opposed two-stroke engines were also popular for use in various small autogyros , such as the Bensen B-8 M and Wallis WA-116 .
Fire Station No. 14 (Los Angeles, California), NRHP-listed, historic all-black segregated fire station in South Los Angeles; Fire Station No. 23 (Los Angeles, California), NRHP-listed, built in 1910 in Downtown Los Angeles; Engine House No. 18 (Los Angeles, California), NRHP-listed, Mission Revival fire station built in 1904 in West Adams district
The first Y-block on Ford automobiles and F100 trucks was the 239 cu in (3,910 cc) version as released in 1954 with EBU casting numbers. The Y-block was the same displacement as the old Ford Flathead V8 that it replaced but with a bigger bore and a shorter stroke (3.5 x 3.1 in).