[Hallicrafters] Re: Look at this beauty...

[~DA~]

"Burger Continental", oh boy. It's still there and
like so many things, your memory and the passage of
time make it appear better than it was. I was there a
few months back after not having been there for
several years. Two words, dis gusting. It looked like
it's turned out to be a low class TGI Fridays if there
is such a thing.

DA



--- lardiere at ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Julian and Joe Bob,
> 
> I frequented "Burger Continental" back in the 70's
> when I worked at Ralph Parsons in Pasadena.  Lake
> and California sounds right for the location.  The
> belly dancing, great burgers, and good beer were an
> unbeatable combination.   The dancers were really
> talented, too!   Lots of Cal Tech types loved it for
> the same reasons.  I like to think some of them were
> inspired to think about some esoteric science in
> places like that.       
> 
> Hope it's still the same place.  I remember it had
> an outdoor courtyard in the back - really pleasant. 
> 
> 
> BTW - we installed a ham station at the top of the
> Parsons building a few blocks away.  One of the more
> enthusiastic ham club members actaully hauled a BTI
> kW amplifier (3-1000Z) to the roof room.  That was
> NOT easy.  We worked a lot of DX from up there.
> 
> I just wish I had had the bucks to buy one of those
> Pasadena Craftsman houses back then, when they were
> relatively cheap.  
> 
> The "subtle gold metalflake" is a pretty good
> suggestion for the Hallicrafters paint.  But Julian
> - hunter green??  Are you going for the vintage
> Jaguar look?  That might work out better on a
> vintage Eddystone.
> 
> Metalflake blue might work better with the black
> accents on the Hallicrafters.  As for the extra
> holes in the cabinet, why not drill more of them
> (big ones) and go for the "Googly" architectural
> look?  Raymond Loewy would have been tempted by
> that, I think.  Like the struts with the big holes
> on the 50's spaceships.  Saves weight, too!     
> 
> Julian, please post pictures when you are finished
> with that thing.  
> 
> 73,
> 
> Rocco N6KN  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Julian Bunn <Julian.Bunn at caltech.edu>
> >Sent: Feb 18, 2007 12:09 AM
> >To: Joe Bob Brunson <yowje at yahoo.com>
> . . . 
> >There is a place called Burger Continental near the
> corner of Lake and 
> >California:
> >is that the one you are referring to? It's still
> going strong!
> >
> >Today I have painted the cabinet and faceplate
> Hunter Green, but retained
> >black for the meter and round dial plate. I'm not
> sure yet whether
> >I like it!
> >
> >Julian
> >
> >Joe Bob Brunson wrote:
> >> Wow...Continental Burger!  If it is the place I
> am
> >> thinking of, on, I believe, Fair Oaks in
> >> Pasadena...haven't been there in 20 years, but I
> sure
> >> hope it is still in business!  Best hamburgers in
> the
> >> world (even better than Fuddruckers), and a great
> >> selection of beers.  Sometimes they also had
> belly
> >> dancers.
> >>
> >> As for the receiver, I think a nice black with a
> >> subtle gold metalflake and gold nomenclature
> would
> >> look really nice.  Black dials, silkscreened with
> >> glow-in-the-dark lettering, and lit with a uv
> filter
> >> over the lamps, kinda like the 1949 Fords used. 
> Been
> >> thinking of this combination for an old S-20R
> parts
> >> unit I have...
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> WB6FQL
> >>  
> >>. . .   
>
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