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The Pan Pacific car show

Started by Road Reptile, September 13, 2025, 01:27:24 PM

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Road Reptile

Hi all in SAAC land,
Would like to know if anyone has ever attended a show held in the Pan Pacific during the 1960's or would know of a source of pictures that were from these events. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
R.R.

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We never attended this show back in the 60s  a bit to young for us. But it was a fascinating event and times

Here a few from an early Pan Pacific Pacific Show that was later moved to Los Angeles
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Road Reptile

Hi again,
Thanks for a completely worthless response full of G.M. pictures....You must need glasses as well as a lesson in what a proper response should be.Please stop wasting space on this site.
R.R.

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I went a couple times 64-65ish but didn't take any pix. I went with my dad and a couple of his engineer buddies. They were all aerospace engineers and interested in the cheap slippery Panhard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhard_24

LA Library has a collection of photos you can search. Looks like they started holding auto shows there in the 30s.
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/Pan%20Pacific%20Auditorium%20(Los%20Angeles%2C%20Calif.)./field/subjec/mode/exact/conn/and

The Pan Pacific was an iconic Art Deco masterpiece with a lot of great history. It fell on hard times when they opened the LA Convention Center. The city wouldn't let them tear it down but a mysterious fire solved that problem. It lives on in the entrance design to Disneyland's CA Adventure.
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Road Reptile

Thanks for a great response and useful link !! Really appreciate it.
Must have been a fun place to visit as it was used for all types shows and events for more than 40 years.
R.R.