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[*] posted on 4-28-2020 at 02:50 PM


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Now there's a real piece of art/history there !!! Beautiful ...

Where is or was it ?


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[*] posted on 4-28-2020 at 06:00 PM


A map of the Sanitarios of Baja California!!

Kind of useful...




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[*] posted on 4-28-2020 at 06:15 PM


It was on the wall at the old gas station/truck stop at Catavina before Los Pinos just built the new one. I'm sure it's gone, probably painted over.

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[*] posted on 4-28-2020 at 08:37 PM


On the wall at Rancho Ojai.





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[*] posted on 4-29-2020 at 07:42 AM


That is a rare one, Ted!

At a home in Baja were these beauties...





I remember the metal AAA signs in Baja on our 1966 trip down the peninsula. One, that was painted over with new wording was at Rancho Sonora (the original one, on the old main road) in 1974. You saw it driving to El Mármol from the new highway.

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[*] posted on 4-30-2020 at 01:55 PM


Love those AAA signs David.



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Driving in Baja before 1973 was quite the adventure! It was like the Wild West, but with four wheel drive!



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[*] posted on 5-2-2020 at 03:49 PM
Another one for you AAA sign fans...




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Nice! Even back then, they had bullet holes.



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Nice! Even back then, they had bullet holes.


Yes, it is odd when bullets were so valuable that signs were shot up. I remember them that way in 1966, as well.




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[*] posted on 5-3-2020 at 08:51 AM


I bought a commemorative sign for the 2017 Mexican 1000 -- modeled after old AAA signs, complete with rust and bullet holes.





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[*] posted on 5-4-2020 at 06:49 AM


I almost bought one of those remakes when they came out, kinda wish I had! Vey cool, just like the originals were..
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[*] posted on 6-9-2020 at 10:36 AM
From the 1973 AAA Baja Norte Guidebook




Likely where the older route coming south from San Juan de Dios met the main peninsular road... between El Arenoso and El Progreso?

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