good news for Californian's who moved to Tennesse, or anyone in the MidWest that has heard about Double Doubles - In and Out has opened two locations, one in Lebanon and one in Antioch

after the experience I had replacing my battery, I grabbed a cheeseburger (well, a Double Double!) and here's what In N Out has for kids, or anyone else that asks for one

the stickers above can be put on anything, but, on the flip side, is a blank version of the dragstrip below

In-N-Out Burger’s 75th anniversary celebration in Pomona will feature ZZ Top, a car show, and drag racing! Oct 22nd, Pomona drag strip

https://ino75thfestival.com/rock-2-freedom/

https://ino75thfestival.com/

In 2023, the legendary drag racing strip on Fairplex property will also be renamed In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip as part of a multi-year sponsorship deal, taking over the Auto Club’s long-term sponsorship.

Coolest thing I learned of today, In and Out has one special food truck that only sells mini Double-Doubles and fries, and only operates at childrens events

In-N-Out's "Esther Snyder Cookout Truck," was created in honor of the In-N-Out co-founder Esther Snyder, and was named in honor of Snyder due to her love for helping children.

The Esther Snyder Cookout Truck will be selling the mini food items as part of its mission to support the In-N-Out Burger Foundation's efforts in assisting children who have been victims of child abuse, it  is reserved for children and youth events, and can be reserved by anyone hosting an event that meets the criteria in all of Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as limited parts of Ventura, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties, and limited parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Denver, Colorado Springs and Las Vegas.

https://abc7.com/in-n-out-mini-burgers-double-doubles-fries/12950294/

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/business/in-n-out-cookout-truck-to-serve-mini-versions-of-classics/

https://esthersnydercookouttruck.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpS7LE4JUMS/

What's amazing, is that Esther was in the Navy, co-founded the best double cheeseburger chain I've ever been to, which introduced the drive thru to California, and her grand daughter owns and runs the company, and races a 41 Willys? That's a lot of cool right there

A native of Sorrento, Ill., Esther Snyder was born Esther Lavelle Johnson, one of seven girls in a family of eight children. 

She attended Greenville College in Illinois, and during World War II she served in the WAVES, the women’s branch of the Navy, where her duties included surgical nursing. 

She left the military with the rank of pharmacist first class. 

 After the war, she attended Seattle Pacific University, graduating with a degree in zoology.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-06-me-snyder6-story.html

I'm a fan of In-N-Out, you know that... but I can't even guess wtf happened here with the 2023 t shirt design

the above is the 2020

the 2021

the 2022

this is the wtf 2023

https://shop.in-n-out.com/collections/adult-collector-shirts

In-N-Out is the new title sponsor of the NHRA Finals, they are taking on naming rights of the Pomona Dragstrip at Pomona Fairplex

The Auto Club of Southern California had recently had naming rights to the track and to the NHRA Finals. This year’s finals will close out that partnership.

The burger stand that has worldwide fans – and definitely many in the NHRA Camping World pits – is planning to celebrate its monumental diamond anniversary on October 23, 2023, with an In-N-Out 75th Anniversary Festival, one that will include all forms of drag racing

https://www.racingjunk.com/news/nhra-in-n-out-pomona-dragstrip-plan-for-a-delicious-future

The waiting line for a Double Double gets so long around 6-8 pm at this location, people will wait IN the nearby intersection, here are 2 different days of examples. While I'm waiting at the stop light, why not photograph this insanity?

in this bottom photo, you can see that the line wraps around the block, and I can tell you that there are about 50 cars in line, out of the drive through out of the parking lot, down the road, and to this intersection, then - as you can see, it goes up this OTHER road. 

so there I was, making a run to the post office to pick up my Netflix DVD, and I saw that a lot of construction was happening at the intersection next to In n Out. The construction blocked all the regular ways into this In n Out... and TA DA! No line in the drive through!

See that? They didn't even need the guy to be out there... there was no one waiting in line past the ordering board with the two way speaker!

So, I called my best friend real fast, asked "Want a double double delivered?" and just that fast, had the first double double this month, and probably the last for a while. Plus, helped out the work from home best friend.

So, in times like these, it takes a flu panic AND construction (see the cememtn trucks on the right, in the back, of the picture?  to get into the drive through without a line wrapped around the corner. Last week, I think it was Friday, the last time I drove past, the cars waiting in line were out past the intersection stop light, and 4 cars down around the corner. That had to be an hour in line at best.

This unprecedented empty drive thru had me wanting to tell the local news so the word could get out that a Double Double was less than 5 minutes from arrival at the drive thru, to being eaten!

Happy 70th anniversary in business to In N Out! The only burger joint I know that digs cool old hot rods, the only family owned and operated one, and now their grand daughter Lynsi is running the business

Harry and Esther Snyder made one hell of a good burger and shake company!

Harry Snyder was born in Vancouver, had a hard-scrabble upbringing in Seattle and Santa Monica, Calif., often working odd jobs to help support his parents and older sisters, and spent his World War II Army deployment in a series of desk jobs due to a perforated ear drum.

Esther Snyder grew up in challenging circumstances, as one of eight children in rural Illinois. Unlike Harry, Esther made a college degree a priority. Working part time and taking care of her ill grandmother, she received a teaching certificate and then enrolled in the women’s arm of the Naval Reserve during World War II as a surgical nurse in the Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) program.

 After the war, she moved to Seattle, where she finished her bachelor’s degree in zoology from Seattle Pacific University. At 27, she was managing a restaurant in Fort Lawton where she met Harry, 34. With the creation of In-N-Out, her role in the company’s success ranged from slicing the first potatoes and hand-forming meat patties to keeping the books and ultimately guiding the business as President

Love struck fast, and they married in 1948. Then it was off to Los Angeles to start their new life, also in the food arena. The pair settled in fast-growing Baldwin Park near Los Angeles. While at Fort Lawton, Harry had noticed the increasing popularity of the boxed lunches he delivered. In L.A., he saw the postwar appetite for independence and pleasure and imagined the car becoming a larger aspect of California life. He noticed that Baldwin Park had few restaurants, yet was on a busy route between L.A. and Palm Springs -- a perfect spot for a hamburger stand.

The practical Snyders named it In-N-Out to evoke car culture convenience. Harry received $5,000 startup capital from local businessman Charles Noddin and opened the first store in October 1948 on Garvey Avenue, across from the home he shared with Esther. Adding spark to his concept, Harry developed a two-way radio ordering system that let customers get a quick meal without leaving their cars.

After three years, in 1951, In-N-Out opened a second location in nearby Covina. Noddin and Harry soon dissolved the partnership after the investor got greedy and pushed to cut costs by reducing employee pay and using cheaper ingredients.

Harry vowed to never again take on outside financing. Harry didn’t dream of putting an In-N-Out on every corner. His goal was to create a sustainable and healthy business to pass on to his sons. You can see how integrity and honesty has resulted in the most admired family owned burger business in the west...

It now boasts over 300 locations in California, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Arizona and Oregon. It hasn't turned into a profits obsessed corporation making decisions based on stockholders greed for continuously increased 1/4rly stock profit reports

The longtime association of In-N-Out with drag racing and classic cars builds on Harry’s initial 1965 50% investment in the development of Irwindale Drag Strip. In-N-Out burgers were sold in the concession stands to racers and fans who spread their enthusiasm across the country.

In-N-Out continues to expand, in large part to provide professional opportunities to those who helped build the firm. Harry and Esther had two conditions: (1) They had to own a building outright. (2) They had to know who would manage it.  Quality and customer service continues to maintain the high standards of the owners by a customer care line, a toll-free phone system staffed by those who have worked at In-N-Out restaurants.

The original owner, Harry, grew the business to 18 stores, the next generation, and their mom Esther as president, expanded another 122 stores. Since 1999, it's doubled. (insert double double joke). The only grandchild, Lynsi, took the presidency after a slew of problems, in 2010 and has 4 kids to pass it on to.

'X’ marks the spot! Snyder introduced crossed palm trees in front of most stores in 1972. He got the idea from the 1963 movie ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,’ where characters hunted for treasure beneath four crossed palms.

https://www.ocregister.com/2013/02/27/drag-racing-heiress-keeps-in-n-out-on-course/
https://www.chowhound.com/features/didnt-burger-422
https://www.buzztopix.com/how-lynsi-snyder-heiress-of-in-n-out-burger-really-lives/
https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/harry-and-esther-snyder-boosted-taste-and-sales-at-in-n-out/
http://thechive.com/2015/09/23/a-few-in-n-out-burger-facts-to-feed-your-hunger-14-photos/
https://californiathroughmylens.com/in-n-out-replica
https://www.kcet.org/food-living/the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-in-n-outs-first-family
http://www.in-n-out.com/history.aspx

one of the reasons it hard to hire good mechanics... pay. A burger flipper starting at In N Out makes more an hour than a dealership oil and tire mechanic starting.

So, why the hell would a high school grad waste the money buying his own tools and rolling tool chest and making less where there won't be any time spent talking to women?

I work at a dealership in San Diego, there are no women in any job that doesn't have a computer for them to sit at all day long. Not a single one.

But at In N Out, the line is always out the door of college age people waiting to get in. Well, in San Diego anyway, we have about 4 major universities, and lots of colleges...

FWIW, a mechanic at a Harley dealership makes twice what a car dealership mechanic makes, and never has to stand under an hot car spilling hot oil on him.

http://blog.rotarylift.com/recruiting-is-hard-lets-make-it-easier

Stuff that caught my eye at the Irvine Bugorama this past weekend

I've posted about In and Out coming to events before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-and-out-burger-mobile-restaurant-was.html But didn't find out that they charge 7.50 a burger with these mobile jobbers... I want you to know that a doubel cheeseburger and a coke are less than 5 bucks at the restaurant. It's a damn good deal. Didn't know what this was, but Steve came through again! It's a Mexican-built Volkswagen "Hormiga" (means ant). They are known in Germany as the EA489 Basistransporter. Between 1976 and 1977, 3,600 of them were built in Puebla, Mexico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_EA489_Basistransporter has more info, and in the Philipines it is called a Trakbayan Nice clever way of mounting the portable Coleman stove Lots of vintage coolers in the swap meet area Above is a very early bug deflector, below is a tag I've never seen before... don't know what it's about. Maybe a customizer? Or a dealership? Lots of matched luggage sets Interesting and cool top When the new Beetle was first sold about 6 years ago, it was instantly the best way to advertise your company... because everyone looked at it. I never see those advertising Beetles anymore Above is the electric motor that the many batteries up front were connected to