Thunderbird Drive-In

3690 East Bay Drive,
Largo, FL 33771

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on October 21, 2021 at 10:32 am

Opened With “Harum Scarum” And “The Great Spy Mission”. It Was Closed On August 22, 1985 With A Triple Feature: “Rambo”, “First Blood”, And “Missing In Action” As Its Last Films. It Was Demolished Less Than A Year Later In 1986.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 5, 2017 at 1:57 pm

Opened on February 18th, 1966.

Found on Newspapers.com

AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on July 26, 2010 at 8:42 am

The Palm was located at the corner of Ulmerton Road at US 19. Some places around here have a Clearwater address while others have a Largo one. It’s technically an unincorporated area usually attributed to Largo. Apparently the Palm later became the Ulmerton. The area has been built up for the last twenty or so years and I don’t believe any trace of the drive-in exists.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on July 16, 2010 at 9:41 pm

PLEASE CHANGE ADDRESS TO:

3690 EAST BAY DRIVE

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 16, 2010 at 3:17 pm

Bob, have some answers on Marrh and Carolina Theatre.

sandyrand
sandyrand on July 16, 2010 at 7:25 am

Sorry. Address correction is 3690 East Bay. There is an Outback Steakhouse there now and the apartment is called the Columns in back. The Thunderbird occupied the entire parcel.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on July 15, 2010 at 8:58 pm

DUH, all the times I’ve been in Largo since I was a kid and I never paid attention to it’s drive-ins!

Mike, I never found an address for a Palm Drive-In in Largo, but it was open 1953-1957, held 300 cars and was Afro-Ameican?

Sandy, hate to confuse things, but found two other numbers for the Thunderbird on the same street:

371?

3701?

Open 1964-1985?

Not open in 1967.

Held 800 autos.

Hope someone can come up with what for sure is the correct address, more info and photos.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 15, 2010 at 6:54 pm

Sandy,Largo had a Palm Drive-in there in 1956.