With their record deal cancelled, Young and Palmer pawned the Mynah

With their record deal cancelled, Young and Palmer pawned the Mynah Birds’ musical equipment and bought a 1953 Pontiac hearse , which they drove to Los Angeles. Young and Palmer arrived in Los Angeles, hoping to meet Stephen Stills , who as Young had learned, was living in the city. However, after almost a week of searching clubs and coffeehouses, the pair had been unable to find Stills. Consequently, on April 6, 1966, Young and Palmer decided to leave Los Angeles and drive north to San Francisco . While the two were stuck in traffic on Sunset Boulevard , they were spotted by Stills and Richie Furay , who were heading the other direction down Sunset. Stills and Furay managed to switch lanes and maneuver behind Young’s hearse, when the musicians pulled off the road and reunited.