West Coast Kustoms Back to the Beach

I'd like to see some posts of those who have attended the WCK Back to the Beach in Huntington Beach CA. A great show right on the coastline which was a gorgeous back drop for the beautiful cars in attendance.

 

How many cars usually attend and when?

 

Hasn't been in HB for years...it was one of my favorites. I have no pics. Sorry.

 

Back to the Beach in H B

 

more pics

 

I have some pictures from the "2000 Back To The Beach" in Huntington Beach, Ca. I'll dig them up and post them if that's what your looking for.

 

There are hundreds of pics . to many post all. here are a couple

 

Mom dug up a box of pictures from the 1993 to 2001 shows.
wanted to revive this post and get it going again.

 

What ever happened to this show?

 

Wow...those pics are a blast from the past. I loved this show when it was in HB and I was very fortunate to get a best in progress kustom award one year...1999 or 2000, I believe...I can't remember exactly...it was the last year it was held down by the Hilton. Good times for sure! Thanks, Penny

Rob

 

Great pics, great memories. I'd love to see more!

Fonzi

 

i caught the later years but that was a cool show

 

Back to the beach could have been as big or bigger than paso but every year the city screwed around with permits and letting us have then they'd say no you can't then finally they said no more ,the new hotels were not happy about having a car show across the street from them
very sad but life goes on , i remember the year they said no then called us 3 weeks before and wanted us to rent the lot for 2 days -
we did take it but one day and had over 300 cars
seems like we always had to jump threw hoops where ever we went
forgot about the photo rit put on with franco --cool huh?
I have boxes of photos of bttb-we sure had fun back then

 

i remember the first on The Routes of Kustoms! remember that? great show, i loved going to that show and i used to drive down from the bay area

 

Penny,
Thanks for putting up with HB as long as you did. Those shows were some of the most fun I ever had at a car show. I guess it is like that line I remember from a movie. "nothing gold van stay".

 

Brings back good memories

 

Great times, at the last show, the park rangers wanted to charge us $50,00 a car, so we told them it was'nt a car show, that we just parked together, The Lifters showed up with 25 cars , we won best club participation. the show has now evolved into the Beatnick Blowout, and is put on by John Parker. Many thanks Penny, your friend Miguel.

 

I found a couple floppy disk with pictures from the Oct. 21, 2000 so here are my photo's from the show.

 

Some more from 2000 BttB

 

YET MORE!!! From 2000

 

Just a couple more post.

 

Ain't this fun?

 

Hope I'm not a pain!!!! But this is it!

 

nice pics from back in the day.The grey shoebox is very cool

 

Wow that was a real cool show. Wish it had newer stopped. I definatly reconize that pic of the west coast kustom plac. If you take a close look you will see I removed the door post from the merc on that plac. My wifes Merc has been sold but the plac still hangs in the shop. I still have a few trophies from 2000 & 2001 show and some old pic's i will have to dig out.

Rick Erickson of Extreme Kustoms
www.exkustom.com

 

more pics

 

Thanks for all the pics!!

 

I actually still have my poster from the Routes of Kustoms. It is framed on the wall in my office.

 

Great show, our last one before we flew home in 2000.

 

I still have my poster too, it's to big to scan here at home or I would to share with you all.
Mine is down here in the basement (man cave) not framed but hanging along with other posters and the like.
That "Back To The Beach" was one of my favorites because I grew up hanging out at the pier, Golden Bear, and just sitting in the sand (I was a greaser so I didn't surf much!). This was my high school back in the early 60's.