Art & Inspiration HAMB Tour 2008! - West Coast: Who can we meet?

I am taking a real mother of all road trips this year, and including the HAMB drags in on the action. My writer friend, a bartending brother from another mother is my co-pilot. Our steed is my 57' Pontiac Laurentian.

We are leaving from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and hitting the drags on the way to the west coast.

Its going to be hard to top the HAMB drags but we will try. From there its Vegas for a few days, then we want to hit California in a big way. Here lies the rub...

We flipped a coin to see the east coast/west coast side of the trip and west side won. I don't know anyone out on the west coast, so I don't know anyone we could meet up with for a drink, to hear where the best places are or anything like that....

Anyone up for a meetup/greetup out there? How about cool automotive meets? We will be out there the last week in August.

Our schedule is completely open, but we would like to make the beach, and I have family in San Jose that I am supposed to see (anyone like the Sharks?).

Maybe hitup norther texas on our way back? Anyone up for it?

 

Wendnsday night 5pm to 9 at Scott and El Camino in Santa Clara next to boston
market about a hundred cars. Sat morn Santa Cruz Capitola 41st ave at soquel
ave get togather 7am 930am 20 or so cars.

 

automotive museum in the city of pomona, at the pomona fairplex.......for one

 

Isn't the Primer Nats Aug. 31st? Seems like if you were going to be around during that event, that would be a no-brainer.

 

The great labor day cruise at th o.c fairground is the last weekend in aug. My favorite show of the year!

 

Where is the primer nats? What about places to stay and eat? Is there anyplaces that are must sees?

 

Petersen Museum & NHRA Museums are both in LA.

Blackhawk in Danville, near Pleasanton...Brizio's in San Francisco

 

Primer Nats is in Ventura,at the fairgrounds. Aug 30&31. Bobs Big Boy in Toluca Lake,Friday nights. Anti-donut breakfast in Hunington Beach,every saturday morning. Twighlight Cruise at Pomona,NHRA museum,first wed of the month. Autobooks coffee meet in Burbank,sat mornings. Peterson Museum on Wilshire Blvd. And even though I hate it...Doughnut Derilics in Hunington Beach,corner of Magnolia and Adams,every sat morning. Then you can come by the Anti-donut after,ha ha !!!
Mels Drive-in,Seal Beach on Seal Beach blvd just north of the 405 frwy. Great American Graffitti atmosphere...

 

Hey Rick, your welcome to stop by sunny Milton, Ontario anytime you feel like getting a bit nostalgic ROFL!

 

My parents still live in Milton. I am there at least once a week.

Still not much going on there.