im stuck here in san diego for a couple months. what should i go chech out. drive ins, cruise nights, shops? thanks billy
last time i was "stuck" in San Diego i went down to Mission Beach and checked out the surfers http://www.sandiego.gov/lifeguards/beaches/
Hi Billy: I envy you as thats one of my favorite places of Cal.. You must do point Loma and go there many times. http://www.nps.gov/cabr/ Old town is good for a night or 2. El Cajon use to have a nice car show and there use to be a Swap at the Stadium..Google for it. The USS Midway Downtown is great. Go Early.. Barona dragstrip schedule.... http://www.baronadrags.com/schedule.shtml Love SD have fun..
i guess stuck is a harsh word. my work has brought me away from home and into san diego, which so far has been an enjoyable place. im just trying to check out some socal car kulture.
Its great there enjoy yourself. Get the local Trader as they usually have the swaps and stuff posted. LA is a short drive if you dont hit traffic. Travel early. Stay off the 405 during Rush hour and Sunday Nights. Its endless just spend some time searching. When I lived there , was something going on ( Race , swap, show, cruise) all the time..
Id go see the USS Midway, something aweful cool about an SR71 on the deck of a WWII Aircraft Carrier!
Here's a portion of a local calendar posted frequently by a friend: Event Calendar 6/30 Good to know Front clip & Rear Axel Measurments (SAVE) http://quickperformance.com/Technical Info/sus_measure.htm Stolen Classic Cars section at http://www.wsati.org/stolenclassics.html. NOS for all Cars & Truck's up to 72' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VadAcb94GZE Antique Auto Supply, 1225 Colorado Ln, Arlington, TX 76015 WEEKLY 2nd & 4th Wednesday Good Ole Boys Breakfast 10am Open to all clubs, guys only Denny's 2642 Jamacha Rd. Rancho San Diego gotta drive em Every Wednesday Chicken Pie Diner Cruise Night (Ends October 29) 14727 Pomerado Road, Poway, 6pm info 858-748-2445 Every Friday Cruisin Grand, Escondido, 6pm http://www.downtownescondido.com/cruisin.html Pre 74 C & T's Every Friday The Malt Shop San Diego 5pm 3615 Midway Dr. San Diego, gotta drive em Every Friday Santee Lakes, Santee, 4pm info 619-315-1060 http://www.mobileeventradio.com Bring your own picnic or BBQ, adult beverages allowed Every Saturday The Donut Derelicts of Huntington Beach 6:30am Adams Ave. Donuts @ Magnolia and Adams Every Saturday Cars & Coffee at the Ford PAG Mazda Campus, 7am 7905 Gateway Blvd. Irvine (this is the former Crystal Cove Cruise) http://members.fotki.com/wackydave/about/ Every Saturday Fallbrook Rods & Relics, Sunrise Café, 7am Hwy 76 & Mission Road gotta drive em 1st , 3rd & 5th Saturday Fred's Old Fashioned Burgers 5pm 2754 Alpine Blvd. Alpine (east end) 1st Saturday Palm Springs Cruisin' Association Cruise Night 4-8pm Spa Resort Casino in downtown Palm Springs. Info 760-360-9798 http://www.palmspringscruisinassociation.com gotta drive em 1st Saturday Home Town Buffet, El Cajon, host King Pins 9am 2nd Saturday Siggy's Car Show 3pm 6pm 26820 Jefferson Ave. Murrieta 951-696-0119 gotta drive em Last Saturday Ruby's Diner Carlsbad Company Stores 7am - 9:30am 5620 Paseo Del Norte, Carlsbad, Richard rrobello@hotmail.com 4th Saturday Clairemont Neighborhood Cruisers, 5pm 4821 Clairemont Drive http://www.cncsd.org cnc-sd@san.rr.com 1st Sunday Dalton's Roadhouse 12 Noon 4pm 775 Center Drive San Marcos gotta drive em info 760-746-8340 http://www.daltonsroadhouse.com 3rd Sunday "Cruisin Coco's" Rancho Bernardo, 11am 16759 Bernardo Center Drive, 858-485-9419 2nd & 4th Tuesday "HomeTown Buffett Car Show", Santee, 5:30pm info Tom 619-562-7861 jerrylee50@juno.com 619-465-0954 (Ends October 28th) Open to all years C & T's MONTHLY 7/1 Blast to the Past Classic Car Show, Chula Vista, 5pm info 619-426-1382 gvjack@pacbell.net 7/2 Cajon Classic Cruise Theme Night "Stars & Stripes" Pre 79 C & T's 7/3 Back to the 50's, La Mesa Pre 73 C & T's 7/4 Wheels of Freedom Motorfest, Rancho Bernardo, 10am 39th Annual Spirit of the Fourth Celebration Car show followed by annual parade and fireworks display info Ken 858-774-3898 KenCRCSD@aol.com 7/4 Round Table Pizza 923 East Vista Way Vista, 5pm 7/4 Temucula Old Town Run on Main Street by the Swing Inn, hosted by the Axle Draggers, starts 3pm 7/4 The Malt Shop 3615 Midway Dr. San Diego, 5pm 7/4 Santee Lakes, Santee, 4pm info 619-315-1060 http://www.mobileeventradio.com Bring your own picnic or BBQ there, adult beverages allowed 7/11 Cruisin Grand, Escondido, 5pm 7/5 Home Town Buffet, El Cajon, host King Pins 9am 7/5 Fred's Old Fashioned Burgers 5pm 2754 Alpine Blvd. Alpine (east end) 7/6 Dalton's Roadhouse 12 Noon 4pm 775 Center Drive San Marcos gotta drive em info 760-746-8340 http://www.daltonsroadhouse.com 7/11 Hot Summer Nites, Fallbrook, 5pm - Main Street, Fallbrook Theme (Rods & Relics) 7/11 Cruisin Grand, Escondido, 5pm Theme (Military nite celebration) Pre 74 C & T's gotta drive em 7/12 All American Car Show X (Mopar Club), Carlsbad, 8am WestField Plaza Camino Real Carlsbad info Tom 760-458-5780 http://www.moparclubsandiego.org Open to all American made years C & T's 7/12&13 Covenant Hot Rod Association's 1st Annual Southwest Regional Car Show, 38801 Calistoga Dr., Murrieta info 480-205-7925 http://www.covenanthotrod.com Open to all years C & T's 7/13 East County Cruisers 6th Annual Simpson's Car Show, Jamul (This Year Pre-Reg B4 July 5 and get a free Simpsons Event "T" Shirt!) info 760 440 0896 www.eastcountycruisers.com Open to all years C & T's 7/17 Rods & Woodies, Encinitas, 5:30pm Coast Hwy 101 between "D" Street & the lumber yard info http://www.encinitas101.com Rods, customs & woodies 7/18 No2Alike---"Pre '37 Ford Roadster Night". @ Cruisin Grand, dust off your Ford Roadster and join us South side of Broadway on the east side, lets see how many Pre 37 Ford Roadsters we can muster up. will be a great photo opp. 7/20 Main Street America People's Choice Car Show, Seaport Village Embarcadero Park North, 10am info Craig 619-295-1985 cjm57@earthlink.net Open to all years C & T's 7/25 Hot Summer Nites, Fallbrook, 5pm - Main Street, Fallbrook Theme (Taste of Fallbrook) 7/26 Classic Car & Truck Show, Rancho Bernardo, 10am Hawthorne Machinery 16945 Camino San Bernardo info Pam 760-521-1969 Classic C & T's 7/26 Mission MotorFest, Oceanside, 12noon College & Hwy 76 @ Mission Market Place info cruisingsandiego@aol.com 858-676-3325 760-630-6687 Open to all years C & T's 8/2 Run to the Hills 6, Bates Nut Farm, Valley Center, 9am info George 619-440-6168 or Tony 619-443-1710 Open to all years C & T's 8/2 8th Annual Park-In-The-Park Benefit Car Show, 9am 3605 Clairemont Drive, Clairemont Cummunity Park,San Diego info cnc-sd@san.rr.com Open to all years C & T's 8/3 19th Annual Vista Rod Run, Vista, 9am info 760-414-9391 http://www.vvba.org http://www.vistarodrun.com Pre 73 C & T's gotta drive em 8/3 17th Annual National City Automobile Heritage Day Car Show 8am, info 619-477-9339 register http://www.nationalcitychamber.org Pre 80 C & T's gotta drive em 8/4-10 Hot August Nights, Reno/Sparks info 530-307-9999 hansswapmeet@sbcglobal.net http://www.hanswapmeet.com 8/8 Hot Summer Nites, Fallbrook, 5pm - Main Street, Fallbrook Theme (Rods & Relics) 8/9&10 18th Annual Big Bear Fun Run, Big Bear 8/16 Woodies at the Beach, Santa Barbara City College, West Campus, info sbwoodieclub@aol.com 805-343-4025 8/21 Rods & Woodies, Encinitas, 5:30pm Coast Hwy 101 between "D" Street & the lumber yard info http://www.encinitas101.com Rods, customs & woodies 8/22-24 22nd West Coast Nationals, Alameda County Fairgrounds info 925-820-8241 http://www.good-guys.com Pre 73 C & T's gotta drive em 8/24 Picnic by the Bay 2008, Embarcadero, 9am Seaport Village, San Diego info Leon 858-569-5291 http://www.classicchevysofsandiego.org Pre American made 73 C & T's 8/29 Cruisin Grand, Escondido, 6pm Featuring "Beach Cruiser Night San Diego Woodie Club & Customs by Hot Rods & Custom Stuff" If you own a pre-74 American Classic car/truck and are not affiliated with a club at this time, enjoy reserved parking on S. Broadway. http://www.downtownescondido.com/cruisin.html Pre 74 C & T's 8/29 Hot Summer Nites, Fallbrook, 5pm - Main Street, Fallbrook Theme (Chile Contest) 8/30-9/1 The Great Labor Day Cruise XXVI, Costa Mesa Orange County Fair Grounds, 88 Fair Drive info Ruby 949-645-8816 Pre 73 C & T's gotta drive em 8/31 The Best in the West Super Indoor Custom Car Show & Concert, San Diego Convention Center info 619-284-2600 http://www.supercustomcarshow.com 9/1 San Diego High Performance Expo in concert with http://www.racelegal.com 7am Qualcomm Stadium 9449 Friars Road 858-484-9342 or http://www.sandiegoautoswap.com 9/7 3rd Annual "Beach'n 101 Cruise", Del Mar info 760-439-1319 cruz101@roadrunner.com Pre 75 C & T's gottat drive em 9/13 7th Annual MotorHead Madness, Poway, 10am 13933 Poway Rd. Poway Transmissions info 858-679-8000 http://www.motorheadmadness.com Open to all years C & T's 9/14 4th Annual Patrioyic Rally Car Show & BBQ, Camp Pendleton info Carlsbad Chamber 760-931-8400 Open to all years C & T's 9/18 Rods & Woodies, Encinitas, 5:30pm Coast Hwy 101 between "D" Street & the lumber yard info http://www.encinitas101.com Rods, customs & woodies 9/20 29th Annual Wavecrest Woodie Meet, Encinitas, 8am Moonlight Beach, info Henry 760-476-9706 http://www.sandiegowoodies.com 9/25-28 Super Run 2008, Henderson, NV info http://www.superrun.com superrunlv@yahoo.com 702-643-0000 702-683-2248 Open to all years C & T's 9/27&28 Coronado Speed Festival's 3rd Annual Car Show, 8am North Island Navel Base http://www.fleetweeksandiego.org amy@scpublicrelations.com cody@fleetweeksandiego.org 9/27 9th Annual Cruisin for a Cure, Orange County Fair Grounds Costa Mesa, 7am info 714-803-9216 dbaker52@aol.com 949-752-5115 x10 http://www.cruisinforacure.com Open to all years C & T's 9/28 61st Annual San Diego Prowlers "Ol Timers" Picnic & Show Bates Nut Farm, 15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center, 9am info andys32vic@yahoo.com http://www.prowlers.org Open to all years C & T's
I have lived here for 24 years and haven't even scratched the surface of all the cool places to go...the El Cajon cruise on Wednesdays is pretty good and Cruisin Grand in Escondido on Friday nights (some gold chainers but it's cool)
You could head up to Carlsbad and visit Dragmasters. They are still in bussines in their same location as a general auto repair shop. They are west of Interstate 5 on State street just north of Carlsbad Village Drive.
Hey let us know or come by El Cajon cruise night and hang out with the Lifters car club. We just had our big show at Barona this past weekend. It was a good show and a good time. We are always at El Cajon on wednesday. Look for a 1949 Ford club coupe in red oxide or a Lifters plaque.
If I were there Id go to the Flying Elephant bar and grill, its on my places to see if I ever visit CA again.
hi- you could check out some of the old car clubs in San Diego- some of the oldest in the country are there- Pacific beach is good on a evening or Sunday- Point Loma is a Portuguese area- lots of good resturants- a drive over to Palm Springs thru the desert at night is nice-hope you enjoy yourself- Chuck
All of the above suggestions are great....here's one more...buy yourself a Thomas Guide, look for all the 'squiggly-line roads' on the maps....drive as many of as you can and report back to us which ones you like the most.
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The San Diego Maritime Museum has some fascinating displays, including one of the last "Square-Rigger" clipper ships still taken out to sea. They're within walking distance of the Midway and well worth a look. Cruisin' Grand is pretty good. They have some very well done cars that show up there. One fellow even brings out his all-original 1935 Packard Limousine from time to time. NEAT car. And, if you have an interest in early American industrial/farm equipment, then I'd recommend you check out the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum 2040 N. Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA 92083 http://www.agsem.com There is some pretty interesting stuff there. I volunteer there on a near-weekly basis. If you do come up, shoot me a PM. I'd be happy to take you on a tour of the grounds. That goes for any other HAMBers in the area as well.
Old Town is cool...check out Coyote Grill, PB is cool, El Cajon on wednesdays, cruisin Grand in Escondido on Friday nights, Julian is a little gold mine town in east county, casinos, Seaport Village, and the list goes on and on..Balboa Park has alot of cool museums, the Zoo, etc.
Car Cruises/Show's in La Mesa, and El Cajon every week (Wednesday & Thursday) I believe. They have car meet ups in a number of places on fridays, Escondido, Clairmont (in a few places), ect, but I can't remember the names locations off the top of my head I'd try calling a local shop. Antique Drags @ Barona on Oct 4th is always a HUGE event. Auto Swap @ Qualcom - http://www.sandiegoautoswap.com/ There are a ton of great shops in SD, but I can't think of any with "cool" show rooms. If you like diners, there is corvettes and studio diner. corvettes diner is pretty neat.. I haven't been to the new one since they moved.)
If you are visiting, Cabrillo National Monument is a must, so is Mount Soledad and Mount Helix. you can see almost all of san diego from those 3 points. I would check out Simpsons Nursery in Jamul. Its a family owned nursery spread over 25 acres. old cars and trucks all over the placed being used as planters and what not. They have 3 barns full of restored old cars, and on sundays they have car shows. I think they have a petting zoo. You have to take a drive to Julian. If you go, you have to get apple pie from Mom's pie shop in downtown Julian. Its basically an orgasm for your taste buds. If you like beer, go to alpine brewery. you can go on a tour and sample all the beer!
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