Event Coverage Goodguys West Coast Nationals Pictures

willysguy & ts3x65mph - It was really great meeting & talking with you guys on Saturday.

willysguy - I'd have to agree with Boones ... definitely 1 of my top 5 favorites @ the WCNs ... and probably the nicest (non-g***er ) Willys ever built! ... I found myself coming back to your car several times over the weekend ... and every time I looked at it, I saw another trick and/or *****ing' item I hadn't seen before ... Your attention to detail is simply amazing ... made even more impressive by the fact that you built the car in your home garage!

 

Oh stop it you're makin' me bush.

 

HEMI32 pho toes was funny once. now it is just annoying.


wore my favorite HAMB T shirt all day Saturday and Boones was the only person who introduced himself as a fellow HAMBer. great pics. much better today without the X's

 

Love this one.

 

c'mon HEMI32, lets see 'em. you won't be able to blame Longs Photo Processing for your pictures with parts of the car cut off like you used to back in the film days.

 

Agreed! ... but I still find it entertaining to see how many folks click on the pic of the Vietnamese Phở noodle soup trying to figure out WTF it is (already at 45 clicks ... and counting!)

Naw ... too much work ... besides Boones' GG WCN pics are much better than mine ... and I'm patiently waiting for 49ratfink's GG WCN Pic thread!



Now back to our regularly scheduled program ...

 

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and due to them not selling, they used unsold 48's and sold them as 49's.

Packard was the first to have the H pattern gear shift, electric windows, and air conditioning. That is awesome to see them still around. esp because they are technically rarer than some shelby models due to the low production.

 

Sooooo many cool cars. Great pictures. Thanks for posting. Gary

 

Couple more from the show. Haven't been in almost a decade. Went on friday, pretty laid back
Custom Cads never go out of style


Blowers are still cool

Custom flames still make you stop and look closely at the detail


If you have to tow your car or m/c you might as well do it wit a bit of style


Some serious work to make this happen

 

very nice pic's boones

 

nice pics, thanks

 

panz4ever -

Welcome to the HAMB.

That '57 Cadillac Custom is owned by a "power-parking", "trophy-*****" HAMBr that goes by the name PhatCaddy ... if you look closely in the background, you can see his trailer and his cry baby doll leaning against the poll of his E-Z Up canopy! (sorry Brian, I couldn't help myself ).

I have no comment on the rest of your pics (except that none of the subjects are very HAMB-friendly).

Again, welcome to the HAMB ... might want to take a moment to Read This First.

 

I don't know the number, but it was the biggest ever.

You should have just taken the Legion for a spin.

 

carefull what you say, I may just show up and do that to the LS!@

 

Ok, I know of the Packards but that one sl;ipped my mind. Still a crazy car, way neat!

 

Boones I was checking out your car on Friday when the lady from the SF Chronicle came over and took pics...they were in the paper the next day. did you see them?
here's a link

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/objec...es/2010/08/27/ba-goodguyscarsh_0502148798.jpg

she didnt get the car right...

 

I heard someone took pictures for the paper but did not see the newspaper. I wonder how hard it would be to get a copy...


KIRK!, if i had gotten in the LS, I would have had to wear it the rest of the event, a fred flintstone thing.. not sure I could have gotten out of it once in.

 

my own back yard and Ive never been!!!

 

Thanks for snapping a shot of my Model A! I also seen another Truck I used to own, didnt even know it was there until I seen your pics just now...The Silver 53 Chevy Truck was mine too.

 

I have gone to that show since I was little guy with my Dad. Went every year until we moved to Boise 5 years ago. I miss that show alot. Looks like a good one. Thanks for the pics.

Matt

 

I like the '33 Vicky. It kind of reminds me of my '34 Vicky...

'33

My '34

 

hemi, those could be twins

 

There were a lot of amazing cars and trucks at this year's Goodguys West Coast Nationals, but even more amazing were some of the great people I met...what a fantastic event.



1954 Chevrolet Tourliner




Met this cool guy named Mark from New Zealand. I first saw this car at Bonneville a few weeks ago and then again in Pleasanton. This killer 1940 Ford standard is powered by a 324 Oldsmobile Rocket motor and is headed down under soon.


stack of 39 and 40 hoods


*****in' 1934 Ford pickup


always a cl***ic, a Desoto hemi


this 1951 Chevy g***er was perfect

Way more pics in super high resolution on my FLICKR site, just follow the link.

 

just a few more of my favorites from the show...


Phil Garo of Fresno has owned this deuce coupe since 1960, what a great guy to chat with





I don't think I'd ever seen a Jeep COE?


A Nash sled, yeah that's cool...



I absolutely love this '56 Desoto wagon

To check out more pics, 250 or so high-res shots, check out my FLICKR site and feel free to download or steal whatever you'd like...

 

vonPetrol - Nice GG WCNs pics ... enjoyed your Bonneville SW images too ... thanks for sharing (I "borrowed" a bunch)!

 

Great photo's, keep it up!!! Love the Willy's!!!