Event Coverage Aussie Rodders do Santa Maria and on to LARS

And these...............




Photo's do nothing for this Orange F100 ........





Moving inside the So-Cal Grounds ...................



MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................




The Following Roadster was my pick for "HOTROD" of the day , Dave Lanes latest build and since we got back I believe Goodguys 'HOTROD of the year' ..........Screamed Race ya ..............












Back with more soon ...........

 

Greg and Colleen,
It was great meeting and visiting with youall at SoCal in Vegas.

Howard

 

What a killer trip. That was an awesome trip for me to read thru. It had to be a total blast especially being able to share it with your wife . GREAT PICTURES AND COMMENTARY. I enjoyed it .

 

And More ............MMMMMmmmmmmmm Limefire .....




We met Jimmy Shine while there , he was cruisin' around havin' fun ...






Our new friend Vic's Stunning Roadster ...............




I have a hankerin' for an early Cad engine and this was sweet .......






This '32 Tudor had the right look going on , maybe a Hamber ??



I have tonnes more pics(not all '32's ) but I could be here all day ..... I would like to say So-Cal put on a great display with Free In & Out Burgers if you wanted to line up , Cold Water and open doors . Alex X was there signing stuff and having a chat which was cool . Thanks Guys. After So-Cal we headed for Waldens Speed Shop which is only a couple of blocks above , they also run a Open House , great shop and again open doors and a cool drink which was great as it was Hot .



Some Lucky Son of a' will have this parked in there driveway soon , Damn fine..............Sweet Chop ..........no Rego in OZ






What a huge day , and we haven't even got to LARS ............

 

Thank you so much. Trip of a lifetime. Glad you had a great time and looking forward to reading the rest.

 

Next Morning we were up early walking at LA Roadster Show Swap Meet , I have to say this crapped all over the Pomona Swap for Cool Stuff , lots of HotRod , Custom , Signs , bowsers , well all the candy really ...........sweet coupe eh!!










This Kid had the right idea and a cool first car .......




The '56 Delivery was cool............so was the site stuff......





$25K didn't seem to bad for this 5W , was pretty solid ........the Packard engine in this Roadster was a work of art ..............



I kept seein' this Cruise past in the distance and disappear , could not catch it , freakin' frustrated after the 3rd time , found it later though



Weesner's spinner on his stand ..........



Love this pic .......had to share .......




This Roadster is Classy....................



more soon..................

 

And these ............



MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............Caddy Powered 3W




wish someone would pay me $15K and take my big Belly away ....Scheesh !!!!!!!!




Pedal car not for sale ........pretty cool garage art though...75th Anniversary model from AMBR ??




more Blown Ardun action here ..............




So many Cool cars that we have never seen , most reading this from the West States would have seen these and they have probably been on the Hamb many times but this was like going to the Australian Nationals and every car is new , freakin' ace !!!!




then it was time to head into the main Roadster area .............one of the first cars we see inside , Braga built Model A Roadster , sweet , takes out the Lowest prize ????



late model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






this Roadster nailed it ......................




more soon .........................

 

Wow, I'm getting tired just reading this thread!

I'm so glad you got to meet Norm, he IS hot rodding.

 

Man what a damn cool trip...thanks for posting as well. Makes me want to take a vacation right now...glad you had a good time state side as well.

 

It was only a breif meeting but they were haulin' ass north and we were headed west , didn't see the guys at LARS unfortunately ... maybe next time , when are you and Denise coming over ??

cad

 

DAMN!!

NASTY NASTY NASTY !!

Rat

 

And These..................



the Hollywood Hotrods Stand .............



the Trim in this '36 3W is spectacular .......as is the car..........






A Couple more late models including this Supercool Phantom '36 Roadster pickup ..






German '32 Cab..........






Pickup from Brizio's made it .............






loved the Police speedo in this Roadster ..............

 

And the final batch ....................

This made me want to play with my Hotwheels .............



on the Johnson's Hotrod Shop stand .........just HotRod !!!!!!



Finally caught this still ................



Sunday was a little quieter but the cars were just as cool , I can't believe I was standing right near the Hamb Tent and didn't see the Hamb flag .........DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



This '54 is Bitchin' ...............



Had to show this again , one of my favorite HotRods over the weekend ...






you don't see a Toyota 2000GT every day , Japan's E-Type ......Big Money here ........



Don't know if this was Glass or Steel but.......





met George late on Sunday ..........



Limey Steve's Daimler Powered Roadster .......Cool....



We Booked the Hotel for the Afternoon so we could go back and get ready to fly out Sunday night , turned out to be a great idea as it was a HOT day and the other Passengers on the plane may not have been to happy ...............



These guys (Shadow Rods) stayed here over the weekend also , he asked me to sit in this T and I laughed as they are SOoooo Comfortable normally , these things are Huge inside and bloody comfortable , amazing ...and a great looking car as well ....



And that's about it , we flew out at 10pm Sunday night back to Australia to this , Freezing cold weather and ........



our little mate .

I like to thank my Wife for letting me go Hotrodding around , LOTS , all the guys we met , especially Denise and Megan for showing us around a bit at Santa Maria and for Megan's great post that inspired us to go do this and everyone for the great comments , hope you enjoyed the trip ..............Cad.

 

Awesome! Looks like a great time!

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to post all the photos and run us through your trip. Haven't been back since our first trip in 2000 and this is making me want to pack our bags and go and enjoy some hotrod stuff without the regulation problems we seem to be hitting.

 

Great Trip, Great Story, Great Pics, Great Thread..... Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

 

What...??

You're done...???

That can't be... post some more pictures!!!!

 

Dream trip! Excellent post, thanks

 

It looks like you had a good trip man I must do that one day thanks for showing us

 

Looks like a cool trip thanks! Hey Cragar when ya gonna update that avatar!!!!!!!!!

 

So cool this trip.
I did in 2008 the same station but i did much less,because my wife got to much of hot rod
I made 700 pictures ,i am pretty sure you did a few thousends

Great vacation

Maybe you need to do a checkist for those how wants to go there

 

You have got a good eye for the best cars H thanks for the photos.

 

Outstanding photos and commentary. Really enjoyed this thread!

 

Great trip, great coverage. Thanks!

 

When one of us does it for him....


Thanks 390Cad for the pics, sure looked like you did a heap in a short time...

 

Nice pics...Love the one of the Drive-in in my hometown!

 

Man you Aussies sure know how to vacation!! You went to I dont know how many car shows,swap meets,cruises,museums,shop tours,sightseeing,aaaaaah!! When you all return to Cali I'm puttin in for my vacation and Pick me up!! Oh shoot, I forgot, you all take 4-6 week vacations and I only get 2 weeks....GOOOOGLYGAWK%#@*!!!

 

Thanks Ryan , it was a blast.............

I actually enjoyed running back through the trip but it takes some time loadin' all the pics. I must admit , seeing some of the cars with less regulations certainly let them have 'The Look' we desire .......MMMMMMMMMMmmmmm Dirt Trackers .......

no Probs , thanks for following along all the way .....I can't wait to see your Roadster/coupe soon ........

Come on Wingnutz , my photobucket finger is sore

Thanks guys , Checklist 1. A very understanding wife !! , if anyone wants to know anything about the trip please PM me , happy to help if I can , Checklist 2. Just Freakin' go ..............

Hey Racedad , it was only Three weeks but damn we squeezed it in , when I read through my posts myself I said sorry to the wife , she said 'I pointed a lot of it out '

 

What a trip! lucky buggers...I want to go back again

 

That's him for sure, on the move!

Hopefully Denise and I will get over there within the next year, maybe for Beach Hop?

Thanks for taking the time to post your adventure. I'm glad you were able to see so many cool things and meet so many great people that make hot rodding in the good ol'USA so much fun!