Our lil town doesn't have that spot, but the main Street fills up once a month during Daylight savings & the local Hot Rod club are having a crack at lifting the profile. Looking forward to more photo's
The Continental Club / South Congress is such a great place to visit/stay during the Lonestar Roundup!
Good ****. I always comment about how even the “meh” car at a niche cruise in is pretty ****ing cool out in the wild. I really enjoy an event with a night time cruise happening whether sanctioned or not. There’s just so much about the styling of hot rods and customs that just doesn’t make since until it’s pitch black out and you see it burble by slinking under the street lamps and popping gleams off the flipping hub caps back at you.
Hello, My wife and I have traveled together in planes to far away places. But our favorite has always been to be together on a long road trip to places we enjoy exploring. The USA cross country, the PNW area, Canada coast and yes, all over So Cal. We feel closer to what we see and enjoy. Sometimes it is a rugged coastline along the western edge of California. From two hours away to thousands of miles all up and down the rugged view areas. So, those nights, we always seek a nice place to rest and have a great dinner. In the visits where we don’t go very far, on those road trip days, we were eating dinner on the main drag of Santa Barbara, State Street. The street has plenty of outstanding dinner places and they have outdoor seating. It is/was the perfect place to sit, eat and enjoy the cruising being done by various local hot rod/custom car and traveling folks. We saw this green “woody” wagon cruising by our ring side seats. It was a cool Mercury Comet Wagon. It moved down into the main center of downtown and we lost sight of it for that night, when we were walking down the popular street looking at all of the wares. So, we went back to our find of a resort hotel and time marches onward. Then, the next morning, my wife comes up to me and says “…there is a nice looking, old station wagon sitting in the parking lot.” Since she had to take our little dog for a walk, indeed, a nice looking station wagon was in the parking lot. I was totally surprised when it was in the same station wagon, from the cruising night before. I am sorry I did not get to meet the owner and his family. We were upstairs on the second floor...I think they were down by the pool level. When my wife says she likes a station wagon, it is very cool. “Those knobs were pretty cool in themselves, but to be on the Comet Wagon was just a big plus.” “The Kimpton Goodland Resort is a cl***ic place. It is done in an early 1960 style with the beach as a theme. The Ford Woody in the drive way and the Airstream Trailer situated right behind the woody, is to be used for people staying at the resort, shows the character of the place.” We were up there visiting relatives during the Thanksgiving week. We decided to do some relaxing things we used to do back in the 60s and updated 90s, in and around the Santa Barbara/Goleta area. (Old hotel, Pier, State Street, UCSB, surf spots, coastal cruise, restaurants, etc.) We were surprised that the owner was the creator of a business specialty of custom knobs for all types of hot rods and custom cars. "Numnobs" The colors of his products are pretty nice. As shown at the top of the post… great for any time gifts… No, I do not get a commission… I just like the idea that we were able to do a long time ago. It had a ton of nice features and looked to be a daily driver. Some of the custom touches were the machined, Lexan type colored shift knob and door locks, the rear ¼ Venetian blinds, the aluminum rain/wind deflector wings and taillights. One item that hasn't been seen since the 60's...shiny curb feelers ! The period correct S/S wheels and whitewalls made it look like a wagon cruising in the mid 60’s. The Comet Wagon fit right into the “theme” of the recently remodeled, Kimpton Goodland Resort Hotel’s surfer style fixtures. One of the most unusual items was the outside fender mirror that had a front facing spotlight. Without being too nosy in a public parking lot, (peeking into the driver’s compartment,) there had to be a remote control of some kind to make it work. It was just too far forward for a long twist lever back to the driver. But, the color green was apropos for any holiday season. Maybe, it is used as an extra high beam for those dark, deserted, Highway 395, So Cal to Nor Cal cruises. These mid-size wagons were deemed, “perfect” for the small family. They were not too big and not too compact. But to paraphrase Goldilocks: "Ahhh, this… Wagon… is just right." YRMV
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