Folks Of Interest Paso the early days - story time

After a bit of chat in another thread about Paso & when the early (modern era) traditional hot rod clubs started showing up.
I thought it would be a bit of fun to tell some stories & share some photos of those days.
For those of us who never got there, only 'watching' through magazine articles from all over, wishing I we get there.
I stole this pic from @49ratfink

 

What year was the first year of the primered hot rods turning up? The Shifters & others?

 

I remember 1999 they all rolled in. I drove there from Minnesota 94,97 and 99-2007,
Paso 1982 I found on the Net.

 

my wagon in 1997 the 1st of 5 times I drove to Paso Robles from Minnesota

 

More from 1982 Actually this was Lake Nacimiento just west of Paso for their 1st

 

I went a couple years with my dad toward the end. Great show.
Lots of links here. I won't grab and paste, they should get the traffic if they host the pics.
https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Cruisin'_Nationals