Hot Rods Some random photo's from shows

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Hello,

So Cal has their share of car shows from the very early days of high school parking lots, football fields and the neighborhood shopping centers, during the 50s and 60s. Anywhere there was space, a car club or a gathering of hot rods and customs made up a car show. We saw plenty of old cars in our area of So Cal. Then the larger parks and auditoriums took over for a while as the major place to show cars and attract a ton of people.

Finally, the big sports arenas came on the scene. (Now, we are talking multi-level show places.) The main floor was huge and the circular outside walkway surrounding the main floor held more cars. Even a second story walkway had some cars at the larger shows. It was a great place to spend a long while, walking around drooling at the creativity.

So, where are some odd ball places that had car shows? Old places with names like the Cow Palace, the Great Western Exhibit Center, and the historic, Long Beach Municipal Auditorium come to mind.

Jnaki

But, the most unusual car show was one/two that were offered to the public in a huge shipping container business in Carson, CA. It is near the site of the old Lion’s Dragstrip to the South as well as being near and West of Bixby Knolls. It was located at the Price Transfer Automobilia Complex and Shipping Container location. It was coordinated with the opening of the original and 2nd edition of the Lion’s Dragstrip Museum.

Hot rod cars and drag race vehicles go hand in hand. The amount and quality of those hot rods attending the events were pretty amazing. The old drag racers and the myriad of old hot rods came from all over So Cal to see the displays at the museum opening days.