MORONGO BASIN CAR CLUB – ROAD RUNNERS 21ST ANNUAL CHARITY CAR SHOW

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The Morongo Basin Car Club – Road Runners held its 21st Annual Charity Car Show on September 24, 2016 at the Town Center Mall in Yucca Valley, CA. The Big Morongo Basin Car Club, the Road Runners’ 21st Annual Charity Car show epitomized the trend in cars shows today. It was inclusive – everybody was welcome -whether you came in a hot rod, a classic, a motorcycle, a rat rod, a modern vehicle, a bicycle, a roadster, a pick-up truck or an 18 wheeler – whether it was a Ford, a Chevy, a Dodge, a Cobra, a Corvette, a Plymouth – your attendance was appreciated. This atmosphere made for a very fun car show for both spectators and participants. Below are some of the nice cars at the show. Some of the kids posed next to their favorite car. Below is Isaac and this is Maddie. Two kids with excellent taste. The proceeds from the show went to Soldiers Organized Services (SOS) and Center for Healthy Generations. SOS was formed by Erica Stone to provide transportation to and from the 29 Palms Marine Base and the Palm Springs and Ontario Airports at no charge to active duty service members and their families. The Center for Healthy Generations, located in Yucca Valley, provides all generations of the community with exercise, activities and information. The Center offers a wide variety of activities and classes for all ages: including classes in land based-exercise, aquatics, computer, dog training, bridge, knitting, and water color. Both of these charities provide valuable services to the local community. Saturday was Erica Stone’s birthday and she posed with Norm Correll, President of the Morongo Basin Car Club, while the DJ sang happy birthday to her. The gates opened at 7:00 a.m. and the show started at 9:00 a.m. and during that time the Yucca Valley Fire Department served breakfast. The award ceremonies got underway at about 2:30 p.m. and by 3:00 p.m. it was over. The weather couldn’t have been better – a typical high-desert fall day – temperature about 85° with plenty of sunshine and bright blue sky. The show was well attended with about 125 vehicles. There were several vendors selling everything from hats to nostalgic signs. The Marines had a booth as did CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). The High Desert Marines were raffling off a high point 9mm rifle and an M1 rifle to benefit veterans. There was also some good food available – hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches, kettle corn…. The California Highway Patrol had a booth and Officer Chipper did a meet and greet with the crowd. All of the show vehicles came with an owner who was more than happy to spend time talking about his/her pride and joy and every car was one that you wanted to stop and look at. Several one of a kind creations were on display: a ’64 Plymouth Valiant pick-up truck, a vehicle Plymouth never made, a stretched and customized bicycle, a big rig tractor with custom paint – Kawasaki Green, and a cut-down dodge truck painted army green. Raffle tickets were drawn all day and a lot of prizes were given away. There was also a 50/50 drawing that provided a BIG payout. Thirty trophies were given out including: Mayor’s’ Choice, People’s Choice, Best Rat Rod, Best Motorcycle and Best of Show. Additionally trophies were given to 20 of the most outstanding vehicles at the show. The Best of Show trophy went to Dave and Fran Jones of Lucerne Valley for their ’56 Nomad. This red and white Nomad, shown below, was truly outstanding and deserved this title. Below are photos of some of the award winners. Photos of all the award winners can be seen on our SmugMug site and are available for purchase. There were a lot of fine cars at the show and not all are shown here. More can be seen on our SmugMug site. More photos from the awards ceremony are on our SmugMug site as well as all the photos shown above and more. All photos are available for purchase. It’s over for this year and to the members of the Morongo Basin Car Club we say GOOD JOB! We are looking forward to the 22nd Annual show and will put the date on our calendar when it is announced.

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The GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW, January 29-31, 2016 Pomona, CA

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The 67th Grand National Roadster Show is over and AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER AND AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTORCYCLE HAVE BEEN NAMED. AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER Darryl and Terri Hollenbeck from Concord, California are the owners of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster – a 1932 Ford roadster. The car was built by Dan Webb, Cory Taulbert, and Darryl Hollenbeck; it has a Brookville body and the body work was done by Vintage Color Studio; engine is by Edelbrock. The interior and top were done by Sid Chavers and the color was custom mixed PPG Envirobase by Darryl Hollenbeck; Sherm’s Plating and Advance Plating did the chrome. Final assemby was by Bill Ganhal, South City Rod & Custom and Jack Stratton. AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTORCYCLE Andrew Ursich from Long Beach, CA is the winner with his 2015 Urisch Knucklehead, Stardust. This year there were 13 roadsters competing to become America’s Most Beautiful Roadster. The contenders were: There were three motorcycles competing for the AMBM trophy. There was a lot more going on at the 67th Grand National Roadster Show than just the AMBR and AMBM contenders. The buildings surrounding the hub of the Fairplex were full. Building 4 with the AMBR cars and vendors, the Suede Palace with rat rods and customs, Building 7 with hot rods and muscle cars, Building 9 with SCTA’s Quest for Speed exhibit, Building 6 with customs, and more. The show ran for three days and it took all three to see it all. The Grand Daddy drive-in on Saturday saw more than 500 cars fill every available space between and around all the buildings. The original Batmobile built by George Barris was on display. The SCTA filled Building 9 with the old and the new lakes cars. These cars all had one purpose – to go fast. Purchasing one of Dave Fetherston’s books at this exhibit offered the opportunity to join the Save the Salt campaign. There has been racing at Bonneville for more than 100 years, but recently both mining and weather have led to the deterioration of the salt to such an extent that now the future of Bonneville racing is in question. As in past years, dozens of pinstripers from across the nation joined in the Pinstripers Reunion where they donated their time and their talent to create art which was auctioned off on both Saturday and Sunday. The proceeds of this charity auction will be donated to Pomona-based “Everyone Free” which works to prevent human trafficking. And, of course, about 350 cars filled the buildings, including retro builds – wild customs – monochromatic muscle car – Rare and restored – a beach cruiser?? – trucks – at the drive-in – another drive-in hot rods – motorcycles – vintage gassers – pedal cars – and a lot more – Keeping all these cars looking their best for three days is no easy job. This Merc’ came from Tokyo, Japan and exemplifies the saying “nothing beats black when its done right” – but it still needs to be shined regularly. The 2016 inductees into the Hall of Fame were Luc De Ley, Mickey Minsl, Oz Welch and Steve Stanford. The 2016 Builder of the Year was Squeeg’s Kustoms of Chandler, Arizona. The 67th Grand National Roadster Show came to an end after the awards ceremony on Sunday. We’re looking forward to No. 68 – the 14th to be held at the Pomona Fairplex in Pomona, CA. There are more photos of the show posted on our SmugMug site.

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MORONGO BASIN CAR CLUB – ROAD RUNNERS 21ST ANNUAL CHARITY CAR SHOW

The GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW, January 29-31, 2016 Pomona, CA