Since I have been so busy these past few months, I ended up falling way behind on my blogging. So I will do my best to remember how the day went. This is going to be short, hopefully, since all I did was attend the event and take pictures all day.
I started off fairly early in the morning, and headed to Sacramento. The drive from my house was a little longer than normal as I was driving my air-bagged Chevy S10. I hadn't driven it this far since I had purchased it, so I was a little unsure about the drive.But I headed out anyways. The drive is about an hour normally, so I knew it was going to be a little longer than that. When I drive the S10, I tend to drive slower than usual. I keep it at a cruising speed between 55 and 65 mph. It relaxes me since I'm just cruising it down the highway. On the way up I saw several advertising signs for the show on telephone poles. I began to wonder what it would take to get one. So when I saw one that appeared to be close enough to the ground for me to try and get it, I pulled off the freeway and tried my best. But, without a hammer to pull the nails from the sign, I didn't get it. Oh Well! After 10 minutes of struggling, since it was a little higher than I expected it to be, I left, and kept going to the show.
I arrived at about 9:30 or 10:00 am. The parking lot was still pretty empty. Since Friday is the first day of the event, it usually doesn't draw a crowd until later in the day. This is why I decided to go. It was going to be a quiet day at the show, and I wanted to get as many photos as I could without having to wait 10-20 minutes for "just the right moment". On the way up to the gate, I caught sites of a few cool cars in the parking lot. So I grabbed a few shots with the iPhone for my "Spotted!" album, then headed in. First stop was the Ford booth just inside the gate. I checked out the green Mustang in the booth and pulled out the camera to get a few photos. Since I had just gotten a new wide angle lens, I wanted to see how well it worked. I took a few shots then headed into the first set of buildings.
The first building was the same as last years. Bike-O-Rama! I went in and saw yet again, a bunch of really cool bikes that were custom built. But not only bikes! There were some very cool custom pedal cars, and a few really cool custom wagons. I walked around for a few minutes checking it all out, and grabbed several photos of what really grabbed my attention. I spent about 45 minutes in the building then headed on to the next one.
In the next few buildings, I grabbed photos of some great looking rides. More Mustangs, A few Camaros, Some cool trucks, and several sweet drag cars. The one that really grabbed my attention was a vintage dragster. They always get my attention. This one was just too cool. So I grabbed as many shots as I could of it. It was a recent restoration of the Bob Duedall B/Comp Dragster.There was even a good sized plaque of the history of the dragster sitting in front of it. It was such a cool site to see. After getting the photos I needed, it was on to the rest of the buildings in this area. Once I completed looking through them, it was on to main building to see the best of the the best. I spent the rest of the day up until 10:00 pm in the main building checking out the sweet beautiful works of art. I took quite a lot of photos of each car that I just stood out to me and enjoyed every second of the day.
In the main area, there was an long time acquaintance of mine doing his usual thing. Brooksie was just under the stairs across from John D'Agostinos 1940 Cadillac Custom. Which happened to be the right place. I had been wanting to see this car for a while. At least since John started posting pictures of the car in it build state on his Facebook timeline. This car is absolutely stunning. The color, the chrome, the stance, the elegance. It all worked so well together. And of course, there's the name, "Sophia." Another Celebrity themed car to go with the builds from recent years. I grabbed a lot of photos of her too. As far as Brooksie, he's just a cool guy that sells really cool historical vintage and antique items, all related to the car culture. He had a couple of beautiful Jukeboxes, a cool pinball machine, neon signs, and a few cool smaller novelty signs. But he always has some very cool trinkets. Stickers, patches, ashtrays, telephones, and of course, the vinyl records. As it turns out, my cell phone had almost died, so I needed to charge it. Thankfully he had an extra opening in his outlet strip for me to be able to get it done. Then later on in the evening, he asked me to take some photos of him and the booth. He even offered to pay me. But not only for this time, but anytime I am at a show and he's there, he wanted me to shoot them too. So I agreed to do it to make a little bit of cash. It helped pay for me to get into the shows, and I wasn't going to turn it down. And it was a big help that it was late and no one was left in the building except the workers and a few car owners. So I snapped a few of the booth. Then John D'Agostino showed up, and I was able to get some shots with him and "Sophia."
My day at the event went very well! I saw some old friends, acquaintances, and some beautiful automobiles. So I left and went to In-N-Out Burger for a late dinner. Then I went to head home, and as a great way to end the day, I locked my keys in the truck. So I called AAA to get someone out to unlock the truck. I went bacck in and grabbed a milk shake, waited for them to arrive. It took about 30 minutes. Once that was all taken care of, I was on my way home to end the long fun day. Thank You for reading! I will also add some photos when I get the chance to do so. Check out more of my experiences, and please return for my Saturday write up. I will also be adding videos to my YouTube Channel - speedtrap73, and posting them here as well.
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