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| The Pomona Swap Meet |
The 2013 car show season for
California Car Cover wrapped up last weekend. The CCC Crew and I had a great time traveling the country talking to customers and auto enthusiasts alike. In 2013, I attended over 60 automotive events from California to Tennessee. The whole time I had my camera with me to document the fun while on the road. I had 1,000s of photos to sort through, but here are some of my personal favorites from this past year. In addition to car shows, I was also involved in a number of photo shoots for our catalog which you will see here too.
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Please enjoy our Year in Review...in Photos.
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| Delahaye from Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. |
January always means Auction Week in Arizona and the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, Ca. These marquee events kick off the collector car season for all enthusiasts.
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| A pair of Olds at Barrett-Jackson |
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| Hi-Boy Coupe at the Grand National Roadster Show. |
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| Hi-Boy Roadster at the GNRS. |
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| 1955 Chevy in the rain at GNRS |
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| Flat Black at the GNRS |
February took the California Car Cover Crew out to Palm Springs for the Dr. George Car Show and up to Sacramento for the annual Autorama. We wrapped up the month at the Big Three Swap Meet in San Diego.
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| Dr. George Car Show |
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| Custom Cars at the Sacramento Autorama |
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| Miniaturized Hot Rods at the Autorama |
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| Still not sure what this is all about. |
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| Cheap Stuff at the Big Three! |
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| I was able to drive my brother's 1969 Chevy Camaro to an event win in Las Vegas. Better to be lucky, than good! |
In April, we spent a few days over Spring Break at the NHRA Lucas Oil Series Drag Racing Event in Las Vegas, NV. I was also able to check out the fun at the annual Viva Las Vegas Car Show and Rockabilly Weekend. We ended April with the first car show of the year at California Car Cover, our European Car Show.
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| Custom club plaque at VLV. |
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| Annual European Car Show at California Car Cover. |
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| Porsches lined up at Greystone |
In May we spent the first Sunday of the month at the Classic Chevy of SoCal's annual car show at Boys Town and attended the Greystone Concours in Beverly Hills, Ca. I took a tour of the Nethercutt with the SoCal branch of the Audi Club of North America too.
The ever popular Mopar Spring Fling at Woodley Park took place during May as well as our Classic Ford Car Show at CCC.
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| Mercedes at the Nethercutt |
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| This guy volunteered to be in one my photos at the Spring Fling. It is one of my favorite photos of the year. |
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| Ford at the CCC Classic Ford Show | |
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| Words to live by at Auto Con Los Angeles. |
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| Auto Con Los Angeles |
June was a busy month for California Car Cover and me. I was out at Auto Con Los Angeles, plus we hosted another car show at California Car Cover, our annual Camaro Show. June also means that CCC will be at the Back to the 50's Show in Minnesota and the L.A. Roadsters Annual Father's Day Car Show in Pomona. Mix in some other events, like the Ink & Iron Festival and Born Free and our scheduled was filled.
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| Camaro Show at California Car Cover |
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| Custom Cars at Ink & Iron 2013 |
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| Long Beach Autorama at the Ink & Iron. |
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| Ink & Iron 2013 |
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| LA Roadsters Show 2013 |
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| LA Roadsters 2013 |
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| Back to the 50's in Minnesota |
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| Back to the 50's in Minnesota |
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| Born Free Motorcycle Show in Irvine, Ca |
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| Born Free in Irvine, Ca |
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| Ink & Iron 2013 |
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| Back to the 50's 2013 |
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| Back to the 50's 2013 in Minnesota |
In July, I was at the Goodugys Car Show in Columbus, Oh and at the Hootenanny in Irvine, Ca.
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| Goodguys Columbus |
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| Goodguys Columbus |
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| Bike giveaway at Born Free in Irvine, Ca |
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| Flames at Goodguys Columbus |
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| Buick at the Hootenanny 2013 |
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| Chevy at the Hootenanny 2013 |
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| Chevy C-10 at Goodguys Columbus |
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| Chevy Camaro at Goodguys Columbus |
August brought California Car Cover out to the Auctions America event in Burbank, Goodguys Pleasanton and the Ventura Nationals.
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| Auctions America in Burbank |
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| Custom touches at the Ventura Nationals. |
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| Custom paint at the Ventura Nationals. |
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| Ventura Nationals |
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| Ventura Nationals |
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| Goodguys Pleasanton |
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| Goodguys Pleasanton |
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| We were proud to see some California Car Covers on the Snake & Mongoose funny cars at the US Nationals over Labor Day Weekend. |
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| Palos Verdes Concours |
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| Palos Verdes Concours |
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| Palos Verdes Concours |
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| Corvette Display at Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas |
October meant that the annual Art Center Car Classic was just around the corner. My family and I were proud to attend the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield, Ca as our owner, Jim DeFrank, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NHRA Museum.
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| Chevy Impala at our Classic Chevy Show at CCC. |
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| Art Center Car Classic |
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| Push Vehicle at the Hot Rod Reunion |
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| Measuring a Dragster for a custom California Car Cover |
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| Hot Rod Reunion |
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| Dragsters at the Hot Rod Reunion |
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| Mongoose Helmet at the Reunion |
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| Ready for the Cackle Fest. |
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| Mopar Fall Fling |
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| Mopar Fall Fing at Woodley Park |
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| Custom Van at the LAFD Car Show in West Hills, Ca |
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| Gauges at the Fall Fling. |
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| Biker Build-Off at Deus Ex Machina. |
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| Deus Ex Machina |
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| Biker Build-Off at Deus Ex Machina. |
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| Dia De Los Muertos Car Show in Canoga Park, Ca. |
In November, I headed to Scottsdale for the Goodguys Southwest Nationals and the Mecum Auto Auction in Anaheim, Ca.
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| Chevy C-10 at the Goodguys Scottsdale Event. |
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| Pontiact at Goodguys Scottsdale |
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| Custom paint at Goodguys Scottsdale |
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| Chevy SS at the Mecum Auction |
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| LA Auto Show Press Day |
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| Porsches at the LA Auto Show |
One of our last events of the year is always the Mooneyes X-Mas Party and Drag Race. Even though it was a little wet this year, we still had a great time.
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| Chevy at the Mooneyes X-Mas Party 2013 |
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| Mooneyes X-Mas Party |
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| Mooneyes X-mas Party |
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| Custom Van at the Mooneyes X-Mas Party |
Every year, we attend all of the Pomona Swap Meets that take place throughout the year. Here are a handful of our favorite cars we saw at the swap meet in 2013.
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| Custom Cadillac |
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| Tiki Antenna |
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| Custom Suburban at the Pomona Swap Meet |
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| Classic Chevys at Pomona |
We also attended a number of the Supercar Sunday events in Woodland Hills. Here are a few of my favorite photos from SCS this past year.
The California Car Cover catalog photo shoots are always a lot of fun. It gets us up close to a number of amazing customs, hot rods, muscle cars and exotics throughout the year. Thank you to everyone that participated in a catalog photo shoot this year.
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| Annual Show Catalog Cover |
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| Buick from the summer catalog. |
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| Canepa Design Museum from our Father's Day catalog. |
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| Mercury by Hollywood Hot Rods from our late summer catalog. |
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| Classic Chevy from our Hemmings gift guide catalog |
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| Cadillacs from the fall catalog |
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| Oldsmobile Convertible from our holiday catalog. |
Thank you to everyone that made 2013 possible at
California Car Cover. If you like the photos that you see here, browse around our blog for detailed coverage and photos from all of the car shows included here and then some!
Please come back for another year on the road with California Car Cover. Next year we celebrate our 25th Anniversary, so stay tuned for all of the events and specials we have under cover until 2014.
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