On the Road with Tony DeFrank. Follow along with California Car Cover's Executive Director, Tony DeFrank, as he travels the country attending car shows from coast to coast. While not on the road, Tony will share photos from catalog photo shoots, behind the scenes news and notes, product reviews and much more right here on the official blog of California Car Cover.
Before heading to the beach on Labor Day we always spend Saturday morning up in Ventura for the annual Ventura Nationals car show. The car show has become a weekend event including a Friday night cruise and art show, plus Sunday reliability run and BBQ. We always look forward to cruising up the 101 on Saturday morning to check out some killer customs and hot rods.
A big draw for the past few years has been the Lost Angels Children's Project giveaway car. Each year, the Ventura Nationals promotes a custom car build and raffle to benefit the Lost Angels. The charity promotes art and automobile restoration to at-risk teens. This year's custom car was this Chevy Apache pickup that someone drove home on Saturday night.
Clean 1948 Chevrolet Convertible
A busy main drag at the Ventura County Fairgrounds
Not sure custom cars filled the fairgrounds. Plenty of custom built motorcycles were on display too.
A few of the past Lost Angels builds on display at the Ventura Nationals.
Thank you to everyone at the Ventura Nationals for hosting another fun event. We look forward to what's in store for 2018. Check back with California Car Cover in the coming weeks for more events this fall.
The back lot of the 2016 Ventura Nationals Car Show
One of the Labor Day weekend traditions for a few members of the California Car Cover Crew is spending Saturday morning at the Ventura Nationals Car Show. We cruised up the 101 to the Ventura County Fairgrounds to enjoy some hot rods and custom cars.
New for this year at the Ventura Nationals was a motorcycle wall of death courtesy of the American Motor Drome Co. Professional riders put on an hourly show for attendees featuring vintage motorcycles.
Another new feature at the Ventura Nationals this year was Hop Up Live. Hop Up Magazine took over one of the halls at the fairgrounds and displayed some traditional style street rods and customs.
A mariachi band performed at the Ventura Nationals courtesy of 805 beer.
Thank you to everyone at the Ventura Nationals for putting on another great event for the whole family to attend. We had a great time at the show and look forward to seeing what's in store for 2017.
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