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.
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The California Car Cover Crew spent a few days with customers in the Monterey Bay area for the annual Car Week. This week attracts 1,000s of auto enthusiasts to the central coast for a week of everything car related. Rallies, auctions, car shows and concours were taking place daily all over town. It was not physically possible to attend every event, but we tried to attend as many events as we could. Here are some highlights from Thursday. Stops for the day included visits to the auctions of Mecum, Russo and Steele, plus Worldwide Auctioneers.
1963 Volkswagen 23 Window Samba Bus
Our first stop when we arrived in Monterey was the Mecum Auction. This daytime auction always attracts 100's of incredible cars and tons of spectators. The large venue adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Resort allows for easy browsing or investigating of the vehicles up for sale last week.
1953 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup
1924 Hacker Craft 33' Runabout Boat
1968 Jeep Wagoneer Custom Special
The "star cars" for the auction were part of a special display just outside the auction tents. These included limited production exotics, prototypes and historic racing events.
A special tent was used to display a number of high performance exotics up for sale like the Ferrari and Koenigsegg.
The large auction tents was filled with premium cars and tons of spectators.
From the Mecum Auction it was off to see our friends over at Russo and Steele. The Russo and Steele auction in the round format lets attendees get up close to the cars and the action. The company always has a nice variety of muscle cars, exotics, and classics. We even ran into a few customers under the tent who were there looking for a nice value. The Russo and Steele auction takes place next the the historic Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey. This is a convenient location to be in the middle of the action all week, plus is close to plenty of hotels and restaurants when the auction action ends each night.
1958 Dual Ghia Convertible
The Worldwide Auctioneers were a first time participant at Monterey and they brought out some significant automobiles to their Pacific Grove Auction. It was our fist time at one of their events, but it was a nice mix of rare European and American automobiles.
1940 BMW 328 Roadster
1968 Chevrolet L-88 Sunray-DX Race Car
It was an auction filled first day in Monterey. Check back later this week for additional coverage on the California Car Cover blog.
Donut Derelicts at Adam's Donuts in Huntington Beach, Ca.
Before the California Car Cover Crew members hit the road for some large events over Father's Day weekend, we were down in Newport Beach to check out some local car shows.
Since we were down in Newport Beach, Ca for the weekend, we had to kickoff Saturday morning with a stop at Donut Derelicts. The original SoCal "Cars and Coffee" get together takes place at a strip mall in Huntington Beach. Whenever we are down in Orange County we try to swing by there to see some classic cars and bump into some friends.
Clean and low Chevrolet.
Even though the weather was damp, there were still plenty of classics and hot rods to check out while enjoying a donut and coffee with some friends. Donut Derelicts attracts a nice mix of new muscle and classics from all over Orange County.
In the afternoon, it was off to Newport Dunes to check out the action at Russo and Steele's Newport Beach Auction. California Car Cover is one of their sponsors for 2016, so it was nice to get out and support the event. A few hundred hot rods, classics and exotics crossed the block over the weekend.
Clean 1957 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible
Rare Packard Woodie Sedan went across the block on Saturday afternoon.
We had a great time at the Russo and Steele Auction. We will look forward to seeing what goes up for sale at their Monterrey Auction later this summer.
Ready for some great car show photos? Check back often this month as we will be attending some marquee events such as the LA Roadsters Show, MSRA Back to the Fifties and Born Free Motorcycle Show.
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