There’s very little in life that I get more enjoyment out of than finding something truly amazing in the last place you would expect to see it, a ‘diamond in the rough’ (cue Lawrence of Arabia Soundtrack). Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Big Bang Meets: Brea 1.5.15
The time had come again to attend one of the many local parking lot meets hosted by “TheBigBangMeets” that rove around the general Southern California area, filling unsuspecting shopping center parking lots with a slew of modified local(ish) rides. Continue reading
Snapshots: ’51 Ninety Eight
Well, since I don’t know if I’ll ever see this car again since cars & coffee Irvine has been cancelled, here are a few snapshots of one of my favorite regular attendees: a ’51 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Continue reading
Cars & Coffee 12.6.14
Little did I know, this was to be my last Cars & Coffee I would attend in Irvine. I won’t get into the details of why the weekly meet was cancelled indefinitely, but long-story-short the meet was suddenly and unequivocally banned. That being said, I’m very glad I went and it turned out to be a pretty great finale for me. Continue reading
IT’SJDMYO Toy Drive 12.6.14
Just in time to take advantage of the season, ‘ITSJDMYO’ hosted a toy drive alongside a car meet to help out those in need as well as displaying a decent amount of cool cars, mostly built by local shops but with a few nearby personalities finding their way by to check out the scene. Continue reading
Big Bang Meet: November 23 ’14
Back in November I hit up one of the local regular ‘Big Bang Meets’ and was pleasantly surprised by what I found there! I met a few friends and made a couple new ones and, as always, found some crazy awesomeness that defines what I love about the Southern California car meet smorgasbord… Enjoy!
88 Rotors Meet 10/27/14
Continuing with getting some older coverage up we go back in time to October ’14 to when 88 Rotors hosted a surprisingly well-attended meet at their warehouse in El Monte. It was my first trip out to a meet in my newly acquired ’86 Toyota pickup and I was pretty excited to run into my friend Jordan who has been showing his ’85 ‘yota recently and is constantly tweaking and changing things, always a cool ride to run into… Not to mention he’s rocking a Hobbaswaggle sticker!