PHOTOS: National Collector Car Appreciation Day - SoCal July 9, 2011 - Part 1

[Glenn_03Cobra]

This introduction is Part 1 of several parts. Future posts will include a couple hundred photos of these great cars and our special guest Dedria Brunett, Miss Teen California International 2010 with a few select cars. Stay-tuned and check back often as we post these photos as quickly as we can.

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On July 9th, several hundred GearHeads gathered at the Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA to celebrate National Collector Car Appreciation Day.

This was an all day event that started with a heart warming, most appropriate song... The Star Spangled Banner! How much more American can you get than that?

The West Coast GearHeads crew setup camp for this festive event taking pictures and chatting with lots of GearHead members that dropped-by the booth. We had a great view of the two main parking lots that homed 280+ cars.



Just behind our booth in a nice shady area was Ventura County's own KTVA AM1520's "Horsepower for an Hour" Radio Talk Show with Donny and Spence broadcasting live. You can catch this show from 1:00 - 2:00pm PT every Saturday on AM1520 or simulcast via the Internet at http://www.HorsepowerForAnHour.com

Straight across from us, on the other side of the lot was the event stage announcing all the excitement for the day.




Lining the outer edges of the parking lot were vendor exhibits and food booths. Vendors provided demonstrations of their products, no swap meet sales here folks.

As you can see, there were tons of cars and lots of people at this celebration.

Stay-tuned for tons more pictures of the cars that were on display and special photos of Dedria Brunett, Miss Teen California International 2010 with a few select cars!

[GearHead]

Here's Part 2 of many more photos coming your way...

With temps in the 80's and lots of sun it was a typical SoCal day Kudos to the event organizing team for making sure there was plenty of water available.


The cars on display were certainly hot in more ways than one. Whether under the hood, behind the wheel, or even in the truck, these GearHeads certainly have an eye for details. Check out this next set of photos and tell us what you think:

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[GearHead]

Here's Part 3 of many more photos coming your way...

The gates were scheduled to open at 11:00am, but GearHeads wanted their best spot and started lining-up around 8:30am. This celebration brought the best Collector Cars out of the garage. The exterior paint on most of these cars was flawless and their engines were spotless. Stay-tuned... Dedria Brunett's photos are up next

Take a look at these photos:

[cobrakidz]

Love the HJ in group 3 pics. I like the cop in the KVTA booth--are they that bad?? haha

[Glenn_03Cobra]

The cop was being interviewed during the Horsepower for an Hour talk show. Listen to the them through their website http://www.HorsepowerForAnHour.com Click on podcasts and download the .mp3 episode of your choice. This is the show WestCoastGearHeads.com does the events report on. Up until last week, we were around 25 minutes in. Last week a segment was added so now we are around 30'sh minutes