2009 “Cruisin for a Cure” in-Picture Recap

This cool coupe was staged outside the OC Fair on Friday before the show. Guys that had been to "Crusin for a Cure" before know that it fills up fast and early on Saturday so it's best to be early or better yet, get there the night before. White walls on red steelies with a triple-carbed hemi. Hard to go wrong there.

Folks come in EARLY! This Barracuda enjoyed the rain-like dew falling from the trees after a morning of fairly heavy fog. My roadster got the same treatment! Standing there, it felt like it was raining.

Another morning shot of this cool, Gasser-styled 1938 Chevy. I guess we missed photographing this car at the Main Street El Segundo show. Here it is now and it was one of my favorites!

Not far from the gasser was this "scary" old Sedan. The Hemi power and style from the more-patina-than-paint did it for me, but those eerie curtains put me over the top thinking, "Coffin" or hearse. Is it me?

Too cool, especially cause my buddy Erock has one, this lowered Ford Econoline was dragging ass all over the fairgrounds. With chrome steelies and whites and a tonneau cover out back, this was a super clean and rarely seen truck. There's more pics in the picture gallery.

This Suburban also caught my eye because of another friend, Mr. Freeze is building a 'burb similar to this one, but he's got a long way to go to catch this lay'd out family wagon. Check out the details under the hood!

While we're on trucks, I saw a few late 60's to early 70's Ford pickups. Rangers and F100's, they were slammed and flat along with shiny and lifted. There's a ton of lowered 60's Chevy trucks out there, so it was nice to see the Ford represented. I bet this is an inexpensive truck to buy and customize. Pops, can I borrow your truck?

If you don't like gassers, you ain't right. Some purists might gasp at a 57 Chevy turned anything but stock, but look closely, it's a 4 door! You know what? Who cares! It's got the right nose in the air stance and looks like tons of fun at a fraction of the cost of a 2 door.

You know how they say the Quad 4 motors look like Offenhausers? They kinda do and to show ya, here's the real thing nestled into a roadster pickup hiding indoors.

To wrap up, I gotta go high class. This 1957 Pontiac Safari wagon fit right in next to hot rods and slammed customs just as it came off the show room floor. Looking at modern cars, I have to ask, where'd all this style go?

I saw this Riv cruising a couple times and had to show it here. I might have to have a low slung, long coupe like this Buick some day. The clean lines and the pure style of the grille and hidden headlights are too cool.

Showing the interior of the Riviera,stock or 100% custom, I'm not sure, but it's right on! I'd want to drive in a car like this every day.

Finally, this 1947 Lincoln Continental Coupe. Is this custom or bone stock? The fact that it's hard to tell makes me love it even more. I should have tracked down the owner of this car to find out more about it. With all the cars, early, late and every build type, this Lincoln was top of the heap.