Reasons you'll enjoy Wavecrest if you are ever in San Diego in September

It isn't possible we're likely to see anyone else from the good old days of hot rodding making palm frond shady hats... only photos in old Hot Rod magazines from the early 1950's Above, my favorite car trophy Above, the trunk is for all the normal stuff he carries around but didn't want to be out in the open, detracting from the old hot rod aesthetic Triple the cool factor, Plymouth, woodie, and

Cool interior design pieces

Chrome and woodgrain contrast

Some great looking woodies

On top of this International is something I hadn't seen before, it's a paddle board. I couldn't find anything on the web about original style boards like this. Not sure why they have the clothes varnished...

Compare two interiors, one was restored with a minimalist approach, the other has been let go for decades

I saw the two cars with the same gauges, and wonder why someone went to the trouble of outlining thier gauges in this odd fashion (top set)

There is a consistant wavy pattern to the way these numbers are outlined, and I didn't realize it wasn't factory until I came across the 2nd Merc and took photos of it's gauges for contrast These (below) are a little harder to see, as the windows to this car weren't open enough for me to get better photos

Woodys with stories

beautiful wood panels from woodys at Wavcrest

Just a tire swap from street to sand

Pontiac woodies at Wavecrest

similar old license plates

Old yellow plates, but what a difference in the New York suburban plate... to think they felt it necessary to differentiate "suburban" residents. How odd.

the double spark plug Lattin flathead revisited, cause it was a hit last year and they park in the same place each year at Wavecrest

The above sign for Rusetta is the first indication that the owner is serious about racing. Russetta was one of the first dry lake beds used for land speed records

Surfer Girl, the only known Mercury Model 114 woody

Fun floor mat These hand painted accents are all fading differently

project, or self inflicted loss of income?

Pontiac woody station wagon that's been in the family since 1950!

Looks like an old tin can Above, Scott Counter, who bought this woody in 1950All original wood, re-varnished about 1960 (but not stripped, sanded only.)All chrome is original; hood & fenders re-painted by Scott (in the driveway!) 1960 something.The top, steering wheel, & hood ornament replaced; seats re-upholstered.All mats, weatherstrip,etc. original stuff.

Pontiac station wagon woody and tear drop... these are a few of my favorite things

One of less than a dozen known Packard Station Wagons, the best of the known restored ones, a 1940 Packard 110

Ever seen a woody Fire Truck? I hadn't until Wavecrest. Here's a Dodge Powerwagon

The above is good wallpaper.

1925 "Telephone booth" Model T woody at Wavecrest

Diamond in the rough... a project woodie shows the bare bones of what is under the varnished grain of complete woodies