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The Cruisin' Nationals 26 – 28
May 2006
By
Bud Sargent
The West Coast Kustoms car club held their 25th
annual Cruising Nationals over the Memorial Day
weekend in Paso Robles. It was a weekend filled
with Rods, Custom and Antique cars on display
and cruising through town. 1800 cars were
allowed to enter before the entries were closed,
turning away dozens of beautiful cars. "Vendors
Row" was expanded over previous years to filling
the entire Library parking lot as well as 2
streets. There was everything from T-Shirts to a
display of Whizzer Motor Bikes from a local
distributor.
George Barris and Gene Winfield were on hand to
sign autographs, as well as Bo Hopkins and Sandy
Clark (From "American Graffiti").
The group from the AV Region met on Friday
afternoon to watch the parade of cruising cars
on Spring Street. We met on the "Shady" side of
the street so the hot sun wouldn't be in our
eyes. Much to our surprise, it was cool and
breezy that evening, so some sun would have been
welcome. But, die-hard automobile watchers,
such as ourselves, we persevered and enjoyed the
dazzling display of hundreds of amazing autos
"Cruising" the main street of town. Spring
Street was closed for 16 blocks to allow this
parade and it appeared that most everyone in
town was out to watch.
On
Saturday, the group from the AACA met during the
morning hours at the park to wander and admire
the hundreds of interesting automobiles and look
over the large displays of parts and accessories
available at "Vendors Row". The afternoon was
spent in various ways. Some of our group went
off to Morro Bay, some went wine tasting and
some took advantage of the time for a nap. Most
of the AACA group met up for dinner at A.J.
Spurs, in Templeton, that evening. We had a most
enjoyable time eating and talking about the
weekend of fun. Dinner was topped off with Root
Beer floats and then it was time to say
"Farewell".
Sunday, some of the group met at the Madonna Inn
for breakfast while others met at John and Wilma
Johnson's home for some "Plinking" down in the
orchard.
It
was a great weekend, filled with friendship and
old cars. What more could you ask for!
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