LA Car Stuff -

[Captain Ahab Jr]

I'll be around LA for a busy week of work but should have Sun 22 Jun and Sat 28 morning and maybe an occasional evening during the week to fit in some car stuff

Interested in to know whats on, cars n coffee morning, car show/meet, car museums, drag racing, motorsport events etc

[Por_sha911]

LA car campfires: you bring the marshmellows

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

I'll be around LA for a busy week of work but should have Sun 22 Jun and Sat 28 morning and maybe an occasional evening during the week to fit in some car stuff

Interested in to know whats on, cars n coffee morning, car show/meet, car museums, drag racing, motorsport events etc

Petersen museum... Pay a little more for "the vault" tour. They have some of your F1 cars in there..

[Noah930]

Petersen (LA) has a new exhibit of cars of the 80s and 90s. lfot has his Mustang Enduro on display there.

Sunday the 22nd has Supercar Sunday at Pierce College in Woodland Hills.Supercar Sunday | World Famous Car Show. It's sponsored by the local Porsche dealer, but there's always good variety there.

Race Service (an automotive culture creative agency and clothing store) over in Culver City has a weekly (Wednesday morning?) cars and coffee called Rise and Shine. I've never been cool enough (or unemployed enough) to attend, but it's LA cool.

Thursday has a Celebration of Life gathering/lunch for Chuck Miller, local longtime Porsche guy, R Gruppe member, and Early S organizer. Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, from 11-2.

If you're the driving type, Friday morning is Good Vibes Breakfast Club in the parking lot of the shuttered Newcomb's Ranch restaurant up Angeles Crest Highway (see La Canada for the start of the drive up Hwy 2). Maybe 50-100 cars. I think what makes this cars and coffee gathering my favorite is the price of admission: the 26 miles up Angeles Crest and the 26 miles back down the mountain.

Friday evening has Bob's Big Boy in Toluca Lake. Mostly American iron, but there is a guy who shows up in one of his AC Cobras (I think he has 3 of them) seemingly every time.

Saturday the 28th has the monthly https://www.manhattanbeachcarsandcoffee.com. Then you can go drive over to the nearby downtown/pier area of Manhattan Beach for lunch/brunch, shopping, and people watching.

A couple Saturdays ago, I went to an afternoon/evening event at Good Boy Bob Coffee Roasters in Santa Monica. Maybe 30 or so cars? Don't know if it's every Saturday afternoon, or a monthly thing, as it was my first time there.

Sunday the 29th has the monthly cars and coffee at Griffith Park (parking lot above/behind the carousel) from 7-9. Good variety there, too.

Just about every weekend has beautiful car and beautiful people spectating at Malibu Country Mart. There used to be a huge Sunday morning show where it seemed like the average guy showed up in a late-model Ferrari/McLaren/Lambo/911 hero car, but then they started cracking down on it. Have not been there since the fires in January, but I see on social media that car people still hang out there informally on Sunday mornings.

[Scott Douglas]

Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach every Sat morning 6-8AM. Magnolia and Adams Ave's.

Great variety of hot rods and customs, sports cars and classics.

Southern California car culture at it's finest.

[jhynesrockmtn]

Just steer clear of any demos or rides with Waymo

[look 171]

Noha has some great suggestions.

If you can, do the Unemployment drive up Angeles Crest on Friday Newcombs. You wouldn't be disappointed. Get there around 7:30-8. Drive up on your own, no need to wait for anyone.

The Griffith Park one is 10 min from me, and its a good one, crowded but you will need to walk a 1/4 mile to find parking if you arrive late. I have only been twice.

Make it to the Supercar Sunday at the college, if you like high dollar European cars.

[pmax]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

I'll be around LA ... to fit in some car stuff

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Thanks guys, some great suggestions, marshmallows already packed

[Noah930]

Don't know anything about this event. It just came across my IG feed. But here's something in Northridge for Sat morning.

[astrochex]

Have a blast Captain!

[jhynesrockmtn]

914world West Coast Ramble

[Noah930]

IIRC, Captain, you helped on the McLaren F1. There's one on exhibit at the Petersen right now:



Also lfot's Mustang Enduro (which I don't think you worked on):

[jcwade]

Nethercutt Collection.

[SpyderMike]

Further south on Orange County, one the same street in Irvine is a Segerstrom Shelby Museum:

https://g.co/kgs/fYV7oHE

and the headquarters of Hillbank Motorsports Superformance (Cobras, GT40s, etc):

https://www.hillbankusa.com/

Then there is Eurocar near John Wayne Airport if you Ferraris, Lambos, etc.:

https://www.eurocaroc.com/

And one of the largest Cars and Coffee gatherings which is in San Clemente:

https://www.southoccarsandcoffee.com/

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Apologies for not updating this thread and thanks for the suggestions, I've had to work extra hours on F1 to make up for being away

Denis really appreciated your PM, I tried a few times to message, to try and meet up with you but for some reason my replies just weren't sending

Well, I had a blast, great fun, best 1st work week I've enjoyed in decades, my motorsport mojo has really been fired up so looking forward to the racing challenges ahead

I arrived on Sat late afternoon, decided to check out the Woodland Hills Supercar Sunday meet, thanks Noha930

Really enjoyed it, good mixture of cars, had a very chilled out local vibe which was very similar to my local UK Sunday morning car meet but with more cubic inches and sunshine











Then I drove through to Malibu, the canyon road through the Topanga State Parkwas good fun but the devastating fire really tore through the beach homes, very sad to see



During the week, I visited a friends house in Ventura to check out his toy, one owner Mustang with a life time of patina, which he's squeezed a small block into it, despite it being a narrow engine bay car, he's settled into USA life very well

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Damn, missed another activity I enjoyed on the Sun after driving up and down the Pacific Highway around Malibu

Drove the full length of the famous Mulholland Drive, can see the road racing appeal back in the days with less traffic, if only a road could tell stories



My rental was a Chevy Malibu which isn't the most dynamic handling car I've hustled on a twisty road but stopping at a road junction a couple of times next to a beautiful blonde, beach babe driving a black Boxster made up for my driving experience disappointment

Sorry, no pictures of the other car/driver but here's my whip

[herr_oberst]

Interesting display of photos from someone who has probably seen more than a lot of us could ever dream of ever seeing!

The Morris and it's caretaker! Yes! (I understand! It IS a droptop!)

[craigster59]

Looks like you were able to take in the offbeat sites not seen by most. And great that you made it up to Ventura, that was my old stomping grounds.

Hope you can make it to the Peterson before you leave. Great pics!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Then last Sat.I got busy before catching my return flight in the evening

First stop was the Orange County Cars and Coffee meet at a fashion outlet shopping mall, thanks SpyderMike

Lots of cars, great selection, something for everyone, scale much bigger than anything I've been to in the UK, sun was shining again too











Then back across town to visit the Peterson Automotive Museum, thanks Deschodt, Noha930

Wow what a collection, so many great cars, really enjoyed the Ken Block People Champion display, did the Vault too which had another 300 cars on display











Only really scratched the surface of California car culture so hoping to get another work visit in this year on top of a Nov. one week driving tour around California/Nevada with Mrs Ahab