So. Cal. truly is a car nut's paradise.
On incredible area is Costa Mesa. So many awesome machine shops, body shops, mechanics, fabricators, etc. Anything auto related is being done there.
A lot of cool cars are hidden there, too.
It would be an interesting to take a day or two and search the back lots of all these places. I bet you'd find some real gems that could be bought for a song.
I was at a shop today. Here's a glimpse of what I'm talking about this was just at one place and I only snapped a couple of pics.
I don't see this 928 coming back soon! Last registered in '97.
Pretty solid looking E. Last registered mid-90s.
Also was a '69 Camaro rusting away, and a 55 Speedster that looked about half there.