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Come spring, Ventura's fairgrounds beckon with their annual "Back to the Beach" Hot Rod show. This year, skies were overcast, but there were still some very interesting vehicles in attendance.
One major trait of the Back to the Beach show is its underlying "billet-proof" theme. Lots of traditionally styled rods and customs that look like they are being driven--not trailered--are in attendance. You will not see any of the easter-egg colored Street Rods decorated with parts made from billet aluminum, so popular just a decade ago.
Click on any of the above images for a full-size view Out in the parking lot, we stumbled upon this neat (and very rare) 1936 International flatbed truck. It sits ultra low and is powered by a 1950s era MoPar 318 poly mill. Tool box affixed to air cleaner is an interesting solution.
Corrugated aluminum-clad housecar was based on 1950s Oldsmobile 98. Looked good, but the interior wood was ruined. Asking price? $7,500.00.
Somehow, even a pink Rod can look macho, no?
This hammered '33 3-window had the perfect stance. Owned by member of the Burbank "Choppers," which is perhaps the most stylish group of Hot Rodders in the Southland.
Ventura's own Matt Noble, a sought-after fabricator and builder, brought his well-known Mercury. It doesn't get any smoother and lower than this!
Traditional jalopy looked killer, featuring an early Chrysler HEMI topped by six STROMBERG 97s. Check out those weed burners!
Another traditionally built engine, a Ford flathead with EVANS heads and EDMUNDS 2-carb intake manifold.
A neat, fully restored 1940 Ford Special.
Bombs away!
Click on any of the above images for a full-size view Bernard's favorite, a formerly abandoned, early-sixties Ferrari 275GTE body shell that is being lovingly transformed into a Pro Touring monster. We would go a slighly different route with it, but . . . oh . . . well . . .
Click on any of the above images for a full-size view Many interesting motorcycles made it to the beach, among them the granddaddy of rat bikes, this 1939 Hog.
Click on any of the above images for a full-size view 60 years later, a Vincent Black Shadow is still awe-inspiring. |
