Saturday afternoon was AutoCon Los Angeles. The event was held just outside Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, Ca. The event attracted some of the nicest import and European cars in the Southern California area. Some friends and customers of California Car Cover had vehicles on display, so I drove out there Saturday afternoon to check out the show.
Saturday was the 10th Annual Still Saving Lives LAPD Car Show, hosted by the LAPD Valley Traffic Division. The show helps raise awareness about driver safety, especially for teen drivers. Additionally, local LAPD special units are on hand doing demonstrations and talking to attendees.
One of the California Car Cover Crew members and I were at the show for the third straight year. We had a great time talking to customers and showing off our Golden Shine Car Care products.
Our friends from B&E brought over their roadster.
There was a large group of late model Challengers at the show.
The show was held at the Warner Ranch Park in Woodland Hills, Ca. This large park hosts a number of events throughout the year. The park has plenty of rooms for a few hundred hot rods, plus plenty of shade.
A large number of our friends from the Classic Chevys Club of Southern California attended the event.
The show attracted plenty of hot rods, plus old and new muscle cars.
Clean Cadillac Hearse
Restored Lincoln
Picture Show Warehouse brought over a number of vehicles from television shows and movies that it has built through the years.
The California Car Cover booth behind some Chevys
The event is to raise funds and awareness for driver's safety. Every year the show has a few cars on display from fatal car accidents to show everyone how important it is buckle up, pay attention and be alert.
The show featured a number of police demonstrations, live music, raffle prizes and much more for everyone to enjoy.
Clean Buick GS
There were plenty of local food trucks for attendees to enjoy breakfast or lunch at during the show. There is a chance my associate and I had a few sandwiches throughout the day.
If you are a fan of Chevy Camaro vehicles, there were plenty on display at the show. I was excited to see so many because of our own Chevy Camaro car show at California Car Cover next week. Hopefully you can make it out to the show because last year's event was a lot of fun.
This Camaro had plenty of original notes and documentation.
Thanks again to Alex and everyone at the show committee for having California Car Cover back at the show. We had a lot of fun supporting a good cause.
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Typically, you see hot rods or muscle cars on the cover of our monthly California Car Cover catalog, but we wanted to feature some of our local customers who are just as passionate about their newer vehicles. Migel Armas, who owns the Scion FR-S, and Bernie Chacon, the owner of the Volkswagen Golf, are very active and well respected in the Southern California import and European car scene. We had some new products we wanted to feature in some cars and couldn't think of better guys to have out to the photo shoot.
Migel's Scion FR-S 86 was one of the first 86 FR-S models produced. If you are not familiar with the Scion FR-S, it is a very tunable and customizable vehicle that was a huge hit at SEMA this past year. This special edition Scion has already been given a number of custom upgrades by Migel.
Migel added a carbon fiber rear wing and front lip from Aero Jacket. The vehicle also has upgraded KW suspension components and a Tanabe exhaust system.
I think our customers will really appreciate what is under the hood. The engine has been equipped with a Vortech Supercharger. You can read more about the supercharger upgrade on the Vortech website.
Custom fit floor mats from Lloyd Mats.
Custom Sun Shade for the FR-S from Introtech
The other vehicle on our June California Car Cover catalog cover is the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI owned by Bernie Chacon. If you follow our blog or Instagram feed you probably have seen this car a few times. For the past few years, Bernie has coordinated the popular VW Oktoberfest in Big Bear, Ca, a popular VW event on the west coast. Additionally, he helps us promote and host our annual European Car Show, which has become one of the larger events held at California Car Cover.
Air compressor located in the cargo area that operates the Air Lift suspension
Custom floor mats from Lloyd Mats
Bernie operates dub-Nation.com a popular website and social media outlet for Volkswagen enthusiasts around the country.
The Volkswagen Golf looks stock, but features many subtle custom details. Empire Fabrication did all the body modifications which include emblem shaving, tailgate blend and a hood notch. The Golf TDI also rides on custom HRE wheels and Toyo Tires.
Custom Introtech Ultimate Reflector Sun Shade
Bernie wanted to thank his wife Kristin and children, Kaeleigh and Bella, plus additional supporters: OEM Plus, Neuspeed, Auto Essentials, dub-Nation.com and eco-shine auto reconditioning.
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Follow California Car Cover on Instagram? If not, you should! Otherwise, here are a few photos from the photo shoot that we posted to our page.
And here is the June 2013 California Car Cover catalog cover if you have not seen it yet.
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