Bruce Meyers private collection in Beverly Hills was the first stop Tuesday. A beautiful home and large garage full of neat stuff. All of his cars have history not just old cars but "important" old cars. Foose's shop was next, got the grand tour, helped him clean the undercarriage of the AMBR/Ridler winner Impression. Lanzinis paint shop then Scandavian Street rods (all 32's here)Hot Rods and Hobbies, a shop with about 25 to 30 projects going on. Goodguy Gary Meadors Chrysler woodie convert with a viper, several Jags,a deuce woodie, Mercedes, willys phantom, and more. Wood n Carr, with 5 woodies under construction. Bill Hines shop, what a time capsule, he is 89 years old and still building customs. Jr's House of Color was next, saw a Hitler Mercedes from WWII being restored there plus several high dollar sports cars.
Wednesday it was off to Bodie Strom's BS Industries, he is building 2 mustangs for SEMA, a 51 Merc, 60 Ford Starliner is done plus several other projects.
Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage...65,000 Sq Ft of neat cars (no cameras allowed) Hollywood Hot Rods, building several 32's a RPU for Raybestos give away car, awesome stuff, Old Crow Speed shop, just full of neat hot rod stuff, a 32 Phaeton, belly tank racers, and neat stuff. Next was the Tonight Show. We had special tickets that got us into the "Green Room" (which was actually painted brown) for snacks and drinks, then into the show for reserved seating, way cool.
Tonight I met up with more friends from Colorado, Five or six cars arrived today, it was good to see them all again. Really fun guys.
It was a GREAT two days......more tomorrow.
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