After a long day following the Custom Classics at the 2014 Crusin Nationals in Santa Maria, CA it was time for some relaxation in scenic Solvang, CA.  Solvang is a  beautiful Danish community located in the Santa Ynez Valley of California. While walking the streets of of this scenic community we heard the distinctive sound of rock and roll music coming from the Sort This Out Cellars Winery.  The winery is a remarkable eclectic winery that pushes the envelope of the non conformist and nonpolitical correct establishment.  Themed off the Infamous "Rat Pack" and the "Sands" casino of old Las Vegas the winery sports the look of a 1950's establishment complete with Rockabilly ladies and pinups with their own signature wine blends.  One of which is by the famous Elvira the Mistress of The Dark herself. 

The band was the The Rincon - Dusty Jugz a quartet made up of excellent musicians William, Roger, Dan, and Curtis who are from Carpinteria, CA.  The band was amazing with a blend of good old rock and roll to country.  In fact when they had asked for requests I had mentioned "Pipeline" and they literately blew us away with their beautiful rendition. 

Around 800 custom classic cars, their owners, Rockabilly girls, and celebrities of the custom automotive world.  were at the Santa Maria Fair Park this past Saturday and Sunday.  This custom classic car event which is hosted by Wect Coast Kustom's.  Thousands of people attended the two day event and got a chance to see their favorite custom cars, owners and celebrities.  Look for our full story in our next issue of Revolutions Magazine. 

Hundreds of cars took to the streets of Santa Maria, California Friday night May 23rd 2014 for the kick off of the 2014 West Coast Kustom's Crusin Nationals.  It was quite an impressive display of custom rods and horse power.  Follow Us tomorrow and Saturday as we follow these impressive rides during the 2 day car show.

Prior to Friday's night cruise we attended the West Coast Kustom's Hall of Fame banquet.  Many custom car icons and hall of fame inductees were in attendance. 

I'm headed off to the 2014 West Coast Kustom's Crusin Nationals in Santa Maria, CA. I will be covering it for "Revolutions" Magazine along with West Coast Kustom's magazine "Cruisin". It should be a beautiful weekend. Look for my blog posts.

Pictures from the the 2014 Santa Maria City Cruise and Hall of Fame Banquet.

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Were gearing up for the 2014 West Coast Kustoms 2014 Cruising Nationals in Santa Maria, California this weekend May 23,24,25th, Memorial Day Weekend.  Look for my posts on my blog and on our magazine's Facebook Page "Magazine-Revolutions" 

Paul Casey's Las Vegas Car Star's event was amazing. It is a pleasure to do this story in Revolutions Magazine. It benefits the Children's Miracle Network a very worthy cause. It was my pleasure for many years as a firefighter to work with the Children's Miracle Network and the Make a Wish Foundation. To me For the kids, always for the kids! I will be making some updated posts on this fantastic event on both our publishing website and blog. Paul and all others involved thank you for a fantastic experience.

Day two was another busy day with a temperature that topped out at 99 degrees. About 50 Hollywood Movie and TV cars were in the parade down the Las Vegas Strip with the escort by the Las Vegas Metro Police Departments motor officers.  We road past cheering fans on both sides of the strip going past all the iconic Las Vegas landmark casinos and resorts. We ended up at the Fremont Street area for display and presentation to thousands of fans.  All of this was to raise money for Children,s Miracle Network a most noteworthy cause. This event was organized and managed by Paul Casey of Paul Casey Entertainment, LLC of Las Vegas.  Many original stars from the shows or those responsible for the production of these movie cars along with other celebrities were in attendance.

After the show we had a VIP reception at the Golden Nugget Casino in the Gold Diggers Room overlooking Freemason Street.  While this event was going on we were treated to a Fremont Street Experience of the star cars from the show itself.

While there I was able to touch base again with many in the entertainment industry such as Claudia Wells, Kevin Pike from the movies Jaws, ET, and Raiders of the Lost Ark to name a few, Paul Casey and many more.  I even had a chance to talk to Mr. Spock of Star Trek fame.

Tomorrow we will have the star cars on display again on Fremont street Saturday all day.

Day one was a hot one, we pulled into Las Vegas at about 8:15 AM missing the blistering heat in the Mojave Desert.  We spent the day touring the strip until our room was ready.  Then on to the VIP party at the Plaza Casino and some photo ops with Actress Claudia Wells and others.  We did a number of other night Las Vegas pictures that will be posted later.  On Friday we move on to the Hollywood Star Car Parade on the Famous Las Vegas strip then a press conference and another star packed VIP event in the evening.