The area’s largest, most spectacular street rod event with more than 2,200 street rods. A street rod is classified as a modernized pre-1949 vehicle. There will be activities, such as kids’ and adult games, Arts & Crafts, an automobile swap meet and a church service on Sunday.

There are a select group of these artists that set the bar for all the rest. Their original creations establish trends that are imitated for decades. They are the best of the best, they are legends, they are true Kings of Kustoms.

For more than 65 years Gene Winfield has been creating the world’s finest custom cars.

Hollywood also discovered Winfield’s genius and the results were some of the most unique and memorable vehicles movie and TV audiences had ever seen.

Whether it’s turning a ’50s sedan into a full blown custom, spraying a classic Winfield fade paint job, creating a time-travelling DeLorean, or rocketing at 200 miles per hour across a dry lake bed, Gene Winfield only has two goals, to be the best and to never stop.

During the car-crazy 1950s in Southern California, Dean Jeffries was one of the first hot rodders to chop, channel and soup-up cars. His distinctive paint jobs and sculpted body work attracted many admirers to his auto shop, including the likes of James Dean, Steve McQueen and A.J. Foyt.

A legendary car painter and customizer who made the “Monkeemobile” and the original Green Hornet’s “Black Beauty,” Jeffries died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Hollywood. He was 80 and had been in declining health.

His death was confirmed by his son, Kevin. (more)

According to the Bo Huff followers Rockabilly is a lifestyle, and the rockabilly movement is growing.

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