May 17th was the annual Spring Cruise for the Santa Cruz Woodie family and it was also the National Drive your Woodie Day. For this years cruise we headed down to San Juan Bautista which is the home of one of California’s original Missions. On this weekend the annual Bar-B-Q Rib Cook-Off and Craft Fair was also being held in …
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The 2014 Santa Cruz Woodies Club Installation Dinner is in the books and its surely one that set records! While the purpose of the Installation Dinner is technically to install New Club Officers, that is just one important part of an event that has evolved from an great evening into a whole fun filled weekend spent with our Woodie Ohana. …
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When we purchased our ‘Woodie’, I was really looking for a 1951 Ford Victoria with the hopes of replicating my first car that I built with my Dad. Lots of memories always come flooding back about the time my Dad and I spent working on that car. So, when I saw a very small ad listing a 1951 Ford Country …
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When I was growing up in San Francisco, our family car was a 1951 Ford Woodie that my dad used for his furniture business and family outings. We also used to take our junk to the city dumps where my dad helped me score several old metal push cars, including a woodie. My love of cars has been lifelong and …
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The following is a great article which appeared in the Sacramento Bee about Floyd Smith and his hand crafted surfboards. "The Sierra foothills seem an unlikely place to find a surf legend. But an "Endless Summer" vibe fills the Rescue workshops of Floyd Smith. Four converted sheds built in a El Dorado County hillside pasture – one for foam, one for wood, two for finishing – serve as Smith's artistic studios. As he's done most of his life, Smith transforms large, plain "blanks" of foam or balsa wood into wave-riding art."
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WOW 2012 started off Friday morning with a paddle out at 38th Ave. I think it was Spicolli that said it best, “Just give me some tasty waves and a cool Bud.” In this case it was Mimosas. Jim and Patty Ferdinand hosted a great brunch with the featured dish, biscuits and gravy by Joan from Hawaii. Then it was …
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