I grew up in Pennsylvania, and all my life dreamed of moving to California where all the hot rods were. Finally, in the late '70's I took a transfer there and lived in southern Cal for a year. I was surprised to see very few hot rods actually out driving around. I thought it would be like American Graffiti every day, but I seldom saw any custom cars.

One weekend I went to a car show/cruise, and there was every hot rod I had grown up seeing in magazines over the years. I was in heaven. In fact, we took a hot rod magazine with us for the kids to read in the car, and the cover car "Turkey T" was driving beside us as we approached the show. Really cool.

But it seems the hot rods got reserved for special outings, and maybe that has changed somewhat since then. (I hope)

Don