Mel’s Diner Car Show – August 26, 2023
11th Annual American Graffiti car show at Mels Diner in Auburn. • Photos by Don Miguel & Pat Gruwell
Category: Monthly News
Cars & Coffee – August 2023
Cars and Coffee happens every Saturday from 7am to 10am at the McKnight Crossing Shopping Center in Grass Valley.
Eskaton 2023
August 24, 2023 • Commentary and photos by Pat G. There were seven Roamin Angel and their cars that went over to Eskaton on Thursday, August 24th. The residents from Eskaton were very interested in talking about our Cars. They remembered driving some of them when they were younger. We had a very nice day, the weather was nice and they served us lunch. It was a very nice day!! Thank you very much for showing your Cars – Jack L., Ken B., Bruce & DeeAnn B. and Richard &…
Kudos – August 2023
Besides a great story about the upcoming car show and Classic Car West, the article talked about the classic car (shown above) that was graciously donated to the local high school auto shop. To read the whole article, go to https://www.theunion.com/news/roamin-angels-car-show-moves-to-nevada-city-tech-center-classic-cars-west-nevada-city/article_9d9cc4c6-4857-11ee-9ae2-dbf0a27b695e.html Nevada County’s 9/11 Memorial Ceremony Presented by the American Legion Post 130 In Support of First Responders Monday, September 11th at 9:01am On Mill Street, Grass Valley The ceremony is being staged by the American Legion, Chamber and City of Grass Valley. It will be short but touching. One of…
The Other Side of the Track at Sonoma Raceway
I went to the drag races at Sonoma Race track on Friday, July 26. This picture right) is of Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney. She was the first successful woman pro-woman drag racer. She competed with the men in the NHRA and had a long career drag racing. There was even a movie made about her life and career in racing. As of Friday night these are the top qualifiers in the top fuel dragster and funny car classes. – Austin Prock Chevy Montana top fuel 3.704 sec. 331.36 mph –…
Mel’s Diner Cruise Night • July 5 & July 12
Mel’s Diner in Auburn hosts Wednesday evening get togethers for car enthusiasts. Mel’s Diner Car Show is August 26, 2023. – Photos by Don M.
4,000 Miles in a Corvair-Powered Motorhome
A month-long journey on the road to the mid-west. I set out on June 5th and drove for 7 days to the Wisconsin Dells. Spending the nights in rest areas along Interstate 80. My destination was the “the gathering of the whales” (the Ultra Van motorhomes are sometime referred to as whales, a bunch of them would be a Pod). There were 7 Ultra Vans that attended. We would socialize, have maintenance sessions, and dinner together. Driving at a speed of 50 to 60 MPH, my mileage was 15.3 MPG…
Downtown Grass Valley Car Show 2023
The Grass Valley Downtown Association, in partnership with the Roamin Angels Car Club, hosted the 36th Annual Car Show on Saturday, July 15. Approximately 250 of the finest custom, vintage, and antique cars and trucks in all of Northern California were on display.
Fly-In & Open House
Photos by Don M. Roamin Angels, other car/plane folk and friends that came to the “Fly-in and Open House” at the Nevada County Airport on June 3, 2023. Aviation Appreciation Day, lots of visitors, cars and airplane people. It was a fun day. Other car clubs joined the fun, maybe about 50 to 60 special Interest cars showed up.There was food, drink and ice cream. Great Fly-Overs, and the model planes were very exciting to watch. Warm sunny day!
Cars & Coffee – May-June 2023
Cars and Coffee is held every Saturdays from 7am to 10am at McKnight Crossing on McKnight Way in Grass Valley. A wonderful impromptu show and shine of about 50-100 cars from classic to today’s special vehicles. Come show off your prize! Bring a chair and talk with other like-minded car enthusiasts.
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Thanks to all you crazy car peeps looks like we are going to be able to invest in all these kids and programs again this year. Numbers still being crunched. The Scouts, The High Schools, the Hands on programs. Pat the hood of your Rod and thank it for its' existence!
We love everything about these cars including the art in us they motivate. These pieces were at the recent "Crossroads" Car show. Several of these pieces were also past winners at "Cruisin the Pines" and appeared at the 2023 event.
More "Cruisin the Pines" 2023 Photos. We do this because we love these cars and we are 100% behind supporting our community. We put on a good show. You have a great time. We all support the Kids and community.
What a diversity of Cars!!! Here's a few photos from the 2023 "Cruisin' the Pines" show just staged (and YES! there were plenty of Pines)....![]()
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We start working on the 2024 show today in just a few hours.![]()
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More pictures to follow.
A huge thank you to all the attendees, sponsors, vendors and Roamin Angel supporters for making the 22nd annual car show such a success!!! We'll start working on next year's soon, fixin the bugs and making the 23rd even better. Stay tuned for pictures........
How about an early Christmas Present?![]()
$800 gets you this classic Coke cooler and a bunch of Hot August Nights Coke bottles & packs.![]()
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Need to move quickly cause the house is closing. Send a FB message and we'll connect you up.
You have just enough time to still enter the show. We are very, very close. You can enter the day of if that's what it comes to. Download this flyer for the deatils and directions. Gonna be a great show with what looks like great weather. See you in about a week.
We're getting very close to the 22nd edition of "Cruisin' the Pines" this year at a brand new location.![]()
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Visit the Roamin Angels WEB and sign up for the show. ![]()
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Saturday September 9th at the Nevada City Tech center.
The 35th GVDA Car Show was pretty darn good even with the Heat. Good selection of Cars and......PEOPLE. We work on gettin kids interested in these machines. We got to intro 3 week old Joulea Saturday. I see her as a Mustang Girl.......
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Classics of both types for this one. Free entry. Nevada County Airport, June 3rd. Support the kids that not only love the cars but want to fly!!!
The new venue's location. Lots of trees, trails and parking. See you in September. Get registered now.......
Cruisin' the Pines will happen at its' new venue on Saturday Sept 9th! We've had great shows for 20+ years featuring cars and people from all over the world. Plan on being there. Sign up on line. Join in!!!
The new show date has been set and room is available for you to register and join in!
Well....we had to pull the plug on today's event. Rain & threats of thunder & lightning. Working with the Chamber next week to come up with some alternate fun soon Stay tuned. The good news?....![]()
The ducks & geese I saw on the way home were enjoying the full ponds. The deer & turkeys the green grass & food.
The joint American Legion Post 130 & Roamin Angels car event this past weekend was a great success. Good food, fun, cars, music and dancin'.![]()
What we ra$ised to support the Scouts and Active Military families![]()
was over the top. Car Guys & Gals !!! HOORAH!!
Tis the Season!!!![]()
Join us for the 36th annual Grass Valley Downtown car show. It's May 6th. It'll be great weather and a great time.![]()
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Sign up now to make sure you're one of the 250 slots.
Happening this weekend!!!![]()
Great Weather...great cause....great fun.![]()
Call 530 575 7002 and reserve a spot.![]()
Nazar and his Salt Lake Flats record setting Motorcycle will be there.![]()
Music, fun, food, supporting our Scouts.
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