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
11th Annual American Graffiti car show at Mels Diner in Auburn. • Photos by Don Miguel & Pat Gruwell
Cars and Coffee happens every Saturday from 7am to 10am at the McKnight Crossing Shopping Center in Grass Valley.
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 &…
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…
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 in Auburn hosts Wednesday evening get togethers for car enthusiasts. Mel’s Diner Car Show is August 26, 2023. – Photos by Don M.
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…
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.
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 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.