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22nd Annual Seal Beach Classic Car Show
City of Seal Beach, CA.
April 25, 2009
Story and Photographs
by Roger Rohrdanz

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Roger Rohrdanz

  From the Pacific Coast Highway all the way to the pier, classic cars and Hot Rods lined Main Street through the middle of Seal Beach. This was the setting for the 22nd Annual Seal Beach Classic Car Show, presented this year, by the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce. Every year this is one of the more popular Orange County shows. As the 500+ cars arrived they were efficiently directed to their pre-assigned reserved parking places. Through the day hundreds of admiring spectators enjoyed looking over all the cars. Main Street has lots of interesting shops to browse and several good restaurants to satisfy the hunger pangs. At the pier, the local Lions Club was having a pancake breakfast which seemed to be very popular. Plus there is a beach and a pier to investigate. The weather couldn’t have been better. It was very well organized, and has the perfect setting.

Thanks for the Show!

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Located on Main St., the Post Office keeps the vintage charm of the old town.

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This rare ’67 Mercury Comet Cyclone is owned by Ernie Meiries from Paramount, CA.

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Earl Dexter of Newport Beach, CA. drove his very long and red ’60 Cadillac convertible.

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The power in Bob & Bev Benter’s clean ’57 Ford Fairlane 500 is an McCullock Supercharged 312 Ford with Dual Quads.

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Cruisin’ Main St. in their hoodless ’70 Plymouth Cuda are Don & Harriet.

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This sharp, red, 350 powered ’67 Chevy Chevelle belongs to Charles and Marcia McMullen.

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Kenny Jacobs Wild, Winged, Sprint Car was a very unusual sight at a car show.

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Blown, 825 HP Chevy in a ’40 Ford Pickup with fire for paint. The owner is Randy Palmer from Huntington Beach, CA.

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Sonny Goulet brought his very clean, ’51 Ford F-1 to it’s FIRST show!

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Gary Perkins emaculate Hemi powered, ’68 Dodge Dart

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The “Jr. Teen” girls of Seal Beach were handing out the goodie bags.

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A gathering of Corvettes along Main St

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A row of Muscle Cars rumble down Main St.

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4 Top Fuel dragsters including the Yeakel car, and 2 Altereds including The Winged Express were preparing to fire up. Were are my ear plugs?

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Seal Beach has a very picturesque Main St.

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Vintage Drag boats were also on display. Check out the “Golden Komotion” Blown Hemi, Top Fuel Hydro!

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A Couple of Chevelles on Main St.

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A pair a Willys, ’33 made into a Woody on the left and a ’41 on the right.

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Do you think they parked together by accident? Do think they know each other?

 

 

 

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