I have been celebrating National Collector Car Appreciation Day since it was first developed in 2010. This year Blacktop Magazine hosted the event at their headquarters in the Historic C.W. Moss Building in Old Towne Orange, California. The SEMA Action Network has worked for the past 6 years to get the second Friday of July to be Nationally recognized as Collector Car Appreciation Day (CCAD).
Why is this important?
CCAD is an opportunity for representatives of our hobby/industry to connect with law makers. To show the value of our industry to the economy and societal benefits.
I find it another great opportunity to share our hobby with neighbors, friends and best yet, strangers. I hope you join in the party like so many other individuals, companies and organizations do all over the country.
The SEMA Action Network (SAN) is a nationwide partnership between vehicle clubs, enthusiasts and members of the specialty auto parts industry who want to protect their hobby. Founded in 1997, the SAN was designed to help stamp out legislative threats to the automotive hobby and pass favorable laws. The SAN regularly:
- Rallies the support of 3,000-plus car clubs, thousands of individual contacts, and 100-plus publications, with an estimated reach of 36 million enthusiasts nationwide, amplifying SEMA’s political voice on issues affecting the specialty equipment auto parts industry.
- Sends out action alerts to generate an abundance of responses to state and/or federal legislative actions and regulatory proposals.
- Issues timely updates of legislative and regulatory developments.
THERE ARE NO COSTS, FEES OR HASSLES to participate in the SAN.
I urge you to join the SEMA Action Network. Click here to Enlist NOW!
- Chris Unger rolled up in his nearly completed 1932 Dietrich Roadster bodied Packard.
- Darryll Keene and his wife joined us in their ’47 Buick Super with a healthy 502cid and modern drivetrain.
- Their friend Jim Cassaco followed in his super sweet ’62 Impala with a 350/350 combo.
- Pati Fairchild came over in her daily driver ’61 Chrysler New Yorker I dug the subtle silver metalflake showing through the blue candy on black paint.
- Blacktop Magazine #2 Cover Girl Becky Sue Means got away from her family’s hot rod shop Anaheim Rod and Custom with her baby Atom in her featured ’61 Comet dragster. Becky actually broke the axle racing it one year at Mooneyes’ X-mas party, then turned around and won the Pinup contest which helped pay for the new axle.
- Our friend Trevor Dick ditched his shop “The Legacy of Classic Wheels” to bring over a client’s ’65 C-10 shortbed. It features a bitchen 454 Chevy big block, Edelbrock intake and carb, and Flowmaster exhaust. We like that combo.