a month from now is the Edelbrock "Revved up for Kids" car show!

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our gang pedal car

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Touch a Truck, an annual and growing event that raises funds, and kids interest in big rigs, semi's, and trucks has grown to the point that it happens in the Qualcomm stadium parking lot now

This family-friendly car show is a sure hit with kids and parents alike, as all the vehicles are open for you to climb in and honk the horn! From the Wells Fargo Stage Coach to Robosaurus, military vehicles to monster trucks, Harley's to HumVees, classic cars to emergency vehicles, big rigs to construction rigs. Touch A Truck will please your palate, too, with 20 gourmet food trucks, an old fashioned bake sale, lemonade "experience", and more

This is Robosaurus! I didn't get there early enough to catch it in action, I had a car show I was at before this years Touch a Truck.. some days there are more than one car show to see.

The jungle gym  bus interior

The Boogie Brothers Blues Band was pretty good! I liked them, and their playlist, though I doubt the kids were able to hear the music.. the kids were HYPED up!

Max's Ring of Fire (MROF), a 501(c)3 tax-exempt public charity, is a pediatric cancer fundraising and advocacy organization that supports innovative pediatric cancer research and clinical trials. We are dedicated to funding practical, relevant Phase I and II clinical trials which are based on research from the University of Vermont, University of Texas/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Hawaii, UCSD, the Van Andel Institute, among others.

We also focus on speed, by helping to bring new therapies to the bedside now for the patients that need them most - those with advanced relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma. These are the hard cases that most oncology research frequently overlooks - yet it is these difficult cases that likely hold the key to finding the answer to cancer.

100% of every donated dollar is guaranteed to fund meaningful neuroblastoma research and clinical trials.

http://www.maxsringoffire.org/  http://www.maxsringoffire.org/touch-a-truck/

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The 3rd annual Fiesta De Kustom Kulture car and low brow art show

this example of late 50's design is a good example of how the modern design copies the best of the old designs, and how the new side mirrors only seem to differ by being made of plastic, and are mounted on the door instead of the fender. I wonder if you had a better view with a mirror on the fender, or now have a better view with the mirror on the door

full gallery of this sweet shoebox at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/sllk-vic.html

this would feel strange to drive to me... and a cross wind would wreak havoc on driving

cool stop light

 Here between the tires is a Bomonster sticker, and the booth they were stopping by is Bomonster's.

 A full gallery of this tricked out Road Runner is at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/damn-nice-road-runner-with-better.html

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