Woodie Car Show

The promos for the Wavecrest Woodie Car show said there would be up to 300 cars here in Encinitas for the big Woodie Reunion here at Moonlight Beach today. When we arrived at the beach early this morning every spot where you could park a vehicle had a woodie displayed there.

“This is amazing,” said one showgoer with a hint of excitement in his voice. ” All of these woodies in one place.” This guy just started taking pictures trying to capture the moment for posterity.

We caught his excitement too. So we thought you might like to take a look at what we found at the Wavecrest Woodie Show today.

Mercury Woodies were well represented here at the Wavecrest Woodie Show on the West Coast. Here is a 1948 Mercury Woodie Wagon brought to the show by Paul Keohane of West Coast Street Rods. It has a ZZ4 Corvette engine with 700R automatic transmission. Wood was by Wood N’ Carr while assembly was done by Nick Alexander Restorations.

1951 Mercury Woodie Station Wagon — Chuck and Janice Elliott brought their 1951 Woodie Station Wagon down from San Juan Capistrano, CA to the Wavecrest Woodie Show on Saturday.

1935 Ford Woodie Station Wagon — A beautifully done 1935 Ford Woodie 4-Dr Wagon is what we might call a resto rod. It looks period correct on the outside but under the hood you find a nicely theme wood-look engine phased. It comes from right here in Cardiff, CA.

1937 Ford Woodie Wagon street rod custom — 1937 Ford Woodie Wagon custom street rod with beautiful custom wood body.

Beautiful 1948 Pontiac Silver Streak Streamliner

1947 Mercury Woodie Wagaon — We were really impressed by the “like new” original condition of the 1947 Mercury Woodie Station Wagon.

Huge Turnout for Wavecrest Woodie Show

ENCINITAS, CA — Saturday, Sept 21, 2013
“It’s an Oldie, But it’s a Woodie,” read the license plate on a 1949 Ford Woodie Wagon on display at the Wavecrest Woodie Show at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, California today. The world’s largest all-woodie classic car show in the country was a sight for sore eyes. Many a good story was told this morning and a few teary eyes as “us oldtimers” reunited with our memories once again pouring over the treasured wood-bodied cars of the past. Over two hundred woodies returned to Moonlight Beach.

Good food and good friends is what this show is all about. The woodie restorers in California pretty much know each other from working together to get their cars back on the road. Several woodie clubs and at least one major woodie collector were on hand to ad their knowledge and passion for these cars to the event. One person told me that it was more about “the people” than the cars to most of them. It is almost a spiritual experience for spectators to be in the presence of so much history.

Below we are featuring some of the views from the show today. Check back on this site this evening for some individual stories and photos of the top cars here today.

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Huge Turnout for Wavecrest Woodie Show

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