{"id":493,"date":"2011-09-27T10:58:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T18:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=493"},"modified":"2012-02-27T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T20:49:54","slug":"spokes-solids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Spokes & Solids"},"content":{"rendered":"

School is back in session, the tourists have hit the road, and right on schedule, summer has arrived in Santa Cruz. Overcast mornings give way to sunny, warm, windless days; it\u2019s perfect hot rod weather. Clay Slaughter and Tim Edwards took the opportunity to celebrate the season, along with Clay\u2019s birthday, by organizing the first annual Spokes & Solids<\/em> run. A 50-mile jog up the coast and into the redwoods ended at a barbecue and body drop (more on this later) at Clay\u2019s home in the Soquel hills. Invitations went out and approximately 40 cars participated. These were some of our favorites:<\/p>\n

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This real-deal three window from Chualar was a knockout. Peering through the hood louvers it was hard to tell what it was running, but it looked like it could be a Cad or an Olds.
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Marc Kaplan\u2019s \u201939 coupe and Legendary Lars\u2019 new Deuce roadster.
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The tudor hiboy is host Tim\u2019s latest project. The Ply coupe is my brother Mike\u2019s, it runs a flathead six with dual carbs and split exhaust manifolds.<\/p>\n

Bob Achterburg is one of the more knowledgeable and experienced builders in the area. Lucky for me he lived three doors down when I first moved to Santa Cruz. This Merc convertible is his go-to ride when his other cars are otherwise incapacitated. It\u2019s perfect.
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\"\"<\/a>The five window was piloted by John Galli\u2019s son Mike. The cool Chevy sedan delivery belongs to local surfer\/rodder John McBride.
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Use an accordion, go to jail\u2026
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Time to put on the fun tags\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 and hit the road.
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After the morning\u2019s spin through the mountains, we stopped to use the bathroom at some guy\u2019s used car lot in Scotts Valley. Our stuff looked good out front:
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Pachi Bengochea and his wife Nikki drove their black, home-built \u201929 roadster all the way from Winnemucca for the event, that\u2019s about 12 hours each way.<\/p>\n

Farmer Joe missed the morning run, he\u2019d stayed up late the night before celebrating a victory at Watsonville Speedway. Joe met us midway in his \u201935 roadster. Dennis Kingston\u2019s Uncle Louie built the flattie-powered roadster pick-up years ago, Dennis has been the caretaker for quite awhile.
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Clay\u2019s newly-mowed pasture provided picturesque parking for a bunch of period-perfect jalopies:
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This barn-find Deuce roadster was uncovered on Oahu and brought to the Mainland for a freshening up. Local hot rodder and B\u2019ville XF\/VFALT record holder Paul Heady spent a lot of time in Hawaii in his younger years. He recognized the car and is helping the new owner track down its history.<\/p>\n

Legendary Lar\u2019s latest is this fuel-injected, Ardun-headed, center-steered, T roadster. Tim, along with Mark and Taz Nelson, fired \u2018er up for an appreciative crowd.
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After the day\u2019s drive, a tri-tip barbecue, and a couple of kegs, how do you liven up a bunch of mellowed-out hot rodders? You drop a race car from 50 feet.
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