Street Rodder Road Tour Hits The Beaches On The Gulf Coast and California

Maybe it is because I grew up in Ohio, but the ocean just fascinates me. Maybe it started with Captain Hook in Peter Pan and progressed to Jan and Dean, the Beach Boys, and Jimmy Buffet. The ocean just has a calling, and hot rods and the beach simply go together. Who doesn’t remember Annette and Frankie and all those wacky characters and cars in those beach, surf, and hot rod movies of the ’60s? The 2017 ARP/STREET RODDER Road Tour summer ends in style in October as we cruise the beach towns of the Gulf Coast during the huge Cruisin’ the Coast event and then head west to where it all began for a week of sun and fun in the iconic beach town of Ventura, California.

Cruisin’ the Coast has grown over the past 20 years to become a massive event. It covers a 100-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast with car shows, activities, and entertainment at hotels, resorts, casinos, and beach towns all packed with rodders having fun. Our Cruisin’ the Coast Road Tour actually begins with a daytrip to New Orleans on Saturday, September 30. On Sunday, October 1, the fun begins in Gulfport, Mississippi, for the kickoff of the week’s activities. All week long, the Road Tourians will be taking part in events such as the Salute to Our Veterans, the Blessing of the Classics, the swap meet, daily cruise-ins, and plenty of nightlife and entertainment. The response to the Cruisin’ the Coast Road Tour has already been tremendous and it will be the largest Road Tour of our 2017 season.

Just two weeks after all the fun on the Gulf Coast wraps up, the excitement begins again in Ventura, California, with the Sherm’s Custom Plating Surf’s Up Tour on Friday, October 20. Ventura is a beach town that is forever linked to surfing and the beach lifestyle. During our week in Ventura, we will take daytrips to the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsport Museum, California Car Cover’s facility in Chatsworth, and Wilwood’s facility. We are planning an afternoon at our title sponsor ARP’s huge complex. We will head north one of the days during the week to visit Santa Barbara and then onto the historic Danish-inspired town of Solvang. Our evenings in Ventura will include watching some of those famous beach and hot rod movies from the ’60s. We will cap off the week on Friday, October 28, with a surf-themed Halloween Party that will certainly include some classic beach costumes.

It is going to be a fun two Road Tours in October as we stick our toes and our tires in the sand on both the Gulf Coast and in the Pacific Ocean. Our 1957 Chevy Road Tour convertible is going to be perfect for these two tours. I might drop the top in Mississippi in the beginning of October and not put it back up until the sun sets on the Pacific Ocean at the end of October.

Go to streetrodder.com to sign up for any of the tours.

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