For the second time, we accidentally went to the annual hot rod event in Orewa. This was the Friday night warm-up, everyone hanging out near the beach before the big day on Saturday.

This station wagon pays tribute to Heywood’s Ice Cream in San Bernardino, very near to where my dad grew up.

My entire life I’ve known that for a while cars had tail fins. It’s just part of the landscape. But I’ve never been really aware of how awe-inspiringly ridiculous the trend got. Until now. This ‘59 Cadillac was amazing.

Ratty on purpose… like how you distress a bonsai tree.

This was just the right dose of these monsters for me. I’m still a car guy deep down, but too cheap to actually devote myself to a project like that.