My Cougar... The Un-Mustang: Long Beach Rod Run is FUN!

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September 19, 2010

Long Beach Rod Run is FUN!

This year the guys and I went to Long Beach Washington's Rod Run at the End of the World. This is a large annual event that has been going on for many years, but the first time I had ever attended. We found it to be a very well run event, and packed with great cars for our viewing pleasure. The road trip was great fun, including a stop on the way in Seaside to see the Wheels and Waves vintage car show that was taking place there. All of our cars performed well on the road trip, and Steve in his FE big block powered 1967 Mustang Fastback even won a trophy! Congratulations Steve! As you can see in the picture above, we did have to deal with some fog on Saturday morning, but overall the weather cooperated nicely and we all had a great time. Be sure to check out my album entitle Long Beach 2010 at the right side of the screen.

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Long Beach 2011

Nuthin' but tail lights

At the Long Beach Rod Run this year, I started noticing all of the unique and interesting shapes and styles of taillights on classic cars, so I decided I would focus in on just that feature of many of the cars, and make an album of nothing but pictures of the back ends (tail lights) of cars. Some are stock tail lights, and some are custom. See if you can name the make, model and year based on only the look of the tail lights!

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