5th Annual
Gualala Arts Auto Show

Saturday, July 20, 2013
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
at the Gualala Arts Center

If you are a car enthusiast and love the nostalgia of old cars, the sound and fury of dragsters, the art of hot rods, customs and modifieds, looking at original cars you lusted after in your youth, and/or rare and unusual contemporary automobiles, you'll love the Gualala Arts Auto Show.

Located on the beautifully landscaped grounds of the Gualala Arts Center, this is a car show you can actually stroll through, talk to the owners and appreciate each car, truck or motorcycle for the piece of art it is. The event celebrates its 5th anniversary this year, and we expect it to be the best Gualala Arts Auto Show yet.

Best of Show in 2012 was awarded to Jon & Teresa Olivieri for their matched set of 2003 Harley Davidson Road King Classic motorcycles. Paul & Vivian Johnson took the coveted Terrace Award with their beautifully finished 1933 Ford 3 Window Coupe. 19 trophies and plaques in 11 classes and 19 Judges and Other Awards were presented to the winners among the 63 entries.

This year there will be 13 classes plus display only. Entries include the oldies, the very creative and some great new entries you might not have seen. There is even a prize for longest distance traveled as people come from all over California, and even last year from as far as Hawaii, to enjoy the sparkling ocean drive set off by the majesty of the redwood forests. This Auto Show was extremely well received last year and once again auto buffs will fill Highway 1 for the run to Gualala.

This free to the public show opens Saturday, July 20 at 10:00 a.m. for the public and closes at 4:00 p.m. Continental breakfast will be available for purchase on the Gualala Arts Center grounds from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m., lunch will be available for purchase from 11:00 a.m. to close and beverages (wine, beer, soft) are available all day. The awards ceremony begins at 3:30 p.m.

Wilson-Hukill Blues Revue

Music and entertainment goes on all day, with the Wilson-Hukill Blues Revue (left) performing on the Amphitheater stage and The Roadhouse All-Stars and Beatles Tribute + Special Guests entertaining the crowd from the Picnic Area Acoustic Stage.

There are People's Choice and Ladies' Choice Awards, so come prepared to be part of selecting the winners of these coveted trophies. If you have a car, truck or motorcycle that would look good driving up the coast and parked under the redwoods, download the registration form and send it in before July 1.

2013 Gualala Arts Auto Show Participants

The Hampshire Brothers

This year the Gualala Arts Auto Show is proud to honor Ronnie and Gerald "Jeep" Hampshire as this year's Auto Show featured guests. The Hampshire Brothers have spent a lifetime in the racing world, building and racing a stunning variety of dragsters. They have been popular participants in every Gualala Arts Auto Show since the inaugural show, and delight the crowds on both Nitro Friday at Bones Roadhouse and at the Auto Show on Saturday by firing up their Top Fuel dragsters. As always, the Hampshire Brothers will donate "seat time" as raffle prizes, giving the winners the chance to suit up and sit in the dragster when it is fired up. Gualala Arts thanks the Hampshire Brothers for their long and enthusiastic participation in the Auto Show, it wouldn't be the same without them!

Nitromethane Thunder & Drive In Car Show
Friday at Bones Roadhouse

Start enjoying the Auto Show early by coming to Bones Roadhouse, 39080 Highway 1, on Friday, July 19 starting at 4:00 p.m. for the Drive In Car Show in the parking lot. Get there early and enjoy food, beer, wine, altered spirits or soft drinks while you check out the dragsters and other great cars, trucks and motorcycles in the parking lot. Enjoy the sights and sounds of Top Fuel dragsters lighting up the night when Nitromethane Thunder roars at 9:00 p.m. "Bone Daddy" has invited the Les Filles Rouges Burlesque troupe, Fire Dancers and the Bud Girls to round out the show. Buy raffle tickets from the ladies for a chance to sit in the driver's seat and fire up one of the dragsters (proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels). No charge to attend this great event.

3rd Annual "Summernationals" Pinewood Derby
at the Gualala Arts Center

Returning in support of the Auto Show for the third year, the "Summernationals" Pinewood Derby will again be run on Gualala Arts' state-of-the-art aluminum racetrack complete with computerized time, speed and results display.

5th Annual
Gualala Arts Auto Show

Gualala Arts Center
July, 2013

Results

The 5th annual Gualala Arts Auto Show saw 69 cars, trucks and motorcycles in 13 classes gather under the towering redwoods and a beautiful blue sky at the Gualala Arts Center. Entries were both local and from other towns and cities, and were enjoyed by a huge crowd that wandered through the show all day long.

Best of Show was awarded to Bill and ML Reinking's 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle. The Terrace Award winners were a 1947 Ford Coupe owned by Ron Bella-Via and a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe owned by Larry Marcon. A full list of the trophy winners is below. Gualala Arts plans to hold its 6th Annual Auto Show on Saturday July 19, 2014.

Award Winners

Classification	Owner	Year, Make, Model
BEST OF SHOW/Best Motor	Reinking	1965 Chevy Chevelle
People's Choice	Edlund	1970 Chevy El Camino
Terrace Award	Marcom	1955 Chevy Bel Air H.T.
Terrace Award	Bella-Via	1947 Ford Coupe
Gualala Supermarket/Ladies' Choice	Douglas	1937 Ford 3 Window Coupe
Hot Rod 1932 thru 1942	Sommer	1934 Ford Coupe
Truck/Off Road	Dunham	1958 Chevy Carryall Napco 4x4
Most Creative/Longest Distance Travelled	Warner	1939 Mercury "Cool One"
Best Interior	Gale	1948 Ford Convertible
LA Roadsters Award	Carafa	1929 Ford Roadster Pickup
Custom/Modified	Iverson	1938 Chevy Bus Coupe
Contemporary 2000 or newer	Yaw	2007 Ford Mustang GT
Under Construction	Harrison	1941 Ford Super Delux Convertible
Surf Market Super Pick	Peron	1946 Dodge Pick-Up
Import	Cassetta	1991 Lotus Elan
Best Paint	Roddy	2005 Chevy Corvette
Motorcycle	Olivieri	2003 Harley Davidson Road King Classic
Lions Club Award	Anderson	1949 Hudson
Race Car/Pirate's Choice	McBride	1962 Chevy Nova
Stock 1949 & earlier	Esonbedsin	1931 Ford Model A
Stock 1950 thru 1975	Orsi	1966 Chevy Corvette-Stingray
Stock 1976 thru 1999	Stokem/Hunter	1986 Ford Mustang SVO

Best of Show: Bill and ML Reinking's 65 Chevelle


Best Motor: Bill and ML Reinking's 65 Chevelle


People's Choice: 1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS 454 by Donn Edlund


Ladies' Choice: 1937 Ford 3 Window Coupe by Charlie Douglas


Terrace Award: 1947 Ford Coupe owned by Ron Bella-Via and 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe owned by Larry Marcon


Zoe and Patricia Zacharakis, visiting from Pittsburg CA, in front of Terrace Award winner 1947 Ford Coupe owned by Ron Bella-Via


Auto Show committee chair Jim Grenwelge (left) and Mike "Bone Daddy" Thomas present the Best of Show award to Santa Rosa's Bill Reinking for his 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle

The Gualala Arts Center, located at 46501 Old State Highway in Gualala, CA,
is open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and weekends from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Please call (707) 884-1138 for more information, or email info@gualalaarts.org.

Serving the coastal communities of northern Sonoma & southern Mendocino Counties.