Every Saturday, Santa Clarita car lovers wake up bright and early at 6:30 A.M. to come to Cars and Coffee, a local car meet-up at the McDonald’s parking lot on the corner of Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road.
The event has been going on since 2016, making next year their 10th anniversary.
You’ll see old and new cars, people of all ages, and even some animals checking out people’s rides.
If you notice a line of Corvettes, those belong to the Corvette club.
A group of Corvette owners and lovers who take their rides as far as Monterey Bay to meet other car lovers.
Some cars have unique stories and designs; showing off their diversity is part of the fun for the car owners and viewers.
“The paint job is unique,” said Don Graham, a local classic car enthusiast. “You don’t see many like this, but you’ll see them on maybe low-rider cars these days.”
“But it’s actually a panel, this is the panel here, it’s a fade job where it’s darker around the edges, so it’s faded around the edges,” said Graham.
“And then the highlight, of course, this is actually the person who did it, this is his grandmother’s curtain,” said Graham.
“And they hang the curtain over the paint and make it a little bit top all the way around, and spray with a spray gun through the actual cotton curtain, and they get this pattern here,” said Graham.
Since the event has been going on as long as it has, people have made connections, and not everyone here has a fancy car.
Some people come just to look at these beauties, or even just to talk to some of the folks there.
“They’re friendly and they know their stuff, they know how to work on cars, and they give you good life advice because they’re part of the older generation,” said Grant Prince, a Hart High School graduate attending the event.
