Woke up early Saturday morning, and made a pilgrimage to Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach. If you have an early morning Cars and Coffee meetup near you, this is the gathering that started them all. These guys have been coming to this strip mall parking lot on the corner of Magnolia and Adams for decades. The donut shop opens early to feed and caffinate everyone, giving the show its name. Everyone vacates the lot by around 8am when the shops start to open, starting the concept of the early Saturday morning meetup.
I've been coming here since the early 90s, when I had an old Cadillac. The pecking order is simple. Motorcycles gather around the donut shop itself, and the cars take up whatever space they can find. By the time I arrived, there were too many bikes clustered around the shop, but I found a space to share with a Ducati across the aisle. I found myself in the company of a grouping of old Fords, including a '34 and two '32s
After getting my customary chocolate bar and black coffee, I checked out the bikes and chatted with a few of the owners. the CB1100 is rare enough that I always get two or three guys asking about it. Most comments are: "I've heard about these but never saw one." "What year is that... it looks sort of old, but sort of not." "I've been looking for one of these, but haven't had much luck."
Venturing out from the cluster of '30s Fords after my donut, I walked the show, which covers the spectrum of cool, old cars. Rat rods, full classics, customs, low riders, you name it. My favorite car of the morning was an exquisitely finished restomod Charger.
