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It was 0-Dark:30 when I rolled out of bed on a Saturday morning to head out to a Donut Shop!  No, no, I really wasn't craving a donut.  I was going to a strip mall in Orange County where car enthusiasts go every Saturday morning.  They gather in mall's parking lot starting just before sunrise, and clear out just as the ACE Hardware store opens.  They call themselves "Donut Derelicts"!  There is, of course, a donut shop in the strip mall.

The vast majority of the cars were hot rods of one form or another from the 60's and 70's.  Here's a sample of shots from that visit:

First, a '39 Ford V8 from the rear:

I liked that shot but decided to go horizontal and catch the reflections of the clouds at the top of the trunk lid.  It made a nicely balanced shot:

My friend Mike pointed out this very cool shot of the air intake covering of a Plymouth Barracuda ... one of the hot Detroit Muscle cars of the 70's:

Of course, hoods are up on many of the cars showing off the very cool and clean engines:

Here's the trunk ornament on a Chevy Impala:

and the classic Ford script logo from a white pickup:

These last two images are my favorites of the day.

As I was walking back to my car, I spotted a white Ford pickup with its hood up.  I took this shot from the back of the pickup bed through the rear and front windows.  I added a little "zip" in Photoshop and cropped it:

And, there you have it ... a fun little expedition to capture some photos of autos that inspired their owners to invest much time and money to customize  them into something unique and important.

I hope you enjoyed it.  Thanks, as always, for looking.

Bye for now,

adam