Event Gallery
Gallery of Events and Monthly Meetings
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Natural History Museum
February 22, 2025
Santa Barbara Zoo
January 5, 2025
AACA MEETING
Canzelle Alpaca Farm
July 29, 2024
FATHER'S DAY CAR SHOW
CASA DORINDA
JULY 16, 2024
RACING FORUM TALK
NATURAL MUSEUM
JUNE 8, 2024
AACA TOUR OF
OF MULLINS MUESUM
AACA National Tour
2023
Classics With the Cardinals
June 24, 2023
Bishop Diego High School
FATHER'S DAY SHOW 2023, Casa Dorinda
Rally 4 Kids
April 22, 2023
@ Deckers, Goleta
Montecito Holiday Parade
Montecito, CA
December 21,2022
AACA Holiday Party
Santa BarbaraClub
December 19, 2022
AACA Club Holiday Party
Santa Barbara, CA
Maria McCall, SpecialG
December 19, 2022
AACA Senior Tour
Samarkand Senior Living
Monte Verde Living Facility
November 13, 2022
AACA Meeting/Halloween Party
Rustys Pizza
October 31, 2022
2023 AACA National Trial Wine Run (Committee Members Only)
October 17, 2022
The tour committee spent the night at the Santa Ynez Marriott for the hotel experience and it was fabulous. The rooms are super modern with very comfortable beds. The night of our arrival we had a brief meeting to discuss the tour details. Afterwards, Debbie, our hotel contact, treated us to a yummy buffet dinner. After breakfast the committee caravanned to two wineries, Los Olivos, and a lavender farm. What fun!
Father 's Day Car Show
June 2022
This was by far the best Father's Day car show if had in recent times. The car show took place at the Santa Barbara Club (thank you Dana).We had so many awesome chrome on display from all eras along with some our members dressed to the period of the car they drove in. After the car show it was trophy presentation time during the outdoor luncheon. The weather was perfect for Father's Day. I hope you enjoy the photos I took of the event.
The Santa Barbara County Auto Expo, May 15, 2022
The Santa Barbara County Auto Expo was fun for the entire family. It included all types of vehicles – cars, trucks, and motorcycles. So all muscle cars, classics, antiques, hot rods, rat rods, low riders, off-roaders etc. Anything from the early-1900’s to the present… which pretty much puts any vehicle ever made in the category. Nearly 400 cars participated in the fun event.
Our member, Kevin Haeberle, started the Santa Barbara based non-profit organization called The Community Hot Rod Project is an organization that not only offers a free program to teach the youth and young at heart how to build, restore, fabricate classic cars and off-road race vehicles here in Santa Barbara. Our program promotes a positive environment that improves both personal and community etiquette that is seriously missing in our community and world today. We offer community outreach events to help those in need at no charge throughout the year on top of our day-to-day operations.
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City Tour (March 2022)
A total of five cars participated in the city tour. We visited the Stow House in Goleta, The Reagan Library in Santa Barbara, Maritime Museum, and the Museum of Natural History in Santa Barbara. We were all mezmorized by the history of the Stow House and it's beauty. The Reagan Library provided us with a wealth of information about President Reagan. We stopped for lunch at the beautiful harbor and enjoyed stunning views of the harbor. We scooted over to the Maritime Museum for an awesome tour. We learned so much of our maritime history along with stunning visuals. The Natural Museum was a fun time too! Thank you Dana for putting together such a fun tour of our beautiful Santa Barbara! We look forward to another tour in the near future!
The Stow House
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City Tour - Reagan Ranch Center
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City Tour - Maritime Museum
Maritime Museum
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City Tour - Santa Barbara Natural Museum
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Bunin Corvette Event - Montecito (March 2022)
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Valentine's Day Run - Cambria (February 2022
A nice group of us loaded up into our cool rides and caravaned up to Cambria. We spent a refreshing and much-needed two days just relaxing and enjoying the scene and the stunning aqua shores.
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AACA Meeting January 2022
Honored Guest - Leo Bunnin
Leo is a 3rd generation auto dealer who has owned several dealerships over his 40+ years of automotive experience. Late 2019, Leo purchased Santa Paula Chevrolet, renaming it Bunnin Chevrolet of Santa Paula. In 2020 Bunnin Chevrolet of Santa Barbara. Purchased William L. Morris Chevrolet in Filmore, renaming it Bunnin Chevrolet of Filmore. Within the dealership is a local eatery known as ‘Leo’s Café’ where customers can eat and socialize on the showroom floor among classic and late model cars (the club recently visited ‘Leo’s Café’ on a tour)
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Christmas Party (December 2022)
Honored guest - Dawn Moore
Dawn Moore is Clayton Moore's daughter of The Lone Ranger television show. Dawn filled us in on a lot insider tidbits about her dad and conducted a Q & A after her presentation. We learned so much about Clayton and his character. Dawn entered her father's original 1959 Corvette at the Montecito Motor Classic 2021 and won an award. Dawn is a spitting image of her father, Clayton.
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Montecito Motor Classic (October 2021)
The Montecito Motor Classic features a diverse selection of rare and unique vehicles. The annual car show draws car enthusiasts and families for an opportunity to interact with the cars and their caretakers, free of charge. Since beginning in 2012, the event has drawn over 5,000 spectators per year. The family-oriented show offers something for people of all interests, including awards, interactive displays, and priceless automobiles, all to benefit local charitable organizations. Giving back to the community is the principal objective of the Montecito Motor Classic and it has successfully raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Santa Barbara Police Activities League and the Santa Barbara Police Foundation. Beautiful Santa Barbara County is a unique and affluent destination with everything that is needed to put on a spectacular event.
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AACA Meeting, November 29, 2021
Honored guest was Kevin Haeberle, Community Hot Rod Project...he runs the Car and Coffee at Manning Park, he builds cars and repairs vintage and antique cars.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Several AACA Regional meetings canceled due to covid from
AACA MEETING, July 2021
Honored guests were Seth Hammond, Tanis Hammond, Kayden Hammond of the famous Hammond Racing Team. Tanis held the record for fastest woman on the salt flats.
Memorial Day Meeting, May 2020
With covid 19 in full force our club president, Dana Newquist, decided that our meetings will be held outdoors at Manning Park adhering to covid rules. We enjoyed war stories from our club members. Our own Bob Burtess played TAPS on the bugle. Not a dry eye in the house! We are so grateful for those that fought and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
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Classic Car Parade for Father's Day at Senior Homes, June 19, 2020
Few of us and our nice chrome brought the Father's Day Car Show to several senior living facilities. It was remarkable to see how grateful the seniors were to see old cars that brought up many great memories from the past. We all stayed in the cars with our masks on as it was during covid. It was definitely a feel good day for all of us that attended the event!
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Valentine's Day Rally to Cambria Feburary 2020
Nine cars participated in the Valentine's Day Rally to Cambria. The rally was so much fun! We concluded the run with a fabulous lunch at the Madonna Inn. After lunch we caravanned to the Cambria Pines Lodge just in time for happy hour and fun dinner.
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Yearly Club Picnic & Election Meeting 2020
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Christmas Light Tour 2020
A few of us decided that covid 19 was not going to ruin our Christmas spirit so a nice group of us jumped in a bus and visited the Christmas lights and beautiful festive homes throughout Santa Barbara. Covid was not going to ruin our Christmas spirit. Thank you Dana for putting this event together!
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View Gallery
There may be no better way to communicate what we do than through images. As you browse our site, take a few moments to let your eyes linger here, and see if you can get a feel for our signature touch.
View Gallery
There may be no better way to communicate what we do than through images. As you browse our site, take a few moments to let your eyes linger here, and see if you can get a feel for our signature touch.