29th Annual Cruisin' Brea, a Nolstalgia Classic Car Show Celebrating Father's Day

★ On-Location Coverage, Photographed and Reported by W&HM / Wheels and Heels Magazine / www.wheelsandheelsmag.com

The 29th Annual "Cruisin' Brea Classic Car Show" took place on Father's Day and brought a huge crowd to the downtown city of Brea, CA. Brea is a city about 33 miles away from Los Angeles in the southeast direction. The city is usually busy with shoppers with their famous shopping mall. However, it still retains the small city's easy vibe and a quiet neighborhood for families and locals.

This year's Father's day is pretty hot. The sun showed its full strength even at the relatively early hour of 10 am. There was not a cloud in sight. It's a typical picture-perfect southern California weather, especially for car shows.

The show area is the main street of the shopping area. Birch street was full of shiny show cars, surrounded by busy shops and restaurants where families can enjoy coffees, sweets, beers, or full-blown breakfast and lunch. One can tell that this is a perfect Father's day celebration.

At the show, one could enjoy many cool sports cars from the golden age with stylish designs and shiny exteriors, and of course well restored or maintained engines and car parts.

If you are a classic car aficionado, you could easily spend several hours checking out these great show-room level auto gems and talking to their owners for car histories, stories associated with their car restorations as well as all kinds of special tips and challenges from these experts. Many different makes were at the show, including (from the award list),

63 Volkswagen 23W Bus
84 Zimmer Golden Spirit
30 Ford 5W Coupe,
57 Chevy Bel Air,
59 Studebaker Truck
69 Chevy Chevelle,
57 Chevy Truck,
33 Ford 3W Coupe
73 VW Thing,
62 Lincoln Cont Conv,
69 Chevy Camaro
69 Kyote II Dune Buggy,
63 Chevy Nova Conv,
62 GMC Suburban
62 Chevy Nova,
55 Chevy Bel Air,
71 Chevy Blazer
65 Superformance Cobra,
55 Chevy Bel Air,
33 Plymouth Sedan PDX
55 Chevy Bel Air Conv,
35 Ford Coupe,
56 Porsche Speedster
71 Ford V8 Pinto,
67 Chevy Camaro,
62 Chevy Impala
70 Chevy Camaro RS,
41 Willys Coupe,
64 Ford Falcon
47 Ford Convertible,
72 Plymouth Duster,
57 Chevy Truck
69 Chevy Camaro,
55 Chevy 210,
57 Chevy Bel Air
55 Chevy Truck,
70 Dodge Challenger

At the end of the day, many awards were given out, and here are the top winners. The full list is on their official website: Cruisin' Brea Classic Car Show 2022 Awards.

(From the official website)

BEST OF SHOW WINNERS

MAYOR'S AWARD

'63 Volkswagen 23W Bus – Gary Humphreys

DOWNTOWN OWNER'S ASSOCIATION AWARD

'84 Zimmer Golden Spirit – Stuart Walpert

AWARDS PRESENTER: TAYLOR MARTINO

Here are more coverage photos from the W&HM's in-person coverage. More detailed pictorial coverage of each car here will be in our Cars Section.