Hot Rod Weekend

This Sunday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the 2008 NSRA (National Street Rod Association) Appreciation Day Car Show at the California Car Cover Company, 9525 De Soto Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311.

This is the 13th such event and the honoree this time around is Galpin Auto Sports, a leading SoCal customizing shop and force behind MTV’s Pimp My Ride. Several vehicles from Galpin’s ‘Kustom Kulture’ collection will be on display, including creations by cult car figure Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth and George Barris (who has made loads of cars for film and TV, including the original Batmobile for the Batman TV series of the ’60s). Among the 400-odd cars in the show, there’s also an 800-horsepower ’65 Impala that runs on diesel and is called the ‘Bio Rocket’.

Admission is free to the public.

-- Colin Ryan