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Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival
The Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival is Orange County’s oldest running auto show and one of iDriveSoCal's favorites.
And that's because our very own Professor, Clinton Quan, has it at the top of his to-do list. So, the two-day event happens only once a year.
Upcoming Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival event details HERE.
As the local, Southern California, summertime auto show season heats up we dispatched the Good Professor to the Muckenthaler Mansion. Hear the details in this iDriveSoCal Podcast.
***Transcript***
Recorded May 21, 2018 @ Benztown Studios in Glendale, CA
Orange County's Oldest Running Car Show
Clinton: The Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival, they say it's the oldest running auto show in North Orange County. It's a two-day event, and that's why it's called a car festival. On Saturdays, it's hot rods and customs. I always go on Sunday, the big day, the Concours d'Elegance. These are the car shows that I really enjoy attending the most, are the ones that are once a year, because it really is something that's special.
Tom: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the United States, Southern California. Tom Smith here, and I am joined by The Professor, Mr. Clinton Quan. Say hello Clinton.
Clinton: Hi Tom.
Tom: Today's topic is going to be an auto show, a very special auto show that The Professor attended, what was that, just yesterday, I guess it was this past weekend, huh?
Clinton: Yes. It was just yesterday.
Tom: The Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival in Fullerton, California. That was at the Muckenthaler Estate, which is now a museum.
Clinton: Yes. It's a museum, cultural center art gallery.
Tom: Okay, very cool. And you've been to this show before right?
Clinton: I've been the show a number of years. It's one of the shows that I attend annually.
Tom: Tell us all about it.
Fullerton, California - Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival
Clinton: Well, the Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival, they say it's the oldest running auto show in North Orange County. It's a two day event, and that's why it's called a car festival. On Saturdays it's hot rods and customs. I always go on Sunday, the big day, the Concours d'Elegance.
Tom: You didn't go on Saturday this year. Have you ever been on Saturday?
Clinton: I've never attended on Saturday. I always go on Sunday. Sunday is the big day with all the classic cars and sports cars. There's also a big Jaguar showing there, The Jaguar Club. That's probably one of their biggest events of the year.
Tom: Yeah, and speaking of which, I was just looking at Clinton's pictures. If you've seen Clinton in some of the images on iDriveSoCal, you know that he can bust out some pretty interesting outfits. I like to call them costumes. Clinton was definitely in full regalia for yesterday's event. He was dressed as if he was just out of a James Bond movie, driving a Jaguar perhaps, something English, with the top down through the English countryside. But, another fantastic costume as always for The Professor at an automotive show.
Clinton: Oh, thanks Tom.
Tom: Tell us about your experience there this Sunday. And it's just once a year right?
Muckenthaler Mansion
Clinton: Yeah, it's once a year. These are the car shows that I really enjoy attending the most, are the ones that are once a year, because it really is something that's special. It's one day...
Well, the Concours, it's a one-day event. I usually get there early, so I can take some really nice photos. There was a special appearance by the original Batmobile.
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Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival
The Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival is Orange County’s oldest running auto show and one of iDriveSoCal's favorites.
And that's because our very own Professor, Clinton Quan, has it at the top of his to-do list. So, the two-day event happens only once a year.
Upcoming Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival event details HERE.
As the local, Southern California, summertime auto show season heats up we dispatched the Good Professor to the Muckenthaler Mansion. Hear the details in this iDriveSoCal Podcast.
***Transcript***
Recorded May 21, 2018 @ Benztown Studios in Glendale, CA
Orange County's Oldest Running Car Show
Clinton: The Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival, they say it's the oldest running auto show in North Orange County. It's a two-day event, and that's why it's called a car festival. On Saturdays, it's hot rods and customs. I always go on Sunday, the big day, the Concours d'Elegance. These are the car shows that I really enjoy attending the most, are the ones that are once a year, because it really is something that's special.
Tom: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the United States, Southern California. Tom Smith here, and I am joined by The Professor, Mr. Clinton Quan. Say hello Clinton.
Clinton: Hi Tom.
Tom: Today's topic is going to be an auto show, a very special auto show that The Professor attended, what was that, just yesterday, I guess it was this past weekend, huh?
Clinton: Yes. It was just yesterday.
Tom: The Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival in Fullerton, California. That was at the Muckenthaler Estate, which is now a museum.
Clinton: Yes. It's a museum, cultural center art gallery.
Tom: Okay, very cool. And you've been to this show before right?
Clinton: I've been the show a number of years. It's one of the shows that I attend annually.
Tom: Tell us all about it.
Fullerton, California - Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival
Clinton: Well, the Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival, they say it's the oldest running auto show in North Orange County. It's a two day event, and that's why it's called a car festival. On Saturdays it's hot rods and customs. I always go on Sunday, the big day, the Concours d'Elegance.
Tom: You didn't go on Saturday this year. Have you ever been on Saturday?
Clinton: I've never attended on Saturday. I always go on Sunday. Sunday is the big day with all the classic cars and sports cars. There's also a big Jaguar showing there, The Jaguar Club. That's probably one of their biggest events of the year.
Tom: Yeah, and speaking of which, I was just looking at Clinton's pictures. If you've seen Clinton in some of the images on iDriveSoCal, you know that he can bust out some pretty interesting outfits. I like to call them costumes. Clinton was definitely in full regalia for yesterday's event. He was dressed as if he was just out of a James Bond movie, driving a Jaguar perhaps, something English, with the top down through the English countryside. But, another fantastic costume as always for The Professor at an automotive show.
Clinton: Oh, thanks Tom.
Tom: Tell us about your experience there this Sunday. And it's just once a year right?
Muckenthaler Mansion
Clinton: Yeah, it's once a year. These are the car shows that I really enjoy attending the most, are the ones that are once a year, because it really is something that's special. It's one day...
Well, the Concours, it's a one-day event. I usually get there early, so I can take some really nice photos. There was a special appearance by the original Batmobile.