The 20th Anniversary of Woodies on the Wharf (WOW) began early Thursday evening with our own Alan and Jule Hilton graciously hosting a meet and greet at their beautiful home on the cliff overlooking the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for club members, their guests and other Woodie owners. Appetizers and libations were served and everyone enjoyed the beautiful ocean views …
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May 17th was the annual Spring Cruise for the Santa Cruz Woodie family and it was also the National Drive your Woodie Day. For this years cruise we headed down to San Juan Bautista which is the home of one of California’s original Missions. On this weekend the annual Bar-B-Q Rib Cook-Off and Craft Fair was also being held in …
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When you go to the beach at Doheny, and you are driving a Flathead Woodie, getting there is a big part of the experience. Will I really make it? Will the engine overheat? Will it start after a brief shutdown for gas or a pit stop? What is that noise I hear, is that a new vibration, why is the …
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The Santa Cruz Woodie Club was invited to car show at the Sacramento Autorama, February 14-16, 2014. With the help of Mickey Christiason and Jim Vickery from the National Woodie Club, we set out to gather some woodies to be shown in Building 6 which was setup for woodies only. The woodie area turned out to be a big success. We …
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The 2014 Santa Cruz Woodies Club Installation Dinner is in the books and its surely one that set records! While the purpose of the Installation Dinner is technically to install New Club Officers, that is just one important part of an event that has evolved from an great evening into a whole fun filled weekend spent with our Woodie Ohana. …
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One of the long standing traditions of Santa Cruz Woodies is to celebrate the holidays by participating in the Downtown Santa Cruz Holiday Parade. Some years it is sunny, some years it rains and some years it is just plain COLD. This year it was all three! But that didn’t deter eight Woodies and their proud owners (plus some SCW …
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Round One – Woodies At The Beach Every August, Santa Barbara Woodies hosts their clubs “Woodies at the Beach”. The event is held on the grounds of Santa Barbara City College. The weekend starts off with an early morning drive down 101 south. The weather is warm and the drive is trouble free. Friday night’s kickoff party is at Cody’s …
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As many of the woodie owners already know by now, next year on June 21st to be exact, Woodies On the Wharf celebrates its 20th year anniversary. What many may not know is that next year the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, which is the home of Woodies on the Wharf and the longest standing wooden wharf in the Country, is …
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We have had some memorable Woodies on the Wharf events and the 19th WOW rates up there as far as successful events go. The weekend started with the annual surfing event on 38th Avenue at Pleasure Point on Friday morning. Some 25 long board surfers, young and mostly old, paddled out. Flat waves prevented good surfing but there was a …
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On Sunday June 2nd, members of SCW cruised over to Pete’s Coffee in San Jose for an informal get together. Pete’s has ended up being the go to place for Sunday morning coffee and conversation. There was lots of news to catch up on and one new woodie car to check out which made for an all around great gathering.
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Santa Cruz Woodies A Chapter of the National Woodie Club