I fully hear you about people taking things way too seriously there; from the way some people were acting you’d think we were in the deep deep South or something – and anyone not of a certain skin colour would be chased out of town with pitchforks and burning torches.

Though to be fair to some of ‘em, it was probably the beer talking.

I had a convo with my old man recently, he asked why I decided to go for nostalgic Jappas instead of muscle or old American, and my response was that not only is it more unique having a nostalgic Jappa, but others of similar taste are less likely to be close-minded “rednecks”. But I guess that’s a topic of discussion not really intended for a blog of this nature…

Beach-hop the event is sooo choice – however the drivers of the cars that this event attracts just take some things much too seriously and the retailers/landlords rape your wallet without remorse.
I have been to every Hop from the 2nd event through till 2 years ago then I stopped going. Predominantly because of the wallet rapage but to some extent the attitude of some of the participants to anything other than a cookie cutter “American Classic”
Avoiding the humourless/redneck participant issue is easy by meeting up with your own friends and having fun with them. But the rapage is unavoidable without taking your own supplies from home and sleeping in your car..
With the number of similar events on offer throughout the year this one gets the backburner treatment for something more easy on the bank balance and with more smiles.

Cheers for the pics though buddy – its almost like being there.