Celebrating 60 Years! I really dig this show. Well, it really isn’t a show as much as it is an event. For decades the Early Times car club has been hosting a picnic at the Compton Hunting and Fishing Club…
2025 Early Times Picnic
Category: Mercifuls
A Collection of American Classics
With a History of the Tail Fin Design On this Sunday Drive with the Mercifuls we land at a private collection of American Classics. If hooded headlights and finned tail lights are your thing, then this gallery is for you!…
Mercifuls 13th Annual Spark of Love Toy Drive Car Show
The members of Mercifuls So Cal car club did it again. The 13th Annual ABC/7 Spark of Love Toy Drive Car Show was a huge hit with truck and trailer loads of toys for the Long Beach Fire Department’s Spark…
Custom Celebration
An event hosted by the Lions Automobilia Foundation & Museum and presented by Mercifuls So Cal and Cambra Speed Shop. “What Is A Custom?” The term Custom Cars conjure up so many descriptions. Is a Lowrider a Custom? Is a…
Hot Rod Legends in the Park
The 57th Annual Early Times Picnic 2023 I have been going to this event for nearly a dozen years and it never disappoints. Not a regular car show by any means. The Early Times Picnic has been held at the…
Mercifuls Make-Up Car Show for LBFD
After a rained out Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive and Car Show, the car show portion of the event was held on Sunday March 5th to a few drizzles that wouldn’t go away forcing an early close of the…
Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive Car Show 2022
By Mike Douglas What Is A Car Show with No Cars? What do you get when you take a rainy Sunday morning, several local car clubs, the Long Beach Fire Department, hearts of gold and a very dire need?? A…
Andy Warhol Cars at the Petersen
The Mercifuls So Cal Car Club took a field trip out to the Petersen Automotive Museum. In the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery was an exhibit of Andy Warhol art and classic Mercedes Benz automobiles from 1886 through 1970. Below is…
Smooth Steering
Full Size Ford Power Steering Conversion There is something magical about driving an old car. Now, I don’t mean to wax philosophical on you, but if you have been behind the wheel of a classic car, I am sure you…
Third Member Rehab – Pt. 3
Follow along as we install the Ford 9″ with brand new Eaton Detroit TrueTrac Differential and US Gear 3.50:1 Ring and Pinion Gear set. We do the standard break-in and get ‘er back on the Blacktop where she belongs. On…
18th Annual Cruisin’ For A Cure Show
The Save Your Life Car Show It seems like just yesterday when I went to my first Cruisin’ For A Cure Show back in 2002. There is quite the variety of events to celebrate cars in Southern California. From the…
5th Annual Mercifuls Spark of Love Toy Drive
A Little Show with a Big Heart First of all we have to give a big shout out to all the people who show up for our show early in the morning after the Mooneye’s X-Mas Show and Drags. With…