Woodies on the Wharf 2022 in Santa Cruz

Overview

Join me on a sunny California road trip to the Woodies on the Wharf car show in Santa Cruz. This classic car show celebrates the Santa Cruz surf lifestyle and features vintage surf wagons—pre-1950s cars with beautiful wood bodies. I’m taking my 2006 Ford Mustang V6 with its loud exhaust for the hour-long drive along the stunning Pacific coast.

Key Moments

• Cold start of the 2006 Ford Mustang V6 with loud exhaust
• Scenic drive along Highway 1 with Pacific Ocean views
• Arriving at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
• Exploring the Woodies on the Wharf car show
• Classic wood-bodied surf wagons and vintage cars
• Santa Cruz pier and boardwalk atmosphere

Full Transcript (Edited)

Today is a very sunny day here in California. So you can see there are no clouds, and I am going to be doing something fun—well, something that I consider fun—which is going to see cars at a car show. The cars that I’m going to see are at a show called Woodies on the Wharf. It’s in Santa Cruz, and I’m looking forward to it because it’s been on my calendar for a while.

I’m just going to drive. It’s like an hour away. And this is the car I’m going to be taking—this is the 2006 Ford Mustang. It’s got a V6 on it, but it’s a stick shift. It’s a fun little car. And the first thing we gotta do, of course, is show you the cold start, which is always fun on this one because it’s got a really loud exhaust. So let me set that up and give you the preview of what my road trip is gonna be like.

[Music and driving footage]

So I’m taking the long way to Santa Cruz, but I did it because I want to see views like this. Isn’t that amazing? You can’t beat the Pacific Ocean. California has such amazing views, and I’m pretty high up here actually. This is a very scary cliff, as you can see there. That right there is a very, very far drop. But this view is amazing, and this is Highway 1. So Santa Cruz is over there somewhere. So I’m gonna keep on going, and I’ll probably stop in other places. So let’s keep going!

[More scenic driving and music]

All right, we’re almost there. This is the boardwalk here in Santa Cruz, and over there is the pier. So I just gotta walk over there and I’ll see the cars if there’s any left.

[Walking around the car show with music playing]

[Various shots of classic woodies and the car show atmosphere]