Costa Mesa, California
Traffic came to an historic standstill in Costa Mesa, Southern California today. I am staying with good friends Kim and Bob, and this morning Bob offered to take me for a jaunt in his classic 1952 Ford Sortsman 'Woody'.
This fantastic vehicle is part auto and part tree, with a carved and curved wooden rear end that would look at home in an English country manor library. It is a rare car these days and valued at over US$200,000.
Unfortunately it remained at a st...