The Sunday Cruise In is a FREE EVENT held the
  Last Sunday of each month

May thru October

Noon until 3pm

at Fourth and Sea Fish and Chips in Petaluma.

The event features classic cars, classic food, live music, free raffle prizes, and presentation of the prestigious Sundae Cup Trophy! 
It's a classic car party!!!

 

By all accounts the corner of 4th and C Streets in Petaluma was one of the hot cruising destinations back in the day. Fosters Freeze was in business at this location for 50 years before Fourth and Sea took it over 12 years ago. Now, once again, this same parking lot is filled with the classic gems of yesteryear - both cars and people alike!

 

Highlights of the 2012 Season:

First of all, a BIG THANK YOU to  all our season sponsors who donated prizes to the FREE RAFFLE at every event this season.  Description of all those prizes is on our Prize page.

The last event of 2012 on October 28 may have been our biggest turnout to date!  Cars from the Wine Country Corvettes came, as well as the Napa Valley Cruisers, the Pacific Empire Corvettes, and the Mini Owners of America/San Francisco all graced us with their presence.  Steve from Cygnus Studios donated a $50 cash prize to the Sunday Cup Trophy winner, Gus Stremme from Novato for his beautiful red 55 T-Bird, chosen at this event by the Fourth and Sea staff members.  It took ALOT of negotiation, I'm told, for them to arrive at just ONE winner, but Gus finally received the nod.  All pictures of the event are on our Cruise In facebook page, but we've included a few samples here.

The Sept 30 Cruise In was a great one, in spite of 90+ degree temps.  Clo the Cow was there to greet arriving cars and provide photo opportunities for attendees and their cars.  An example of these pics is below. You can view all of these pics on our facebook page.  

Clo also acted as our celebrity judge to chose Dennis and Betty Hautzenrader’s beautiful 1940 Pontiac Coupe to win the Sundae Cup Trophy. She may be a cow, but Clo certainly is no slouch at judging classic cars!

By all accounts, Mixed Nuts (the band) were a hit at their premiere engagement at the Cruise In. They have agreed to be our regular band for the  2013 season.  

A big THANK YOU to Clover for loaning us Clo, providing great raffle prizes, and providing the Cowafornia Dreamin’ banner, and in particular to Amanda (who was inside the costume) and Emily (Amanda’s helper), Clover’s Ambassadors, for doing such a great job out in that heat!

Lovely time at the Cruise In on Aug. 26th. Nice turnout and everyone looked to be enjoying themselves.  In addition to our usual raffle prizes, local artist Adrian Ruyle raffled off a very cool print of Steve McQueen on a motorcycle and displayed his own cool dragon scooter along with the classic cars. Mike McCaffrey was awarded the Sundae Cup trophy by the Mahrt Family from the Petaluma Egg Farm for his 1953 Chevy Pick Up...with a hay bale in the back.  Steve Mahrt said this was the detail that sealed the deal for them.  Petaluma really IS eggcentric!  Thanks to the Egg Farm for officiating, to Adrian for his generous donation of a print to the raffle, to Bill Hearn for adding his musical talents to the sounds of the band, and to all who brought their gorgeous rides to the show…or just came by to see them.  Hope to see you all next month!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  The organizers of the American Graffiti event here in Petaluma asked us to help publicize their fundraising raffle of a high performance 383 small block Chevy motor. For all the details, go to http://www.americangraffiti.net/raffle.html

At the July 29 event, Petaluma Speedway's Rick Faeth was our celebrity judge.  Rick also brought along a couple of racecars, and Sparky, one of the car's drivers, to the delight of the motorheads and race fans in attendance.  We are very grateful to both Rick and Sparky for sharing their cars, their knowledge, and their time with us!  The car Rick chose for the trophy wasn't a hot rod or a muscle car....or even an American car, for that matter!   

Congratulations to Hudson and Minnie Graham for their beautiful 1958 Austin Healey. 

 

At the June 24th event, Susan Boyle from Art Without Labels Gallery acted as our celebrity judge. See the Trophy Winners page for pictures of all the winners. 

At our May 27th event, we had a horseless carriage show up, trailered in by Dave Lund who actually got it running!  Petaluma Pete, our Celebrity Judge that day, jammed with the band on his infamous piano, and the car he chose to win the Sundae Cup came all the way from Vacaville!!

  




To learn about the COOL FREE PRIZES that were raffled off at each Cruise In of 2012, just scroll down to the bottom of this page, or go to our Prize page.

What car clubs say about the Sunday Cruise In:

The Bay Area Igniters have come all the way from San Mateo to the Sunday Cruise In twice, and in their website review called it "one of the coolest little cruise-ins in the North Bay."  You can read the complete reviews of their experience at http://www.bayareaigniterscarclub.com/

The Pacific Empire Corvettes, a new local club, called the Sunday Cruise In "...a pure blast".  If you own a Vette and LOVE it, you might consider joining them.  You'd fit right in!  Check them out at http://pacificempirecorvettes.com/

Our Contact Us page will give you all our numbers, email, and web addresses to answer any questions you may have. 

Hope to see you at the next Sunday Cruise In!