The historic Magic Lamp Inn on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., is hosting the Cucamonga Classics Route 66 Car Show on July 30 to help benefit the California Historic Route 66 Association‘s preservation fund.
The flyer for the event is at left (click to enlarge). It will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day in the restaurant’s parking lot.
Kevin Hansel, who’s on the association’s board again after a three-year absence, says the event was spurred by efforts to preserve the historic Cucamonga Service Station on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga. The group is called SOS Committee, or Save Our Station.
The back repair shop of the property collapsed during severe rainstorms last year, but the main service station still stands.
Proceeds from the event will go to preservation of Route 66 properties in California, Hansel said.
The entry form for the event is here; a donation receipt is here.
Looking forward to going to this!
Who owns the property now? Has it been purchased and saved from it’s previous plight???
Is the California Historic Route 66 Association and others there going to do something about saving the Aztec Hotel, quite possibly one of the most historically important hotels still on Route 66 there, not to mention one of the most architecturally important hotels in the entire United States???