To mark the 11th year of "Carcadia at Route 66", Arcadia Mayor Michael Cao honored the creator and organizer of this popular monthly event.Back Seat Driving, Community Contributor|Updated Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 8:43 am PTDuring the early morning of the last Sunday of the month, the fancy, classic, custom and unusual cars converged in the Arcadia parking lot as they have for over a decade. But on this occasion, the m...
To mark the 11th year of "Carcadia at Route 66", Arcadia Mayor Michael Cao honored the creator and organizer of this popular monthly event.
Back Seat Driving, Community Contributor
|Updated Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 8:43 am PT
During the early morning of the last Sunday of the month, the fancy, classic, custom and unusual cars converged in the Arcadia parking lot as they have for over a decade. But on this occasion, the mayor of Arcadia arrived to honor Glenn Oyoung, the creator and organizer of Carcadia at Route 66 - the San Gabriel Valley’s cars and coffee event.
Mayor Cao noted that this particular Carcadia drew “hundreds of people here today, with over a hundred cars.” In honoring Glenn, Mayor Cao proclaimed, “On behalf of the City of Arcadia, thank you so much for hosting such a wonderful event for so long.” Flanking Glenn and the mayor were Glenn’s two daughters, Juliet and Colette, as well as former Arcadia mayors, Sho Tay and Bob Harbricht.
“As a relatively new transplant to Arcadia back in 2013, I was surprised by the number of great cars from classic muscle cars to modern exotics that I would see on a daily basis either on the street or tucked away in garages,” said Glenn, recalling how Carcadia got started. To lay the groundwork for its creation, Glenn approached the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, received the backing of Arcadia’s Best, and permission from the city and business entities to use their lot. In 2014, Carcadia at Route 66 was born.
The venue has changed over the years (from the former Van de Kamp-turned-Denny’s windmill lot to the current location at the Arcadia Hub Shopping Center near Baldwin and Naomi Avenues.
While Carcadia has enjoyed the company of some very unique cars, Glenn welcomes all manner of vehicles to Carcadia. “The most common question we’re asked about Carcadia is ‘I have (fill in the blank), can I bring it?’ The answer is YES. Anything with wheels is welcome. In the last two years we’ve had hot rods, muscle cars, imports, exotics, motorcycles, and even bicycles on display.”
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“While I truly love the cars we get at Carcadia,” Glenn says “what I really enjoy is watching gear heads from totally different backgrounds mixing it up.”
Carcadia at Route 66 is held the last Sunday of every month, from 7am to 9:00am, at the Arcadia Hub Shopping Center, 733 West Naomi Avenue, Arcadia, CA. And the price? It’s free to attend or exhibit.
The author, Roy Nakano, is Editor of LA Car. Photographs from the recent get-together and more information about Carcadia at Route 66 can be viewed at LACar.com.