Cave Creek, AZ
June 20, 2025
The Over The Hill Gang June 20th putt was a tour of the Rick Cox Collection in Cave Creek. We met at the CVS in Cave Creek and then went a short distance down the road to Rick’s estate. We first gathered in the large room where he normally does his car displays but it was empty as he had hosted an event for Phoenix Children’s the night before. He does a tremendous amount of charity work. There were so many stuffed game animals in the alcove above (including an elephant) which he made sure we knew he had not shot. We then toured his musical collection which was phenomenal. He had mementos from every rock and roll musician we had ever heard of.
We them went to see his cars. He only had around 10 but most of them were Kindig productions. He has the first CF-1 (carbon fiber knockoff of a ’53 Vette) but Kindig had picked it up the night before so we did not get to see it. Anyway, it was a marvelous tour. There were over 30 of us in attendance (30 OTHG plus about 7 or 8 folks that our tour facilitator brought along). The tour was set up by Ernie Oakes, the Goodguys Rodders Rep from Phoenix. Gary Aden had met him at Del Mar and he was more than happy to set this up. We then went to Heart & Soul for a lunch that was almost as good as the tour. A good time was had by all.
Writeup by: Gary Aden
Pictures by: Gary Aden, Russ Whitfeldt and Danise Cover
