The tradition continues on with Hagerty Dawn Patrol! We'll miss seeing you in person this year for coffee and donuts in Monterey, CA but that won't stop us from celebrating the joy of driving the cars we love. And earning a coveted hat in the process.
Set your alarm for Sunday, 16 August 2020 and take a drive between 6-9 a.m.
- Snap a photo of you in front of your car before or after your drive.
- Reply to this post to share your photo the same day. (Photo attaching tutorial here.)
- We’ll send you a 2020 limited edition Drive at Dawn hat.
Whether this is your 7th hat or your first, with this time honored tradition you'll join the ranks of a magical club of car lovers - and hey, you can always nap later!
Learn more about the history of Hagerty Dawn Patrol here.
Here we are on Pine Island Rd in Brooksville Florida! A great gulf coastal 2 lane road in Hernando County Florida. That's me with Dat-Zee my co-pilot.
Our drive this morning - the Liberty Memorial WW1 monument in Kansas City, MO
San Diego Lotus Club joins Drive at Dawn with Hagerty to Mount Palomar summit Sunday 16 August 2020.
Emil
Paul
Steve
Lawrence
Israel & Joe
Marissa & Rod
Olivia & Adam
Karen & Don
Ron
Dan
Staging just after dawn
Remembering Car Week 2019. What a difference a year makes!
Jim Reagan 1965 GTO Columbia SC
Got up early this morning and took my '57 MG MGA up the Pacific Highway Coast on my Drive at Dawn from Pacific Palisades to Malibu. Ran into a number of other car enthusiasts at an impromptu gathering...
1979 Porsche 911SC
-Ray
Stretching my '68 Cougar's legs with a 6 am run thru Griffin Creek.
Sunday 8/16/2020 morning at Plymouth Rock with the Mayflower II in the background.
2007 Infinity G35x
1968 Pontiac GTO convertible
Conifer, Colorado
2003 CLK 430 taken at 8am in Cambridge ON. On my way to a Cars & Coffee. Not really awake yet.
Sunrise at 5:45 am and temp is already 90 degrees in Scottsdale! Didn’t stop me and family from taking an early morning drive!
Sandra & Martin Button driving along the coast in their 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster.
South Bay Los Angeles Join Hagerty for a Drive
The first Ferrari Ghia stops for coffee.
Since 100 degrees F is well above the operational ceiling of this car, I had to go down to the ocean to shoot it before the heat wave hit. So I know I'm kinda disqualified.
I had always wanted a Mercedes W111 convertible. Financially, it was out of reach. I owned a 1971 flat-windscreen Super Beetle convertible after moving here and when my wife got pregnant she insisted I sell it. It was a high price to pay. We had driven it to San Diego for Comic-con in summer 1994 and there was a place called Affordable VIP Classics down there. In the basement was a one-owner 1966 250 SE with a sunroof—not the cabriolet but you know, pillarless, and it was original but for having been fitted with the low grille and hood from a 1972 model. They offered me $5000 for the beetle in trade for 8k for the Merc, and I took it. The owner said he meant to keep it on the premises for his brother to use when he visited from the UK.
So we drove it home and left “Bob,” the Beetle stayed behind, broken hearted. It happens they’d forgotten to load the spare tire and wheel rim and I drove the Merc back to pick it up. When I got there, I asked where Bob was. “He’s on a flatbed headed to New Orleans, sold him for $10,000,” the owner replied. Dumbfounded I asked about the story about his brother. He shrugged and said, “Hey, I’m a used car salesman.”
I still own the car and drive it at least once a month. Love it as I do, my ardors increased after seeing the convertible version of car in the film GET SHORTY. I did a restoration paint job to the original Delft Blue but still have the beaten leather seats with horsehair stuffing and magnificent crazed-finished burlwood dash. A friend who wanted a car like mine started shopping around for one, and I actually encountered the GET SHORTY car but its shock towers were rusted out and I waved her off it. I also have a LONGER story I wrote about entering this car in a Ferrari rally. His name is Klaus. I don't really qualify for the hat having had to shoot the car in advance, but maybe you'll give it to me for a good back story. Drove through Car Week and the Dawn Patrol years ago and sorry you all couldn't do it in person this year. But thanks for the virtual fly-in!
Aloha Dawn Patrol - 7:30 am from Hawaii. Ferrari 250 Lusso Berlinetta.
Sunrise in Victoria, BC with my 66 Ltd.
A great CT drive at dawn, even if it wasn't sunny.
RConnelly's Drive at Dawn at the Freedom Trail in Boston in my '62 Buick
Doug Owen, Snohomish Wa
Hey,
Thanks for the nudge to get out and drive this morning. My son just got his driving permit, and today was his first chance to pilot my 2000 'Vette. I had a hard time posting via my phone earlier, so please note this reply. The picture was taken abut 8:30 AM. I think he deserves the hat. Hopefully the first of many!
Mike Kochmann
Thanks Hagerty for motivating me to get up early morning today to take my willys jeep for a drive at dawn and be a part of this. Can I get a green colour Hagerty Dawn Patrol Hat as green colour will go with the colour of my jeep.. 🙂
Thanks
My 1982 BMW Euro 525i. Drove down to Freak Alley in Boise, ID. Snapped a handful of shots. Good times and a great drive. Thanks!
Great drive in my Healey! Always seems its best in the cool early morning air.
What a beautiful morning for Hagerty Dawn Patrol! Took my Cadillac SRX for fun and fast cruise up M22 in Traverse City Michigan. 💖 Landed at a few favorite paddle board launch spots. #driveatdawn #ferrariscuderiaraybans
Our 1963 Studebaker Avanti at 0730 this morning at the gold discovery site in Coloma Ca.
drive at dawn
Went for a nice early drive today with some new friends
Always up for a morning drive in our '65 Mustang!
Great ride car hasn't moved in months.
Today's Alfa, Sunday August 16, 2020 at Thompson Speedway Motor Sports Park
My first Alfa August 1980
Raining a bit here this morning.
Terry Neill, 9425 Morning Glory Road, Peffelaw, Ontario, Canada. L0E 1N0
At sunrise on Turnagain Arm, Pacific Ocean, Alaska. I'm driving my 2004 Miata V-8, with my wife Jane riding shotgun. Tom Meacham
Harold and Dea McGraw
It’s gonna be 111* here today, but this is the perfect car to get outta town in!
Out for an early morning shoot at the club.
