It started as a hobby.
Five years ago, Don Crevier began collecting classic cars. Now he has about 15. As a collector himself, Crevier said he has learned there’s demand for storing classics.
As a businessman, Crevier, owner of Crevier BMW in Santa Ana, saw an opportunity. He decided to open Crevier Classic Car Co., a storage facility and club for car buffs.
The 28,000-square-foot storage facility near Bristol Street and Red Hill Avenue in Costa Mesa is set to house about 100 cars when it’s done in November.
Details still are being worked out. Crevier said he expects to charge about $300 a month for storage at the facility, which will be staffed. He said he also expects owners to hang out there.
“We expect it to fill quickly,” Crevier said. “We’ve had huge interest.”
The storage facility and club is set to be comfy with a retro auto design,old gas pumps, vintage auto posters, old auto-parts counters. Stuff car lovers appreciate.
Plans also call for a TV, pool table and magazines. The facility could be rented for banquets, Crevier said.
Newport Beach-based H. Hendy Associates Inc. is designing the facility.
“They’ve got experience in that area,” Crevier said.
H. Hendy did the design work for Joe’s Garage Automotive Museum in Tustin.
“We’ve had our company parties there,” Crevier said.
Crevier plans to move some of his own cars to the place. He’s got a 1937 Packard Cabriolet, a few old BMWs, a black 1958 Corvette and a Model A Ford delivery truck, among others.
“We bought some at auctions,” Crevier said.
Crevier bought six this year at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Arizona, he said.
Some of Crevier’s vintage autos are set to display at Crevier BMW at a mini museum, he said.
There are plenty of guys that are rich enough to buy the cars they dreamt about when they were younger, Crevier said.
“That’s where I’m at,” he said.
He said he remembers being 18 and wistfully looking at a 1958 Corvette,one he now owns.
Sassoon Himself
Shampoo met champagne at London-based Vidal Sassoon’s grand opening earlier this month at South Coast Plaza. The salon was buzzing with chic stylists in black, women sporting the latest hairdos, champagne, appetizers, mineral water in martini glasses,and Mr. Vidal Sassoon himself.
It was a rare appearance for the man behind the name (“If we don’t look good, you don’t look good”). It’s been years since he’d come to a salon opening.
Sassoon, 78, made it out for this one because it was local. He and his wife, Ronnie, live in Beverly Hills.
The Vidal Sassoon salon moved into South Coast’s former Louis Vuitton space, which is 3,500 square feet and is next to Saks Fifth Avenue.
The salon has plasma TVs in the 720-square-foot reception area, where customers can watch the stylists do their thing. The salon has 27 stations. Brigitte Love is the store manager.
