Don Nuss has always had a need for speed.As a youth, he raced hot rods illegally.As an adult, he legally drag raced until 1990, his dragster reaching 170 mph on the quarter-mile course.#placement_573654_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid573654 = window.pid573654 || rnd;var plc573654 = window.plc573654 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=573654;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid573654+';place='+(plc573654++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');It was still not enough.Then in 1992, a friend invited him to the salt flats of Utah where streamliners were going nearly half the speed of sound.He was hooked.By 1999 he built his own streamliner with only one purpose in mind.“It’s built to go fast,” Nuss said.Seated in what he calls a fuselage without the wings, his “Fast Ford” achieved a top speed of 337 mph over the five-mile course at the Bonneville Salt Flats.Now 80 and retired from competitive racing, Nuss, the owner of Redwood Welding Service in Crescent City, is hoping his streamliner turns heads as it sits still at the 29th Annual Sea Cruise Oct. 9-10.“People usually have never seen one before. They usually ask lots of questions,” Nuss said.He’s also bringing along another rarity in which he’s half owner — a 1936 Harley Davidson Knucklehead.“A friend in 2006 asked if I’d ever been to Bonneville. He was a motorcycle guy. We got to talkin’ and the next day we built us a motorcycle,” Nuss said.Nuss is one of 80 classic vehicle owners registered for the Sea Cruise, according to Jason Bartholomew, president of event co-sponsors Northern Knights Car Club.“It’s a little lower than we would like,” Bartholomew said. “We generally get 100-200 registrants by the day of the event. A lot of them hold out for the weather, see what it’s going to be like.”That’s why registration is allowed up until the day of the show. Registration for the Friday night Rolling Car Museum portion of the festivities is $10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Northern Nights new headquarters at 840 H Street. The Shine and Shine is from 4-6 p.m. with cars socially distanced along 3rd Street, allowing visitors to gawk at the vehicles. The Sanctioned Cruise kicks off at 6 p.m. with participants parading their vehicles through other parts of downtown.The Outdoor Car Museum is Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bartholomew said registration is $55 the day of the event to get a spot stretched along Beach Front Park.Judging of the entrants is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the award ceremony to follow.In between there will be music, raffles, food and vendors.Although registration numbers are down as of Sept. 30, Bartholomew said he has a feeling this year’s Sea Cruise could be something special.“We’ve had more inquiries than the last couple years because everything else has been cancelled,” he said, pointing to the state’s restriction’s on public events due to the pandemic. “Also, we moved it to the three-day weekend so people can stay a little longer. I’ve got a gut feeling — people have been trapped in their homes for three months. This will be a great opportunity to still social distance while looking at some great cars.”He added that all the money the Northern Knights raises from registration goes back to youth programs in the community from scholarships to get high schoolers into automotive programs to getting little league teams to the all stars.To learn more, whether it’s about pre-registration or about being a vendor, call 464-3174. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1515727'); });