Big Texan Steak Ranch bringing its 72-ounce steak challenge to Flagstaff as part of Route 66 cross-country caravan

LOS ANGELES — Around 7 a.m., Saturday, in a lot beside the shuttered Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, a strange set of cars and trucks began to gather. Three Model A’s. A couple of ’60 convertibles. A 1964 Chevrolet Impala station wagon. Also, a big bull on trailer wheels.

“Am I in the right place?” asked a man in one of the Model A’s.