(scroll down for the latest photos/video; also, see our morning report here)

If you visit the WSB Forums, you’ve seen “westseattledood” – who sent the photo above that features their inspiration and sidekick, photographed with an appropriately licensed car here at the West Seattle Junction Car Show, continuing till 4 pm. As a co-sponsor of the show, we’re here all day, under a tent at the California/Alaska corner by Easy Street Records – the tents immediately east of us are where you can buy raffle tickets for a big stack of great prizes, and they’re giving away car show posters too. From WSB contributing photojournalist Christopher Boffoli, a wider perspective on the show, which is lining California SW from Genesee to Edmunds:

ADDED 1:17 PM: Here’s a 1935 Auburn that rolled in a while after the show started – its owner didn’t want to talk on camera but told us he’s a 1975 West Seattle High School alum:

We’ll continue posting photos and video through the afternoon – the Oh Boy Oberto hydroplane is here, next to Super Supplements kitty-corner from our spot, and we shot video as its engine fired up – note the firefighters standing by!

And two more detail shots from WSB contributing photojournalist Christopher Boffoli:

Square-dancers have been promenading at the heart of Walk-All-Ways and we’ll have video of them in a bit too.

ADDED 2:25 PM: Here’s that video:

In less than an hour, awards will be announced – there are awards for best of decade, best of carmaker, and a few other special awards. If you haven’t been down here yet, don’t miss the cars on Alaska on both sides of California – all the way over by the Farmers’ Market corner, you’ll see two vintage police cars, just west of the vintage fire trucks.

2:38 PM: Before the car awards, they’re running off some rapidfire contests in the intersection – including what was supposed to be “longest beard” but turned into “best beard” – the guy at far right (four contestants are in the shot, plus the show announcer with his back to the camera) won:

More to come as the West Seattle Junction Car Show continues till 4 pm – thanks again to the great folks who’ve stopped to chat or just yelled hi as they walked by!

3:02 PM: Awards are about to be announced. We’ll tweet them live at @wsblive before adding them here.

3:39 PM: Now that the awards are over, many of the cars are leaving, so if you were thinking about a last-minute trip down here, you might not see too much. “Best West Seattle car” went to Jim Clark for his 1957 Corvette; “Best in Show” went to a 1959 Chevy convertible – we’re tracking down some names to match to the numbers. Congrats to all, including show organizers – 257 cars registered this year, up from 100 last year (which was the show’s first year). We’ll publish a separate story later with the winners.

(this was our morning report; see our afternoon report here)

Not just cars at the West Seattle Junction Car Show – the Last Resort Fire Department, famous for parade appearances among other things, is here, and showing off what looks like a ladder to the sky. The fire trucks are on SW Alaska west of California, near where the West Seattle Farmers’ Market will be starting at the top of the hour. We’re right at Alaska/California, next to Easy Street, just east of the table selling raffle tickets for a multitude of great prizes:

Prizes include a Weber grill donated by Junction TrueValue and a Victoria Clipper trip donated by TILA Real Estate – and dozens of others – so bring a few dollars for raffle tickets. Between Alaska and Edmunds, we caught a couple photos for starters – including a classic school bus:

And of course, fabulous cars, like this T-Bird sedan:

The announcer across from us has been touting some upcoming contests, like the “Longest Beard” around 1 pm. And to go with the classic cars, classic music – we’ve heard lots of ’50s and ’60s but right now, it’s steel drums for an island mood to accompany the sunshine.

10:44 AM UPDATE: Talked with Stan from Woodinville, who’s evoking drive-in nostalgia:

Stan’s here with wife Pam – and they’re celebrating 35 years of marriage.

ADDED 11:02 AM: Over at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market, tomato tasting is about to start – we’re told it’ll continue till the tomatoes run out! (added later, here’s a photo)

And we spotted a special musical guest a little while ago: West Seattle-residing rocker Chris Ballew, performing kids’ music as Caspar Babypants:

11:20 AM: The Oh Boy Oberto hydroplane across from us is supposed to fire up its engines around noon – we’ll do our best to get that on video, if you can’t be here. Meantime, two gentlemen who are NOT here with the hydro but used to own another one just stopped by to ask if they could look over our shoulder to check on the webcast of a big hydro race down in San Diego today – it doesn’t start till 12:30 pm but it’ll be at ulhra.org. Meantime, WSB contributing photojournalist Christopher Boffoli has sent some photos including great detail shots of these beautiful cars:

More photos and video as the day goes on – and we’ll start the “afternoon report” after 12; the West Seattle Junction Car Show continues till 4 pm. (Farmers’ Market is till 2 – here’s a tomato-tasting photo via Twitter from market managers at @NFMASeattle.) Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by to say hi – we are right on the corner next to Easy Street (and a big gorgeous orange car – seen here with some of the patroling SPD officers).

Bring a sweater – mostly sunny but a bit chilly – beautiful day. Meantime, we’re wrapping up this report and will be launching the afternoon edition by 12:30 pm. (Note: See it here.)