There was something in the air at the Cobra Experience auto museum in Martinez on Tuesday. That new car smell?

More like that new marriage smell.

The 25,000-square-foot classic car museum hosted 16 couples on Valentine’s Day; 32 people who went in single and came out married, thanks to Contra Costa County selecting it to be its Valentine’s Day destination wedding site this year.

Greg Guzman kisses Xiomara Villanueva after being announced man and wife by Contra Costa County Deputy Clerk Commissioner of Civic Marriages, Vanessa Maldonado, during their ‘Destination Wedding’ at the Martinez Cobra Museum. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)

“So do you know where the door is to get these cars in and out of here?” asked Kenneth Espinoza, who was there to see his friends Greg Guzman and Xiomara Villanueva of Oakley get married. “Because I need to know where to take one with me. I just have to choose which one.”

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