Yes... A BIG thank you for being a member of our newsletter family this past year and Holiday Season!  We have almost 30,000 gearhead subscribers and we do appreciate all the positive e-mails and feedback we receive from you each month.

All of us here at Sacramento Vintage Ford hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and relaxing Holiday Season

Another big thank you to Mr and Mrs Santa Clause (Tom and Cathy Urban),
for stopping by with their 1928 Ford Speedster to share with us!

The California Kid...the car....not Santa!

Ron Palmer, our Production Department Manager, getting Santa set up
on top of one of our tire racks in the showroom.

This is a pretty cool thing we get to do with a bunch a great people.


Our Special thanks to Officers:
Sgt. Merchant, Officer Quintero, Officer Hoatson and Chief Lerwill of the
California Highway Patrol, Valley Division.

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The California Highway Patrol collects toys from all around the Sacramento area and also has a toy collection day held at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in December. Several very generous corporations also supported the CHiPs For Kids effort!

The CHP distributes the toys to hospitalized and disadvantaged children through UC Davis Children's Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Shriner's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, the Salvation Army, WEAVE, Head Start, Boys & Girls Club, Operation Rudolph, Loaves & Fishes and other community service organizations.


Sacramento Vintage is honored once again, to be the distribution center for all these toys that are distributed to underprivileged children. This year we had around 650 kids show up Tuesday, December 22nd to select their toys.





Anrak Corporation and Teichert Construction delivering over 350 bicycles!


(Click on the photos above to watch the videos)


Heather Parejko with Sacramento Vintage Ford, Officers with the California
Highway Patrol and just one of the thousands of gifts donated at Cal Expo for
the CHiPs For Kids Toy Drive.



Darold Kohout (Sacramento Vintage Ford), Edie Lambert and Gulstan Dart
(News Anchors KCRA Channel 3) and Officer Adrian Quintero (Valley Division, California Highway Patrol) at the Cal Expo drop off site.

We had to change it back to CHIPS FOR KIDS....... But this was pretty cool!


The line for toys Tuesday morning.....
they had expected about 650 kids to show up.


Members of the Sacramento Kings Dance Team 
handing out candy canes and taking photos with the kids.


KCRA 3 interview and Officer Hoatson


Gulstan Dart, News Anchor, KCRA 3
(Click above for the video link)


The first thing the kids could do in Santa's Workshop was to have a photo
taken with Rudolph and Santa.

That's Lisa, Lauren and Carly with the Sacramento Kings Dance Team
who volunteered to help Santa out.  Thanks ladies!
(Click on the photo for the Sacramento Kings Dance Team site)



Inside the TOY SHOP....the kids could pick out ANYTHING they liked!
















And a really BIG thanks to all of our volunteer escorts and these young ladies
from local area Brownie Troops.  They were a HUGE help!

On Wednesday we had the opportunity to ride along with the
 California Highway Patrol as they delivered toys and gifts to Loaves and Fishes,
The Shriners Hospital for Children and The Ronald McDonald House.




Bob Moffitt,  reporter with KFBK,  interviews Officer Adrian Quintero
and Officer Jean Hoatson at Loaves and Fishes.

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Our next stop was The Shriners Hospital for Children







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The final stop of the day was over at The Ronald McDonald House.


CHP volunteers unloading bicycles at The Ronald McDonald House.

Thanks to Marc Page over at Teichert Construction for bring out their
Model T Ford Truck for our Toy Shop display!

Early A.M.