.......hey, it worked!

Mike and Rob cruising the grounds at the Pleasanton Goodguys show in their newly restored 1928 Model A Ford Pepsi-Cola C-Cab delivery. Interesting story about the full 12 oz. pepsi bottle. They ran across 2 pallets of these long forgotton sodas in a Pepsi bottlers warehouse.

And they took home a Goodguys STAFF PICK AWARD!

Look for Rob and Mike and their Model A
at our September 24th Vintage Fridays Show.

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To search the Pick-n-Pull vehicle inventory, CLICK above, provide your postal/zip code in the space, select a make and model, and then click "Check Inventory".

Stop by our Vintage Friday's Show, say Hi to Kelly and Don and have a few of your questions answered.
Or give her a call. She can help!

Kelly Hallagan Leif, Agent, CA 0729653

December 5, 2010 (Sunday)
Hot Rod City Yokohama, Japan at the Pacifico Yokohama International Exhibition Hall

CLICK above for all the details

Thanks to Steve over at the Mooneyes Shop, Japan
for the images and information!

Stop by any of our Vintage Friday's Car Shows to enter and you may WIN a $100. Gift Certificate from
Classic Instruments!

And yes, Mike Dingman's 'POSSESSED' sports a custom set of Classic Gauges.


Sacramento Vintage Ford is an Authorized Dealer for Classic Instruments

Gail Phillips, STCA and BNI member, started racing at Bonneville in 1995 in a 1959 Austin Healy Sprite. Due to mechanical problems at that first salt meet, Gail managed her first run only one hour before the whole event was shut down. But driving away, still with the adrenalin pumping, she looked at the rear view mirror and thought "I've got to come back here and do this again".

Since then, Gail has set 6 world records in two different vehicles. She is very proud to be the 7th women inducted into the 200 mph club and gives credit to crew chief Doug Odom for, she says, "the awesome job he does building my cars and motors".

In 2001, Gail, Doug and Gail's husband Al shipped their Austin Healy Sprite over to Australia for SpeedWeek Australia at Lake Gairdner. Doug had crashed the car in the States only 6 weeks before shipping, but with a massive effort, managed to repair the car in time. Gail ran the Healy at 205.538 mph.


Back in the States for 2008, Gail and her streamliner had their sights on a 276 mph record with the hope that 300 mph was not out of the question in the future.

On day one of racing, Doug took the streamliner out for a shakedown run at 236 mph. A day and a half later, after a repair to a damaged oil line and an engine change, it was Gail's turn.

Going through the 5 mile mark at 242 mph, after what seemed to be a successful run. Gail began her normal shut down procedure and released the high speed chute.


The streamliner decided to lie down on its side and then pencil roll, leaving nose and tail sheet metal scattered down the track. Gail escaped with only a headache and some bruising. She said she may give the streamliner a rest now and go back to racing her Corvette. The record in the Corvette's class was 210 mph.

After all, she says "... now it feels like a piece of cake. I can do 210. If I can do 242 upside down or sideways, I can do 210 fine." 
That's the way she's looking at it!

Gail Phillips' story and others are featured in the 2-DVD set, Salt Flat Racer, copies of which can be purchased from Sacramento Vintage Ford. Just CLICK any of the photos.

Another group of folks checking out the sights on the West Coast!  These gentlemen are visiting all the way from Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.

While they were on the West Coast they visited:

Bonneville, Pomona Swap Meet, Las Vegas, Reno, San Francisco, Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, Hollywood and of course Rancho Cordova, California for a special visit to Sacramento Vintage Ford!

They were traveling in 2 motor homes .....and the tourist in the middle of the photo?  Their buddy wasn't able to make the trip this year so....they brought along a cardboard cutout of him so he could enjoy the trip and
be in the photos!  Thanks for stopping by.

A note from Bud:
Yes, yes it's true, I am attempting to construct another roadster (maybe a few of you remember the original). I no longer bend in the middle like I use to, nor bounce up from the floor spritely, but it's going okay.


That's Bud on the cover at the lower right. May 1969.

CLICK above for the maiden voyage of Bud's build.

The build: Cornhuskers '32 Frame, Brookville '29 Roadster P.U. extended cab body, Small Block Chevy (Sorry, the flathead isn't done), early and late Ford goodies, an assist from Weedetr Street Rods, Colfax Tim Brown and others, and we'll be cruising the Interstate.

Bobbed at the rear `32 frame rails, Pete & Jake's front end and rear ladder bar set-up, 9" Ford rearend from John's Rearends, H.D. late Ford rear brakes, `47 Ford front binders on `40 spindles, Walker radiator, B&M trans-cooler, Gennie Shifter, home-made e-brake hook-up, small-block chevy & 350 Turbo transmission, & driveline.
 Special construction work by
Tim Brown, Larry Murch & "JY".
Runs like a top & goes straight. "Built to Boogey"

Bobbed stock `29 bed, Brookville 6" stretched Roadster Pickup body, `34 3-window windshield by Tim Brown with custom windshield posts and some A-cowl alteration.






Bud with a copy of the November, 1973 issue of Rod & Custom Magazine, The 'Chicken Coupe' issue. Bud was the Editor of Rod & Custom Magazine back in the day working along side publishing legends: Tom Medley, Gray Baskerville and Jim Jacobs. Bud is now a welcome member of the Sacramento Vintage Ford crew!

 

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