IMPRESSION in our showroom
 

We also have a link if you would like to check out the 'behind the scenes' photos of the IMPRESSION build courtesy of Andy over at wallesdator.com.

Thanks Andy!

Ken Reister's IMPRESSION also was honored with the 'Sam Barris Memorial Award' at the Sacramento Autorama in February.

This award was started in 1968 and has been presented to the car that featured the best metal work, paint and finish in the Autorama.

John Barris continues the tradition of picking this car in honor of his father Sam. The vehicle must have an all metal body.

Check Out The Build Photos: 

 Kevin and Karen Alstott's Ridler Winner
 

Roger Burman and Chris Mernka with Lakeside Rods and Rides, Rockwell City, Iowa, checking to make sure the Alstott's car is still in the trailer before heading off to the Sacramento Autorama.

Darold only took it over to In-N-Out Burger once!

'2006 Ridler Award Winner'

'2007 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster Award Winner'.

Cover courtesy Street Rod Builder Magazine.

The Alstott's also were honored with the DICK BERTOLUCCI AUTOMOTIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD at the Sacramento Autorama. This award is given to any rod, custom, sports car, classic or truck that was manufactured prior to 1973 and exhibits the best craftsmanship in assembly, fit, finish and detail. The winner is chosen by Dick Bertolucci.

Visit Lakeside Rods and Rides: 

 Mels The Original
 Pick Up One Of These Gift Cards!

Stop by Mels of Folsom for one of these neat gift cards. You can't go wrong with FOOD!

Mels Original in Folsom, 13399 Folsom Blvd, Folsom, CA 95630-8006, phone 916-985-7337

 

 Mels In Folsom
 

Lynn Kohout (Sacramento Vintage) and Candy Clark (Debbie, American Graffiti) at the new Mels in Folsom, California.

Mels is at 13399 Folsom Blvd, just north of Blue Ravine Road in Folsom. Tell 'em Vintage sent ya!

phone 916-985-7337

 

 Gene Winfield At The Sacramento Autorama
 

Gene Winfield (L) (Winfield Customs) interviews Darold Kohout (R) (Sacramento Vintage) during the 'LEGENDS' Luncheon at the Sacramento Autorama.

Gene was inducted into the 'LEGENDS' of Autorama this year.

www.winfieldcustoms.com

(Photo courtesy Cookie Poole) (Article Link Courtesy Rod and Custom Magazine)

Dick Martin Interviews Gene Winfield: 

 George A Legend?
 Why.... yes he is..........

Yes...another well known car personality was also inducted into the 'LEGENDS' this year. George Barris ..............

John Buck (left) owner of the Sacramento Autorama and the Grand National Roadster Show, George Barris (center) and Darold Kohout (right) (Sacramento Vintage Ford)

George is now officially a LEGEND!

(Photo courtesy Cookie Poole)

Also inducted this year to the LEGENDS were the 2006 "Big B" winners:

Robbie Azevedo - Sam Barris Memorial Award

Doug Beattie - Dick Bertolucci Award

Steve Frediani - H.A. Bagdasarian Award

Troy and Lois Summers - Joe Bailon Award

 

 IMPRESSION Posters Went FAST!
 

We had some very nice 'IMPRESSION' posters to give away courtesy of Ken Reister. But they went fast....sorry.

 

 Want Your Very Own IMPRESSION?
 

We have the IMPRESSION die cast cars in 1:20 scale (about 9-1/2") and also in the smaller 1:64 scale (about 3-1/2").

They will be in the DIE CAST section of our web site under Foose. OR give us a call.........

Small Impression: Number 9606-20 $6.95

Large Impression: Number 9606-21 $29.95

Collector Info:The IMPRESSION die cast cars we are offering came direct from Ken Resiter, the owner of IMPRESSION. Just a little fact for your collection. Thanks again, Ken.

 

 Advanced Restoration Honor
 'Builder Of The Year'

Mike and Krystle Gray owners of Advanced Restorations in Sacramento were honored as this years Sacramento Autorama 'Builder Of The Year'.

Mike had 24 of the cars he has been involved with over the years on display. Yes....24! Great display Mike! (and family...and staff!)

'Builder Of The Year'

'The Autorama has paid tribute to the builder who is recognized as a diverse car builder and innovator. The prestigious award was awarded to Mike Gray and the staff of Advanced Restorations.'

Visit Advanced Restoration: 

 Vintage Friday's Website!
 Check Out All The Cars, Prizes and Stuff......

Photo Albums with photos.

Come See Our Show & Other Events: 

 Monkee Mobile
 

Mike Gray's Advanced Restoration also had their restored Barris 'Monkee Mobile' at their booth, along with George Barris, giving away posters as well as signing posters and memorabilia....... for free!

Mike had also just finished restoring another of the Barris vehicles...The Batmobile.

 

 Chip Foose at Arc Audio
 

Another very busy person was Chip Foose, who was signing some awesome and BIG posters of the 'IMPRESSION' that were being given away by the good folks over at the Arc Audio building.

Arc Audio and Chip Foose have teamed up to bring some serious car and truck audio products to the market.

Visit Arc Audio: 

 Suede Pavilion Pinstriper Auction
 

Pinstripers were busy the entire show creating items that were auctioned off on Saturday and Sunday to benefit the UC Davis Children's Hospital.

Also a special THANKS to the Sacramento Poor Boys Car Club. The Host Club of the Suede Pavilion.

theoriginalpoorboys.com

We will have the 'pinstriper' photo gallery up at vintagefridays.com to check out.

Click On The Photo Gallery: 

 Suede Pavilion at the Sacramento Autorama
 

One of 2 'Hospitality Areas' Sacramento Vintage had set up in the Suede Pavilion.

Lots of cool cars, great bands, a food and beverage court, lots of vendors and just watching the pinstriper artistry made this the happening building!

Sacramento Vintage was the co-sponsor the the Suede Pavilion (Pick-N-Pull was the BIG sponsor and we thank them!). The 'Hospitality' areas were where you could sit, relax take a break and listen to the bands.

We will have 'several' photo albums up at vintagefridays.com of the show.

Photo Gallery: 

 Sacramento Vintage Booth
 

We had three very cool cars on display at this years Sacramento Autorama!

Von Franco's 'Lightnin' Bug' (left), John Labelle's 'Kookie 1' (center) and Tom Pagano's Hemi powered T (right).

Chico and Jose with Mooneyes USA were right across from us....so there was never a dull moment!

We have some 'mini' cards of the Life Magazine cover with Norm Grabowski at Bob's Drive In back in 1957.

Just ask for the 'Norms Life Postcard' and we will send you some with your next order....FREE. (or stop by the store)

 

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 Darold in IMPRESSION?
 

Darold (Sacramento Vintage) behind the wheel of IMPRESSION when it was in our showroom.........This was pretty exciting! Thanks Ken!

Yes....Ken was right there. And no I did not take it over to In-N-Out Burger.....Mel's was closer!

 

 California Kid
 

Download the California Kid wallpaper and more at the Meguiars Car Crazy site.

Meguiars just happens to be one of our Vintage Friday Supporters!

Yes, it would be cool to get the 'Kid' in our showroom .......someday when it comes out West. But .......we are getting closer to have 'Milners Coupe' from American Graffiti on display for a while. It's been to our store but not in the showroom.

California Kid Wallpaper at Car Crazy: 

 Metallica In The House?
 no.....But In Our Booth.........

James Hetfield (Metallica) along with Scott Mugford (Blue Collar Customs) stopped by our booth at the Sacramento Autorama.

Scott is building a couple a cars for James.

Blue Collar Customs is located at 4824 Amber Lane, Sacramento, Ca. 95841. Phone 916-338-4327

Who is that red headed person over in the corner behind the T- Bucket?

Scorched Pistions: 

 Speaking of our friends over at Pick-N-Pull
 

Elizabeth over at Pick-N-Pull asked local artist Bruce Gossett to design some cool shirts for the 2007 Suede Pavilion event, and he did!

He came up with 3 styles and Pick-N- Pull ......GAVE AWAY..... the very neat BLACK Suede shirts over at the Pick-N-Pull booth to the Suede participants

How neat was that! Good job Elizabeth!

The other styles that Bruce designed for the show you will be able to pick-N-buy ......that's right......at our store.

 

 Squirrled Away?
 We had Another Cool Car Hidden Away In The Back!

Here is a shot of a very nice '53 Ford Convertible from Washington, owned by Gerry and Gail Gamet.

They took home a couple of awards from the Sacramento Autorama AND the Grand National Roadster Show this year!

More Details On Gerry's Build: 

 Thanks Mr. Foose!
 Chip Stops By The Sacramento Vintage Booth.....

OK.....this also made our day!

Mr. Foose (Foose Design) and Mr. Lynch (Arc Audio) came by our booth early Saturday morning. I'm thinking they were getting ideas from our highly detailed display. (or not)

They used custom machined stainless connectors for their booth....we used zip ties and duct tape!

Anyway........We will have photos up at the vintagefridays.com 'photo gallery'.

Thanks again guys for stopping by to say HI!

Visit Chip Foose.com 

 Mr. Hetfield's 1956 Ford Pickup
 

Here is a shot of Scott's (Blue Collar Customs) current project for James Hetfield.

Yes...Scott used TWO sets of our F-100 running boards to build the extra long extended boards.

Look close....it is now a 4-door extended cab!

 

 Forza Motorsport
 SPEED Mini-Series

SPEED TV and Xbox Blur the Lines Between Gaming and Reality TV with New Live-Action Program Based on Forza Motorsport(tm).

Forza Motorsport Showdown, produced by Bud Brutsman of the popular SPEED reality show Payback, is scheduled to begin airing in February 2007. The four-episode series will be hosted by Lee Reherman, best known as �Hawk� from the hit television show, American Gladiator.

Each episode follows a diverse group of racers through a rigorous roster of competitive motor sports disciplines � drifting, road racing, autocross and drag racing � in a $100,000 winner-take-all format. Forza Motorsport Showdown, inspired by the realism of the on-line, multi- player vehicle customization and tuning features within the game, puts contestants to the ultimate test of high- performance driving and mechanical skills.

�These are real people, real crews and real cars battling it out for a significant prize,� said Robert Ecker, VP of Programming for SPEED. �It�s a very visually appealing production, with an incredible amount of drama and suspense. Each team and personality has to excel in all of the racing categories to have a chance. There�s not a lot of room for error.

More About Forza Motorsport: 

 Mater Was HOT!
 

To end this very L-O-N-G Vintage Advantage Newsletter we have a photo of one of the more popular features at our Autorama booth!

We had cut-outs of 'Mater' and 'Ramone' from the Disney-Pixar Movie 'CARS' on display and the kids (and a few older 'kids') were having their pictures taken all day long.

Check Out Mater and His Friends At Disney-Pixar: