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Huge Outdoor Happenin' at the Fairgrounds in Pleasanton featuring over 3,000 hot rods, customs, classics and trick trucks thru '72. 

Shop at 100's of vendor/exhibitor booths or take a trip to the Swap Meet for automotive related parts and
Cars 4 Sale. 

Over 3,500 Rods, Customs & Classics thru '72
Vendor & Manufacturer Exhibits
Swap Meet & Cars 4 Sale Corral
Goodgals Gallery
Hot Rod Seminars
Kid's Play Area
Model & Pedal Show
Toy & Miniature Race Car Display
Mini Engines Display
Nostalgia Stage Shows

Thursday Night Kick-Off party at the Pleasanton Marriott

Friday Night Hot Rod Bash including a Spot Light Cruise and Dance Party with Live Rock'n Roll!

Pomona to West Coast Nationals Cruise with
Stroker McGurk! More info


A Super Charged Week of Bay Area Tour Stops!

Starting Monday, August 23rd the 2010 Hot Rod Week Tour starts off with a bang hitting up three of the North Bay's most treasured stops. From there a tour through the Sacramento Valley, South Bay Area, North Bay Area and Wine Country. Hot Rod Week has gained so much momentum the last decade or so it's become a "can't miss" tradition leading up to West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton!

Don't miss your chance to win the
2010 Ford Mustang Giveaway Car.

Goodguys will be giving away a brand new Ford Mustang GT and the best news is that all Goodguys event participants and spectators are eligible to win! All you have to do is stop by the Goodguys big rig where the car will be displayed, fill out a short and simple entry form and BAM - you're a potential winner!



For more event information and buy tickets on line go to:
www.ggwestcoastnats.com or CLICK above.


A Super Charged Week of Bay Area Tour Stops!

Starting Monday, August 23rd the 2010 Hot Rod Week Tour starts off with a bang hitting up three of the North Bay's most treasured stops. From there a tour through the Sacramento Valley, South Bay Area, North Bay Area and Wine Country. Hot Rod Week has gained so much momentum the last decade or so it's become a "can't miss" tradition leading up to West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton!



Tuesday 8/24 - Sacramento Valley

Day Two of the Goodguys Hot Rod Week, will head east to visit California's Capitol City, long a hot bed for hot rodding, with stops at John White's "Rams Head Auto Collection" -which features some of the rarest and most pristine Chrysler, Plymouth and Dodge automobiles you'll ever see, So-Cal Speed Shop and the day's final stop - the Taj Mahal for traditional hot rodders - Sacramento Vintage Ford!

CLICK above for all the details on
Goodguys Hot Rod Week!

"Gatto," a daring, blue Ferrari 250-powered aluminum-bodied coupe - the latest coachwork creation from Moal Coachbuilders of Oakland, Calfornia - will be on display inside the Moal Booth at the 24th West Coast Nationals presented by Flowmaster August 27-29 at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds! 

The car made its world debut on Friday, August 13th, at the Quail Lodge Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley, California.

Nearly three years in the making, this hand-fabricated creation unites exterior themes from late '50s Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Abarth Zagato and Maserati sports performance vehicles in a modern, highly-tractable and road-ready performance package.



The 2,300-pound Gatto rides on a race-bred semi-monocoque chassis.
Hand-formed aluminum body panels are affixed to the chassis components via Moal's specially-developed superleggera (Italian for "super light") process, one in which panels are crimped to a sub-frame matrix.


Pumping out 300-horsepower at 7,500 rpm, the Ferrari V-12 250 GTO specification motor is hooked to a Tremac 5-speed manual transmission and is topped by six Weber carburetors. Polished Borrani wire knock-off wheels unite the car's European sports car lineage.

As we understand it, three F-100 pickups were built for the movie. The before version, the 'abused' version and one for Sylvester Stallone's collection.



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Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture
Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Iti�
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Stop by Sacramento Vintage for your
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Not sure how many EXPENDABLES T-Shirts the ladies from the studio gave away at our July Vintage Friday's Show....but it was a lot!








CLICK above to download the wallpaper and
watch the preview!


Remember....Stop by Sacramento Vintage for your
FREE   -  THE EXPENDABLES poster!


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Beginning on July 1, 2010, anyone who buys an OPTIMA battery will get access to exclusive, valuable deals from some of the hottest performance automotive and marine brands. More than $1,000 in offers from these partners will be included in a booklet attached to every RedTop�, YellowTop� and BlueTop� battery sold during the promotional period, which ends on October 31, 2010.

Each on-pack booklet will include offers from K&N Filters, Superwinch, Baer Brakes, Magnaflow, JBL and Holley.

The marine offers, totaling more than $250 in value, include deals on products from Quantum, Pennzoil Marine, PowerPole, Sebile Lures and Secret Weapon Lures. Check with your local OPTIMA Batteries Dealer.


OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational
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Optima Batteries are giving away, to help with our Make-A-Wish efforts, OPTIMA BATTERIES at ALL of our Vintage Friday's Events this season. Yes, batteries......not just one, you will have several chances to WIN an Optima battery of your choice!

A big THANKS to the folks at OPTIMA!

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J.C. Whitney Sold

by Mark Del Franco
 
Add Warshawsky to the likes of prominent catalog families, such as the Denharts who built Hanna Anderssen and the Cinaders of J. Crew fame, who sold their businesses to corporations or investment firms. On June 26, leveraged buyout firm Riverside Co. purchased $170 million-plus auto parts cataloger J.C. Whitney & Co. for an undisclosed sum.

Founded in 1915 by the Warshawsky family, Chicago-based Whitney mails about 38 million catalogs a year. Specialty titles target owners of trucks, motorcycles, Jeeps, Volkswagens, sports compacts, and sport trucks. Whitney has 1.6 million names in its database.

But other than helping Whitney to grow, Riverside has no changes planned for the cataloger. "It's business as usual," says Christine Croissant, Riverside's director of communications.

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Denman to sell its Trumbull tire plant

By Don Shilling

Denman Tire filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell its plant and equipment to pay debts.
The Leavittsburg-based company filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which involves liquidation of its assets, not reorganization. The filing was made Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Youngstown.
The 91-year-old tire manufacturer shut down its plant in early February, with some workers saying the company did not have the raw materials needed to continue making tires for the construction, agriculture and mining industries.
Tim Boyer, chief technology officer for Denman, said in an e-mail Wednesday that no one is working in the plant, office or warehouse.

Denman needed $3 million to buy new equipment so that it could make larger off-road tires and radial, white-walled tires for antique cars. The company employed 260 at full production, although about 80 workers had been laid off for the past year.

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Barry Meguiar Recovering in
California Hospital

by Devlin Smith, August 19, 2010,  Hotrod and Restoration

Barry Meguiar, president and CEO of Meguiar's Inc., is recovering at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California. Meguiar caught a bug while travelling outside of the United States and is expected to return home in the next few days.

Meguiar, a passionate promoter of the car hobby, is the host of the "Car Crazy" television show and conducts the interviews with the Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award winners at the Hotrod & Restoration Trade Show's Grand Opening Breakfast.

Charlene Carol Cyr
June 11, 1940 - August 9, 2010
 
Charlene Carol (Culver) Cyr died of cancer August 9, 2010 at her home on Sauvie Island, near Portland, Oregon.
 
Charlene was born in Portland, June 11, 1940 to proud parents Clarence and Marion Culver.  She attended Russellville School and graduated from David Douglas High School in 1958.  Charlene was active in many clubs, rally and was May Fete Queen in her senior year.  Charlene married Bert Lukens in 1959, started her family and was a mother and homemaker through the 60's.  Her marriage ended in 1970 and she embarked on a career in the hospitality industry, working for the Anchorage Restaurant and the Ramada Inn in Portland. 

In 1971 she met Daniel Cyr and they married in 1973.  She continued to work in a variety of positions including real estate and computer sales and service.  In 1990 her husband launched his second career, consumer show production, specializing in hot rod and custom car shows including the Sacramento Autorama and The Grand National Roadster Show.  Charlene was right by his side and handled all aspects of hospitality and event coordination for a business that included the four largest indoor car shows on the west coast.  Upon retiring in 2005 Charlene and Dan embarked on traveling the USA, Europe and Asia while wintering in Arizona.
 
Always cheerful and very caring, Char loved life and was active throughout with organizing gatherings for classmates, club members, neighborhood associations and just good time get togethers.  Her social circle grew with each and every endeavor.  She was remarkable and memorable and will be missed by all she touched.
 
Charlene and family have requested that contribution in her name be made to the American Cancer Society, Ovarian Cancer Research.
 

Char and Dan Cyr this past January during the Hall of Fame Luncheon at the 2010 Grand National Roadster
Show in Pomona.
You behave up there young lady! You will be missed.

Joe Streng, one of the helpful sales associates (parts counterman) at Sacramento Vintage, hits the Bonneville Salt Flats!

All we received was this photo and the comment
'I DID IT!'

We will have an update next time.

Thanks Joe....what a blast!

CLICK on a photo to enter to WIN this 1932 Roadster Pickup by Troy Ladd over at Hollywood Hot Rods.

by Josh Russell - August 19, 2010

This has been a huge week for the Raybestos RPU, as Troy and the team finished the truck! With the Hot Rod TV crew and magazine editors in attendance, and the Ford 5.0L at full roar, we mercelissly beat on the little red truck at the Irwindale short track and dragstrip.

HUGE thanks to the the guys at Hilborn, FAST, Accufab, Pacific Coast Powdercoating, AutoMeter, Redline Gauge Works, and Elegance Auto Interior for jamming 'round the clock to get the Raybestos RPU ready and dialed in before our shakedown session and video shoot.
 
Just a few loose ends to button up before an appearance on Pinks All Out, and then SEMA...  Fix and finish a few minor items...  Another dyno session to tune the engine... Dial in the brakes... Plus the one-off Halibrand-style wheels from Intro should soon be finished, ready to be shod with the proper Coker-supplied Firestone Indy roadster tires.
 
The Hot Rod TV episode chronicling the build will air on SPEED next Saturday, August 28.



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Today, Joe Hickenbottom showed up at the store with
the Moon Rocket in tow. We will have more details to follow on Joe's new project!

You can also see another of Joe's completed projects, The Gamueda Bros. Anglia,  in the Spring 2010 Issue of
Traditional Rod & Kulture Illustrated Magazine.

Be sure to check out the September 2010 issue of Hot Rod Deluxe and be sure to check page 80, the Parts With Appeal page.  Yes, those are the Sacramento Vintage Ford Brake Drums featured on the garage floor next to model Gina Calderoni.  Are you looking at our brake drums? Photos by Wes Allison and a special thanks to Jerry Pitt over at Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine.

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More MOON ROCKET!  The July 2010 Issue of Hot Rod Deluxe features a 10 page article on Jerry's car. We have them available if your local book store is sold out.

The lucky winner of the 1986 mint Hot August Nights print!  The print was donated by Ken Blackham and the custom framing was donated by Fast Frame
in Folsom California.

Bev and Dick Bertolucci at the BBQ - Dick said he was taking Bev out for dinner that night!




Over at the Kelly Leif Agency booth! American National Insurance. A very popular booth!




Doug Oehler, Assistant Sales Manager with Sacramento Vintage, taking shots for the photo galley when he can break away from the sales counter. Doug usually shoots 200-300 photos at each of our shows.

John D'Agostino stopped by the show. Shown autographing a few photos he brought back from the big show over in Sweden. John's 'CARIBBEAN' Packard is still on display in our showroom, but it's leaving soon. Kathy at the #2 register doing her thing......she and the gift shop ladies were very busy that night!








Brandon, from Temecula, California, just won a pair of Flowmaster Super 44 mufflers, the Flowmaster banner for the garage and he gets a photo with members of the Sacramento Kings Dance Team!






John D'Agostinio, Dick and Bev Bertolucci and Jim Nye.

Coker Tire will be giving away a $900. tire certificate at our September 24th Vintage Friday's Car Show!

For your chance to win, all you have to do is purchase a $1. raffle ticket (you can buy more if you want!).
100% of the ticket sales will benifit the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sacramento and Northeastern California.







See what we have from Coker Tire

David's a rookie, the first of the "My 3 Sons" racing team to make a pass and new salt addict after qualifying at 130 mph and change. The plan is for dad, Dan and the other two sons, Jeamie and Jeff Strachan to all drive the car this week before returning to Moville, Iowa.  Good luck guys!

My Ride Is Me has video, and tons more pictures to come. Please check back as they get everything posted.



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Cruisin' around the Sacramento Vintage parking lot in the Grand National 'Speed 33' Roadster.