Event Coverage LA Roadster Show with my Dad in a '40 Coupe

Great post ! you got to experience the days when your 40 coupe was a new car driving thru the Nevada and California deserts! I can still remember in 1944, Dad driving our 39 Pontiac cpe. from Chicago to L.A. tho 2 lane roads, windows down and a Desert water bag on the bumper. [before pressurized radiators] that desert is hasn,t changed one bit.

 

Thanks for the photos it looks like you and your dad are haveing a good time stayed home in petaluma this year but you made my FATHER DAY with the photo of my grandson Grant Robinson LEARNING TO DRIVE in his petal car along with his dad Gary Robinson PRE 48 V8.

 

I feel like I was there with you..thanks for all the updates

 

Mike and i have decided the Calif girls must be here - -




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TJJ, saw your coupe at the show on Saturday. Lookin' good.

 

Toyota made these kinda in response to the XKE. Nice car but only a few hundred made. Nobody wanted a high-end sports car from Toyota at the time. Bond drove a convertible made especially for the movie in You Only Live Twice.

 

Red Car I was told was a 1969 or '70 2000 one of about 200 made.

 

One would hope that people would have some respect for the ARDUN name and history, and not develop some tacky knock-off of the "real deal" for the SBC.

Which "Don' is doing these? Orosco or Ferguson? Either one should know better.

 

Great thread....I meant... GREAT THREAD!!!

 

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337, to be exact, made between '67 and '70.

 

great coverage of an awsome trip, thank's.

 

Great thread . Thanks for sharing.

 

lmfao!!!!!

 

Damn you guys for making me almost spit out my drink once again!!! That is some hilarious shit! Just the way he is like It's the Deuce of Spades....HOLY SHIT! lol

 

awesome trip, something you and your dad will never forget!

 

I heart your parents! The Ace of Spades video was really funny!

 

right on, entertaining thread, thanks

 

Stopped overnight in Chowcilla at Paul & Mona's pad - used Paul's pit to swap out the drippen pan gasket - Thx for steaks/coffee/conversation/bed - great toys in yur shop








This baby is an orig 427 4spd W 35k



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Victory Hwy, Citrus Heights, CA 95621, USA


Leaving Sac...




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Are you going to head back on Highway 50???

 

ok, you guys did so well with the last red car, how about thsi one? They are really rare, most have been recycled and are now toasters.



We stopped at In-N-Out for lunch in Roseville, Dads first time!






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We were planning on taking 80.... Any other ideas?


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wow, thanks for the awesome documentation!

what kind of trans are you running?

 

Ford Pinto. My wife had a '72 and a '76. Still has the '76, which is a wagon.

 

I hear that Highway 50 has more "character" (well....OK...there are several legal brothels along the way), but it is also called the "loneliest road in the world", so there are a few stretches where you'd better have enough gas in the tank. My friends tell me that there are a couple of cool mountain passes with good places to stop for a break.

I did some work at an automotive test facility that is off of Highway 50 about an hour's drive east of Carson City. I never had any reason to go farther east than Fallon NV, but it is pretty cool out there. By the way....the state troopers enforce the speed limit pretty closely in and around the small towns.

Hope you enjoyed the In-N-Out!!

Dan

 

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Very Cool!

 

OH - So Sooorrrryy to.my new Calif friends - About pg 4/5 I expressed my doubts about Calif/Beachboys /2girls fur every guy - that was our view of Calif as we continued So fr Vegas - buttt - I did find lots a nice girls at LAR - Most however had 4 wheels - Back on pg 10 ole Zephyr Rich asked if I'd seen any hot Calif gals yet - geezeess man -your wife's the best yet - slipped er my no. - -



Debbie the body builder - Challenged er ta arm wrestle - think I could a taken er - she was afraid she might permanently damage an ole guy's ego






In-n-out doll



Shoprat's 2 daughters were very cool - spent the day with pops



Keeper fr SoCal



The fresh fruit gal fr Ojai



I had no chance w this one - thats Gene Winfield on her right



And here is CJ's daughter Kristy - nicest hug I got all week - THX



These 2 bought my "sit on ole Santa's lap" line



Cindy sure did like the tuck-n-roll



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Bob, I see you are "California Dreamin'" already and you're not even home yet.....