September 2012

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FFAATT FFEENNDDEERR FFLLAASSHH THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER FOR FORD F-100 ELITE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

September 2012

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Photos by: Author and Michelle Guerriero

Whew! It’s over, and is now in the history books. Just as it’s been for the previous 41 years, your club, Ford F-100 Elite of Northern California, has partnered with Pickups Limited of Southern California to put together a fantastic, fun filled weekend of activities that are centered around those fabulous trucks….The Ford F-100’s. Although the event is open to Ford trucks of all years and models, up to 1976, it’s obvious from the sheer number of them attending that the emphasis is on the 53 through 56 model years. Although it’s been said many times, it should never be forgotten that this is the longest running F-100 event in existence. The two clubs began this event “way back when” as a way to get F-100 lovers throughout the state to get together and compare trucks, ideas, and good times. Like most events, it started small and has grown through the years. However, unlike most events, this annual get-together is still going strong. How many events do you attend that begin their heading with “42nd ANNUAL”? And, how many can boast having been held in so many different venues throughout the state? I’ve only been involved with the North-South Run for 10 years, but have experienced 3 different locations. I have to say, though, that of those three, this year’s venue was by far the most picturesque, and offered the widest variety of peripheral attractions. The move to Morro Bay this year was a decision that the run committee made after much concern and consternation. From the bulk of the remarks made on the post-event comment sheets, it would appear that the vast majority of people attending felt the move was a positive one. Were there glitches though? Of course there were. But, overall, everyone seemed to genuinely enjoy their time at the run, and most claimed the good times far outweighed the few negatives encountered. The committee is well aware of what the glitches were, and are already hard at work putting together the 43rd Annual North-South Run with those mistakes corrected. Probably the most often made complaint about the event this year was directed at the Saturday night banquet. There were so many people wanting to attend that we exceeded the occupancy load of the hotel’s banquet room, so a significant number of people had to dine in an adjacent room, and that created a very real feeling of separation from the rest of the group. That fact alone created a ripple effect that made a number of other problems surface. When the hotel’s banquet facility was selected, it was felt that while it might be tight, based on previous years attendance, we should be able to fit everyone in the main banquet room. Lo-and-behold, come Saturday there were a whole bunch of people that wanted to buy extra meal tickets. Rather than turn them down, the decision was made to go ahead and sell the tickets and put the extra people in the second banquet room. That made the committee have to come up with a way to decide who would go in which room. After tossing around a bunch of different ideas (all with at least one drawback), it was decided that the least negative plan would be to simply let the main banquet room fill up, then whoever was left would go to the other room. An attempt was made to inform people of what was happening, but in the short time available to do so, it just didn’t work to get the word out effectively. Since this problem developed during the day’s activities on Saturday, the hotel obviously didn’t have time to call in any extra wait staff to serve the meals, so, of course, there weren’t enough waiters on hand to handle the extra room full of diners as effectively as we all would have liked. Couple that with the fact that all the food that had been pre-ordered for this banquet ran out, and there will still people to be fed (again, a problem that the hotel had little or no time to prepare

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for). In spite of these set-backs, the kitchen and wait staff “busted their buns” trying to make it work for all involved, and as far as I’m concerned did a great job of adjusting to every restaurants nightmare situation. As for the problem of there being no salad or dessert with the meal, you can lay the blame directly on me. When we negotiated the menu for the banquet, I mistakenly assumed that salad and dessert were automatically included. The hotel prepared and served everything we ordered. Obviously, that didn’t include those two items. All I can say is, I’m sorry, and I certainly won’t make that mistake again. Other than those few shortcomings, the rest of the weekend was nonstop fun that catered to just about every taste. For some, there was a mini golf tournament on Thursday. First thing Friday morning about 25 or 30 trucks participated in the “Mystery Cruise” that had been put together by Laurie Clark, a member of the Early Ford V-8 Club in Paso Robles. The route she chose highlighted the sights of the central California coast, as well as some of the picturesque back roads of the coastal foothills. She also found some great stops for everyone to visit and enjoy. All in all it was a fantastic cruise, and with any luck Laurie will agree to put next year’s cruise together for us. After having Friday afternoon and early evening free to relax, shop, sight-see, or do whatever we wanted, everyone formed up at the hotel with their trucks, and we then cruised in to the heart of town and parked 4-wide down the middle of Main Street. The city had allowed us to block of an entire block for over an hour while we visited another great collection of cars at the Ocean View Garage. When we left there, we did a caravan type cruise of the Embarcadero (the main street for the businesses fronting the harbor) then once again parked on a blocked off street adjacent to the Embarcadero. There, we were directed to a little shop called “Sun-N-Buns Bakery”, who served each participant free ice cream and a cookie. In case any of you didn’t know it, the owner of the bakery donated all those goodies for North-South participants at no charge. The statement he made about that was that he “was honored that we allowed him to be a part of this great event”. If you ever happen to be visiting Morro Bay, be sure to stop in an buy an ice cream cone from them as a way of saying thank you. Saturday was the “Show-N-Shine”, held in the host hotel’s parking lot. Again, because the number of entries was more than we had anticipated, the parking lot was crammed full of fantastic trucks. It seems that every year the quality of the trucks at this event keeps getting better. That isn’t limited to only the “show trucks” either. Even the “daily drivers” seem to be getting better each year. I feel sorry for the people that had to try to do the judging of the vehicles. It had to be hard to try to ferret out the “best”. A fact born out when the “Best of Show” and the “Preston Ledbetter Award” trucks were virtually tied, and that 2 or 3 of the next trucks were within 1or 2 points of those two. Congratulations to the judging teams for a job well done, in spite of the difficult task of choosing the winners. A listing of all the winners, including the gag trophy winners, is listed below. As always, Sunday morning was the time for everyone to turn in their comment sheets, receive a raffle ticket for one of the four $50 cash prizes, give away the money, and say our goodbyes. From what I’ve heard, everyone made it home safe and sound, and your North-South Run Committee is (as previously mentioned) hard at work putting next years North-South Run together. Information about the run, and flyers for it will be out as soon as we can get them prepared. Hopefully, that won’t be long, but there are a couple of things that have to be hammered out before we can lock in all the needed information. Once you have the information, I’d suggest mailing in your entry as early as possible. The majority of “glitches” from this year’s event can be traced directly back to things associated with late entries, and the lack of information that goes with it.

Lunch & gas stop in King City Parked at a Mystery Cruise stop

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Friday night cruise Ocean View Garage

Saturday Show-N-Shine

Best of Show (Butch & Linda Cole) Preston Ledbetter Award (Travis Noack)

THE REST OF THE 2012 TROPHY WINNERS

TOP 20: Richard Soto, 56 Pickup; Jim & Vicki Pelc, 56 Pickup; Gene Espey, 56 Pickup, Greg & Brigid Burris, 55 Pickup; Jerry & Linda Jones, 55 Pickup; Fred Ortaleza, 55 Pickup; Ted & Celetta Bond, 56 Pickup; Larry Willitt, 53 Pickup; Joe Lucero, 54 Pickup; Patricia DiPalma, 66 Pickup: Walt & Dee Pocock, 56 Pickup; Gary Bohn, 56 Pickup; Bob & Deloris Zimmerman, 56 Pickup; Ricky Villa, 56 Pickup; Toby & Sharon Junell, 56 Pickup; Paul Thorn, 56 Pickup; Ken & Linda Rogers, 56 Pickup; Kyle & Irene Norwood, 56 Pickup; Roy & Jane Hudgins, 55 Pickup; Bob & Jerri Busick, 56 Pickup. NON F-100; Randall & Emily Goodnight, 51 Mercury M-1; Gerry Lambert, 55 F-350; Joe & Karen Duprey, 50 F-1.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Randy Ledbetter, 56 Mercury Panel. MOST ORIGINAL: Randy Hilardes, 56 Pickup. MAYORS CHOICE: Ron Garcia, 56 Pickup. OFFICER KEN’S CHOICE: Laurie Clark, 56 Pickup; HOST HOTEL AWARD: Dale & Gloria Beverley, 56 Panel. SPECIAL AWARDS PRESENTED BY VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE TWO SPONSORING CLUBS: LADY TRUCKER, Sponsor-Livermore Chapter: Linda Rogers. NEEDS PAINT, Sponsor-Livermore Chapter: Mike & Stacey Pecka, 65 Ranchero. BROKEN GLASS, Sponsor-Port City Chapter: Gerry lambert, 55 F-350. ROAD SPLATTER (Most Bugs), Sponsor-Inland Empire Chapter: Jim & Margo Dillinger, 56 Pickup. WIRING, Sponsor-Ventura County Chapter: Walt & Dee Pocock, 56 Pickup. OIL LEAKER, Sponsor-East Bay Chapter: Earl & Judy Pecka, 56 Pickup. BED WOOD, Sponsor-San Joaquin Chapter: Randy Hilarides, 56 Pickup. NEEDS TIRES (May Pop Award), Sponsor-Modesto Chapter: Mike & Stacey Pecka, 65 Ranchero. NEEDS UPHOLSTRY, Sponsor-Silicon Valley Chapter: Mike Arroyo, 56 Pickup. BEST USE OF RUST, Sponsor-Delta Chapter: Jay & Leah Mastilock, 56 Pickup. BEST BEATER, Sponsor-Ventura County Chapter: Bruce Ledbetter, 55 Pickup.

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Perko’s Restaurant will be undergoing an extensive remodel and will be closed during the month of October. For October’s meeting only, the E-Board will meet at the Taqueria, located at 1284 W. 11th St., Tracy, CA. It’s next door to the 99 Cent Store, and is almost directly across the street from Perko’s. According to Earl, they have a decent breakfast menu, as well as the usual fare of Mexican entrees’ available all day.

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EEAASSTT BBAAYY BBAANNTTEERR Hi from East Bay, If you love F-100’s, the place to be August 17 thru 19 was beautiful Morro Bay, California. The parking lot of the host hotel was full of the finest classic F-100’s in the state. Yes, the 42nd Annual North-South F-100 Run was a success. We hope you plan to attend next year. The sun came out and chrome and paint shined. F-100 and F-1 owners were guaranteed to find something differentthe owners were doing to their trucks. This is what it’s all about. East Bay members attending this year were the Rogers’, the Wallace’s, the Rose’s and Paul Thorn. Chris Rogers and his family also drove down from Port Orchard, Washington. It was nice to see old friends that we have made over the years. The raffle keeps getting bigger; lots of nice stuff. A big thank you to the North-South committee for their efforts to make this run such a success. We enjoyed Morro Bay, and look forward to next year. Remember, your F-100, or F-1 does not have to be finished. There is an award for “Under Construction” given each year too. We hope to see you next year at the 43rd Annual North-South F-100 Run. You gotta go!! FUN CAR FACTS: Windshield wipers were invented by a woman. Mary Anderson patented the invention in 1905. Drivers kill more deer each year than hunters do. Car radios were invented in 1929 by Paul Galvin, who also coined the name Motorola.

Keep Truckin’ Ken Rogers

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TTRRIIVVIIAA Last month’s question: Who is the only U.S. president to be defeated in his re-election bid by his vice-president? Answer: John Adams, defeated by Thomas Jefferson. This month’s question: Who was the only U.S. president that could write with both hands at the same time, in two

different languages?

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Modesto Happenings

By: Bob Hansen Bob and Susan Hansen went to the Grants Pass Fabulous ‘50’s car show in Grants Pass, Oregon. This is an annual show that always fills to the maximum 400 cars at the Show and Shine at the park on the Rogue River, drawing cars from all over Northern California and Oregon. This is followed by a 650 car cruise in downtown Grants Pass in the evening. The whole town gets into the ‘50’s theme with store decorations and period clothing throughout the downtown. Would highly recommend this show for those interested in the trip up to Oregon. After the show, you can always head to the coast to enjoy the beautiful scenery and cool coastal weather – and maybe even catch an Oregon king salmon!

The Wateford Lions benefit car show at Walker Ranch in Waterford was once again a great hit with catered tri tip dinner, unlimited wine and beer tasting, and live band. It’s a small show but a big hit with the community, and the money goes to the Waterford High School Football. It was attended again this year by John and Linda Walsh, Spencer Rose, Ralph and Sherrel Havorson, and Bob and Susan Hansen. It was a good night for the F-100’s as John Walsh won a plaque for Best Under Construction vehicle for his ’56 F-100, Ralph took Oldest Car with his ’29 T-bucket, and the pesky ’67 Mustang got an Award of Excellence, even with the dragon flies in the grill. Linda Walsh’s ’09 Chevy Impala got a few looks, too, parked along with the classics. Special thanks to our hosts Tom and Theresa Powell.

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After discussion at our monthly meeting, master woodworker Dusty Johnson and Bob Hansen collaborated on the Modesto Chapter trophy for “Tires” for the North South Run. It was delivered by Mike and Leanne Robinson who attended after truck problems on the way. The lucky winner of the Tires trophy was Mike and Stacy Pecka of the San Joaquin Chapter for their Ranchero. Leanne Robinson reports: “The coordinators did an excellent job to make this an enjoyable event. My hat goes off to them and all who helped with the registration, raffle and daily events…good job everybody!”

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North/South F-100 Run 2012 Livermore Chapter

By: George & Carol Withers

Carol and I just returned home from this great and fun event in Morro Bay. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Event Committee, including our own members Nancy Agrusa and Sydney Crosswhite, for an outstanding job of planning this event. We arrived Thursday evening after a long hot trip down Hwy 5, and then taking Hwy 41 over to the coast, with a stop at Jack’s Café and the James Dean Memorial for lunch.

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After a restful night sleep, we woke up Friday morning and got ready for the Mystery Cruise. While we saw a Great Private Car collection and some nice Hot Rod and Custom cars, in progress, at Bear Metal Kustoms, one of the highlights for me was stopping at a small winery for some wine tasting, and then the group proceeded to the next stop In Complete Harmony!! Actually it was to the small town (pop 18) of Harmony, where we toured some of the artist shops and watched glass blowing demonstrations. Friday night was the Embarcadero Cruise Night and Ice Cream Social. The trucks were all staged on one street, where we toured another car collection, and then we proceeded to cruise the Embarcadero and ending up at Sun-N-Buns Bakery for Free Ice Cream and Cookies. As you can see from the pictures, all of these events were well attended,

and I hope enjoyed by all.

As you can see from this picture of “Morro Rock” the fog would roll in each evening and this was greatly appreciated by those of us who have spent the past few weeks in near 100 degree weather. In my opinion, the Fog really helped make this a Very Cool Event!! We are already looking forward to next year!! Once again, our sincere appreciation to everyone who worked so hard to make this event a wonderful experience.

George Withers, Tifco Ind. 4180 Jensen St.

Pleasanton, CA 94566 (925) 846-5550

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By: Karen Kleinert

August is a busy month, but then it seems the last couple of months have been that way. Now mind you I do not mind, as I do not have to cook most Friday nights when we hit the every Friday night car shows. But it hits the waistline and the pocket book. But the fun and friends we see every Friday night are well worth it. As the summer is slowly coming to an end so will the car shows. But we still have a couple months left. Not like the all the school kids. We seem to have a longer summer, all the way till the end of October.

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Well, we made it through another great North-South. The weather was great and getting there was just in time. Especially after the heat wave we had been having in the valley. Part of us arrived on Thursday (Art Davis) with the rest of us (Howard and Karen Kleinert) arriving on Friday. As we were driving over Highway 41 we saw the temperature going lower and lower as our excitement kept getting higher and higher till we got to the event hotel. It took a while to get into our rooms, but talking to old friends and enjoying the area was well worth it. We talked till it was time to hit the streets for the ice cream social. But first we made a pit stop at the old garage on Main Street. We closed off the street and had our own show and shine, if just for a brief 1-hour moment. Then it was off for ice cream and great cookies. Now, Mother told us never to have sweets before dinner, but what she does not know will not hurt her. Saturday morning turned out to be the best day of the weekend. But then we did have our raffle and show and shine. The raffle was huge with great things to win as usual. The judging seemed to go off without a hitch. I even saw a girl judging for a change (go Linda Rogers). We could not have asked for a better day. Oh, wait, we still had dinner and awards to go to…. Dinner was great except for two things. It took forever for the meal to be served, and what we did get was not enough. But the company and conversation well made up for it. At least at our table it did. We want to thank Livermore Chapter for letting us (Howard and Karen) be part of their table, we had a blast. Sunday was the gloomy morning as a little fog was hanging around and so were our sad faces, as we now had to pack up and head home to the real world. But we know that more fun is just around the corner. We want to thank the committee for all its hard work and commitment to the run. We know that without all their hard work and time spent the run would not go off like clockwork. So, thank you committee. We hope that some of you will come out to the show September 8th at Kingdon Raceway. You will get to see some drag racing and a great car show all at one event. If you need directions give us a call. Howard, (209) 478-1356. Also I have given everyone a call to give them a heads up on when I will be ordering the club jackets. I plan on ordering after most of the chapters meetings in September so that I can make sure I do not miss anybody. I hope to have all the jackets ready to give to everyone at the Pumpkin Run.

Club Jackets and hats

We are selling ball caps with the F-100 Elite logo. We are selling them for $15.00. This is also your chance to order a club jacket!!!! I will be placing an order for the jackets in September, just in time for the cold weather. I would like to keep the price for the jackets at $75.00. The company that I have do the job is willing to try and work with us. But the more we get the more chances are that we can keep the price at $75.00. If you want to order a jacket let me know.

Karen Kleinert 2894 Smoke Tree Circle

Port City Chapter Stockton, CA 95209

209-478-1356 [email protected]

I would prefer an email but I know some of you might not have that capability. This way I have a way of saving the order till I actually get the final total. They are great jackets!!!!! NICE AND WARM!!!!!

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“The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools”……………….... Proverbs 9:17

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BBIIRRTTHHDDAAYYSS && AANNNNIIVVEERRSSAARRIIEESS BIRTHDAYS 9/25/39 Jim Hannett, East Bay 9/22/58 Tammy Krause, San Joaquin 9/3/63 Robert Martinez, East Bay 9/6/72 Jose Ramos, Livermore 9/13/95 Michelle Guerreiro, Silicon Valley 9/5/?? Susan Weiand, Livermore 9/5/?? Chris Souza, Modesto 9/13/?? Betsy Edwards, Livermore 9/20/?? Debbie Johnson, Modesto ANNIVERSARIES WITH CLUB 9/83 Chris & Lisa Rogers, East Bay 9/81 Jose & Laura Carrasco, Livermore 9/93 Dusty & Debbie Johnson, Modesto 9/96 Bill & Kathy Hernandez, Livermore 9/96 Willie & Nina Sharp, Livermore 9/03 Art Davis, Port City 9/03 George & Carol Withers, Livermore 9/07 Jesse Aquilar, San Joaquin 9/07 Gerry & Debbie Chiulli, San Joaquin 9/08 Jeff & Susan Davis, Modesto 9/10 Paul & Kim Perez, Silicon Valley 9/10 Ken & Ruth Stone, Modesto 9/11 Ricky Villa & Lucia Bernabe, Silicon Valley WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 9/15/84 Don & Susan Cox, Delta 9/9/89 Ron & Susan Weiand, Livermore 9/8/91 Mike & Jan Taylor, Silicon Valley 9/23/01 Rafael & Julie Rodriquez, Livermore

***************************************************************************************** As I was dropping my son off at daycare the other day, I overheard some of the children talking about their siblings. “My brother takes karate lessons,” bragged one. “My sister takes gymnastics,” said another. Not to be outdone, the youngest piped up, “My sister takes antibiotics!”

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PPLLAANN AAHHEEAADD Here are some of the upcoming events, put on by F-100 Elite Chapters, that you’ll want to mark on your calendars. Saturday and Sunday, Sept 8 & 9, 2012….7th Annual Return to Kingdon Drags and Car Show, Port City Chapter Sunday, September 16, 2012……………………………………………….43rd Annual Anniversary Run, F-100 Elite Sunday, October 28, 2012………………………………..……………16th Annual Pumpkin Run, Livermore Chapter Saturday, May 4, 2013……………………………………….6th Annual Silicon Valley Cruise, Silicon Valley Chapter

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RREECCIIPPEE OOFF TTHHEE MMOONNTTHH Grilled Smoky Cheddar Potatoes Packs

Stolen from the Fat Ford Times, Newsletter of the Fat Fender Fords of Tucson, AZ

4 medium potatoes, cut into 1-inch chunks ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 ounces) 2 tablespoons Betty Crocker® Bac~Os® bacon flavor chips 2 medium green onions, sliced (2 tablespoons) 1. Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Place potatoes on 30x18-inch piece of heavy-duty foil. Sprinkle with salt. Dot with butter. Sprinkle with cheese and bacon chips. 2. Wrap foil securely around potatoes; pierce top of foil once or twice with fork to vent steam. Cover and grill foil packet, seam side up, 4 to 6 inches from medium heat 45 to 60 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with onions. Makes 4 servings

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2012 EXECUTIVE BOARD 2012 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING DATES AND LOCATION President January 14, April 14, July 14, October 13 (9:00 AM) Earl Pecka, San Joaquin Chapter Vice President Nancy Agrusa, Livermore Chapter Perko’s Cafe Secretary-Treasurer Jim Dillinger, Silicon Valley Chapter 1321 W. 11th St. Newsletter Editor Jim Dillinger, Silicon Valley Chapter Tracy, CA

CHAPTER MEETINGS Delta...2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:00 PM Round Table Pizza, Olivera & Old Chicago Blvd., Concord Contact: Don & Sue Cox (510)724-6351 East Bay...1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:30 PM, Cabrillo Park Café, 4673 Thornton Ave, Freemont Contact: Jim & Edith Hannett (510)797-1252 Livermore...1st Tuesday of each month, 7:00 PM, Cattlemen's Restaurant, 2882 Kitty Hawk, Livermore, CA 94550 Contact: Nancy Agrusa (925)455-8342 Modesto...1st Monday of each month, 7:00 PM, Fruityard Restaurant, Geer Rd. & Highway 132, Modesto Contact: John & Linda Walsh ((209)523-4479 Port City...1st. Wednesday of each month, 6:30PM, Royce Farms BBQ Restaurant, 10880 North Hwy99 at 8 mile Rd., Stockton. Contact: Art Davis (209) 475-9079 San Joaquin...2nd Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM, Johnny’s Diner & Creamery, located in the Tracy Outlet Mall, 1005 E. Pescadero Ave., #24, Tracy. Contact: Earl & Judy Pecka (209) 835-7629 Silicon Valley...1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:30 PM, Denny’s Restaurant, Corner of 1st St. and Brokaw Rd. Contact: Jim & Margo Dillinger (408)687-9237

Stolen from the “Deuce News”, Newsletter of the Early Ford V-8 Club, Mission Trail Regional Group #32

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If you have any events planned in the future, or know of any, send the information to me as soon as possible so they can be included here.

(Events that are shaded are F-100 Elite sponsored or F-100 Elite supported)

September 1, 2012…Santos Family 7th Annual Alviso Free Car Show, 5202 N. First St. in Alviso. No pre-registration required, just show up. (See flyer at back of newsletter)

September 8 & 9, 2012…Lodi, CA 7th Annual Return To Kingdon Drags and Car Show. Car show sponsored by the Port City Chapter of Ford F-100 Elite of Northern California. (See flyer at back of newsletter)

September 9, 2012…Antioch, CA 16th Annual Fun Ford Sunday (See flyer at back of newsletter)

September 9, 2012…5th Annual Classic Car Show and Food Drive at LaVilla Delicatessen, 1319 Lincoln Ave. in Willow Glen. (See flyer in back of newsletter)

September 16,2012…Paso Robles, CA 16th Annual Automotive Swap Meet, presented by the Atascadero Early ford V-8 Club (See flyer at back of newsletter)

September 23, 2012…4th Annual Memorial Car Show in honor of Eric Wika, at the Fruit Yard, 7948 Yosemite Blvd, Modesto, CA. Information: John or Linda Walsh (209)523-4479 or Mike Wika (209)872-5544 (See flyer at back of newsletter)

October 28, 2012…Livermore, CA 16th Annual Pumpkin Run, presented by Ford F-100 Elite, Livermore Chapter (See flyer at back of newsletter)

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SUNDAYS Concord, CA...2nd & 4th Sunday...Christopher's Pizza Cruise Night @ Christopher's Pizza. Information: www.hoodlumsofntz.com TUESDAYS Tracy, CA...Every Tuesday...Cruise Night @ Jack-In-The-Box, Grant Line Rd @ Tracy Blvd. 5:30 PM to about 8:00 PM Information: Earl (209)835-7629 San Jose, CA...Every Tuesday...Burger Barn, Winchester @ Forrest, behind Valley Fair Mall. WEDNESDAYS San Carlos, CA…3rd Wednesday Joe’s Diner Gathering @ Jersey Joe’s Restaurant. 6 to 8:30 PM. Info: (650)592-7317 San Mateo, CA…1st Wednesday of the month, April thru September (No July), TGIF’s Parking Lot Party, on El Camino across from Hillsdale Shopping Center. Info: (650)368-8212 San Carlos, CA…1st Wednesday, Houlihan’s on Redwood Shores Parkway. Santa Clara, CA...Every Wednesday (during daylight savings months)...Open Cruise Night, behind Boston Market Restaurant, 2006 El Camino Real, near Scott. 4:00 PM until ??? THURSDAYS Suisun city, CA…2nd & 4th Thursdays Cruise-In @ Black Bear Restaurant. Info: Gene (530)846-2342 Capitola, CA…Every Thursday, Camsnappers Cruise To The Ocean @ Ocean Chevrolet, Capitola Auto Row. Info: www.cam-snappers.com San Jose, CA…Every Thursday, 4 PM to ??. Mojo’s Hamburgers, Cherry St. and Foxworthy Ave. Saratoga, CA…1st & 3rd Thursday’s 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Cool Car Club meets at the corner of Big Basin and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd. All special interest vehicles welcome. Lodi, CA…Every Thursday night April thru October A&W Root Beer of Lodi Cruise Night . Music, Raffle, and Prizes 216 E. Lodi Ave. Lodi Information: Pete (209)368-8548

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FRIDAYS Stockton, CA…1st & 3rd Friday of every month April thru October. Hot Rod Night at Royce Farms. Food, live music, and raffle prizes. Highway 99 @ 8 Mile Rd. Information: (209)931-8333 Stockton, CA…2nd & 4th Friday of every month, April thru October. Central Valley Cruisers & Stockton Wheel Cruise Night @ the Bagel Express, 1461 W. March Lane, Stockton. Information: Diane, (209)598-7955 Concord, CA…Every Friday, Hot Rod Heaven @ Valley Mall, in front of Baja Fresh. 4:30 to ? Open to all vehicles. Info: (925)787-0079 Freemont, CA…Every Friday, Hot Rod Hang Out. Open to all pre-76 @ Bob’s Giant Burgers, 40720 Fremont Blvd. 6:30 PM to ?? Newark, CA…Every Friday, Classic Cruisers USA Fun Night @ Dino’s Diner, Jarvis @ Newark. 5:00 to 7:30 PM. Info: (510)471-6059 or www.classiccruisersusa.org Livermore…John’s CharBurgers, 2617 Old First St. (at Church St.) 4:00 PM until ??? Valley Springs…Every 3rd Friday of the month, April through October at The Terrace Shopping Center, 1900 Vista Del lago Dr., off HWY 26. 6 PM to 9PM. Information: Bob (209)786-2456 or Chuck (209)471-5557 SATURDAYS Concord, CA…1st & 3rd Saturdays’ East Bay Donut Derelicts @ Renaissance Cafe, 5100 Clayton Rd. Starts @ 8:30 AM Info: Greg (925)691-5765 or www.jacobsracing.com/page2.html San Bruno, CA…1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month. Carl’s Jr. San Bruno Ave. off 280. 6:00 PM Livermore, CA…Last Saturday Altamont Cruise In @ 4650 Arroyo Vista. Info: (916)685-1825 or www.altamontcruisers.org Sacramento, CA…Every Saturday Original Mel’s Cruise Night @ 9131 E. Stockton Blvd. April thru October. Info: Sandy (916)686-2478 Sunnyvale, CA…1st Saturday of each month, “Coffee and Cars” cruise-in at West Coast Classics and Customs, 590 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. 9:00 AM to ??. Info: (408)720-WCCC (720-9222)

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I stole this picture from the “Swappers World” section of the Deuce News. I thought the idea of an old

Ford pickup hauling parts was just too good to pass up.

FOR SALE: Right side door, used, for 56 F-100, $50 obo. Original antenna, new, for 56 F-100, $50. For 53 through 56 F-100’s, Radiator support, $30 obo, chrome front bumper, $125 obo, used rear bumper, $50 obo, new hood hinges, 2 sets, $100 per set obo, 2 hood rod supports, $20 obo, rear lower shackles , new w/bushings, $100 obo. Ricky, (408)839-3751 6 FOR SALE: Parts for 1956 F-100. Call for what you need: Gary, (510)276 9194 2 FOR SALE: 272 c.i. Y-block, rebuilt. $800. Chuck, (916)927-9504 3 FOR SALE: 59 Ford, 2WD, ½ ton DeLux Panel, 6 cyl., automatic trans., straight body. $3,500. Billy, (775)677-2438 3 FOR SALE: 54 Ford F-100, 272 engine, C-4 transmission. $14,500. Don, (541)673-9884 3 WANTED; For Y-block Ford: 3 X 2 intake manifold, carbs, valley cover, valve covers, aluminum 4 barrel intake manifold. Jim, (925)787-0770 3 FOR SALE: 56 F-100 Front bed panel – NEW $100.00, Original Big Back Window stainless w/clips plus extra right & left side pieces $225.00, Big Back Window Rubber w/grove—NEW $35.00, Dome light frame & lens for 56 –NEW $25.00, Stainless steel front fender brackets unpolished–NEW $40.00, One custom inside support tailgate hinge—New ie. Mid Fifty parts pg.136 #0259 $30.00, Bob (805)857-2476 or [email protected] 4

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FOR SALE: 56 Ford F-100, 302 stroker, aluminum heads, Volare front clip. Show truck, too much to list. $35,000 OBO. (510)276-9194 FOR SALE: 56 Ford F-100 4 X 4. All power. Everything inside and out like new. $25,000 firm. Call for info: 707-272-1962

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SHAMPOO WARNING I don't know WHY I didn't figure this out sooner! I shampoo my hair while in the shower. When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down over my whole body, and printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning: "FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY." No wonder I have been gaining weight! Well! I have gotten rid of that shampoo and I am going to start showering with Dawn dish soap instead its label reads: "DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE." Problem solved! If I don't answer the phone, I’m in the shower!

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