FORTY FORD DAY – LA PALMA PARK, ANAHEIM, CA
For 38 years Forties Ltd has hosted this event to showcase the 1940 Ford. This show, however, is about a lot more than the ’40 Ford. This year the event awarded trophies to a diverse and unique selection of automotive history including a Plymouth GTX, a Pontiac Silver Streak, a Pontiac GTO, a convertible Edsel, and a 1955 T-Bird.
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Cars started filling LaPlama Park in Anaheim around 7:00 a.m. and by 9:30 250 cars were on display – 102 ‘40 Fords and 150 of everything else. While the ‘40 Ford offers the styling of the art deco era, other examples of iconic designs could be found as well: the ‘59 Chevy with it’s fins, the ‘49 “shoebox” Ford, the classic 1955-57 Chevys, Woodies, the vehicles of choice for the surfers of the ‘60s, the custom ‘49 Merc, and the always hot rodded ‘32 Ford roadster. Below are a few of the cars in the Park.
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This outstanding 1961 Lincoln Continental, which belongs to Bob Ankeney, is in original condition with 38,000 miles.
The morning started with a huge bake sale where it was easy to find muffins, donuts and other good stuff for breakfast as well as coffee. These baked goods were also available for desert after lunch. Lunch could be had at the “Forties Lawn Café” where the club members were cooking up hamburgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings. Of course soda and water was always available.
Two 50/50 drawings were held. The first generated $1,020 with $510 going to a lucky winner and $510 going to The City of Hope. The winner generously donated back $100 so $610 will be donated to The City of Hope. The second drawing gave $230 to the winning ticket holder and $230 to The City of Hope. Throughout the day 3 opportunity drawings were held giving away a lot of sought after items. The lucky winner of the 2nd 50/50 drawing promised to share the loot with her sisters.
Thumper provided tunes during the day, with a few folks dancing to the music; and, an NSRA safety inspector was available to inspect cars and hand out safety 23 stickers. This is a good service and provides those who can’t get to an NSRA event another avenue to have cars inspected.
At 1:00 p.m. the award winners began lining up with the award presentation starting at 1:30 p.m. Fifteen awards were given to some very fine cars. All of the awards are one-of-a-kind made by a member of Forties Ltd. 
The photo to the right is the Kids’ Choice award.
The award categories were: Best Non’40 Open Car; Best Non’40 Coupe, Best Non’40 Sedan; Best Survivor; Kids’ Choice, President’s Choice; Ladies’ Choice; Best of the ‘60s; Best of the ‘70s; Best Non ‘40 Commercial; Best ‘40 Commercial; Best ‘40 Coupe; Best ‘40 Open Car; Best ‘40 Sedan; and Best Original ‘40. (The ‘40 Ford category includes 1940 Fords, 1939 Deluxe Ford and the 1941 Commercial Fords.)
Here’s a look at the award winning cars. More photos of the award ceremony can be seen on our SmugMug site. www.timingtower.smugmug.com
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By 2:30 p.m. it was all over for another year. LaPalma Park is a nice park with a lot of shade and a lot of grass to park in, sit on and walk around on. The ‘40 Ford Show is held annually on the Sunday after Father’s Day. This is always a very good car show because the members of Forties Ltd. work hard to make sure that it is. Mark your calendar now for 2015.
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