1940 ford – Timing Tower https://www.timingtower.com Hot Rod and Racing News Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:04:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 32289303 THE 66TH ANNUAL GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW https://www.timingtower.com/66th-annual-grand-national-roadster-show/ https://www.timingtower.com/66th-annual-grand-national-roadster-show/#respond Sat, 24 Jan 2015 07:06:42 +0000 http://www.timingtower.com/?p=4571 2015 AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER.  A 1933 Ford Roadster owned by Larry Olson built by Bobby Alloway. The Grand National Roadster Show opened Friday, January 23, 2015 and ran through Sunday, January 25 at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA.  This year eighteen cars, up from the usual 10-12, vied to be America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR).   2015 AMBR winner Larry Olson’s  name will be added to the base of this 9 foot tall trophy. Below is a gallery of 12 of the contenders for AMBR and below that is a gallery of an additional 6 contenders.     Because of the greater than usual number of AMBR contenders, all of the cars could not be placed together. The cars in the gallery above were placed together in the center of the main building. Those below were in separate locations.     The theme of the 66th Grand National Roadster Show was the Great Gatsby.  The car below, although not built in the 1920’s, is classy enough to be from the Great Gatsby era. About 560 cars were on display in 6 of the Fairplex buildings and nearly 750 cars participated in the drive-ins on Saturday and Sunday.  More than 250 vendors were on hand offering products and advice.  As in past years the pinstriper auction was held and Friday, Saturday and Sunday and many pinstripers were kept busy striping panels, skateboards and other memorabilia which were auctioned off on each evening.  The proceeds of the auction went to The Gavin R. Stevens Foundation to help find a cure for blindness.  Last time more than $110,000 was raised for the Foundation and hopefully that amount will be topped this year.    This year is the 75th anniversary of the 1940 Ford – its art deco styling made it one of the most iconic hotrods ever.  Some of the most exceptional ’40 Fords were on display including the ’40 coupe built by Bob McCoy in 1956. The car is now owned by Richard Munz.  Also on display was a ’40 coupe owned by Rich Guasco.  Like Guasco’s infamous AA Fuel Altered, his ’40 Ford is titled Pure Hell.   The #992 American Eagle streamliner was on hand.  Driven by Skip Hedrich, The American Eagle set the B/GS World Land Speed Record at 331.178 mph at Bonneville in 2009.  This is one awesome streamliner.   There were a lot of customs including one outstanding ’59 Chevy El Camino.  The bed cover for this El Camino was crafted from a trunk lid donated by a ’59 Impala sedan.  Another fine custom was a 1949 Merc brought by Gary Chopit (Chopit was also the builder of one of the AMBR contenders).   The Suede Palace was a great place to roam around. And there were motorcycles too! The drive-ins brought in a large number of cars which were parked throughout the Fairplex. One person who has been involved with the Grand National Roadster Show and the car scene since he took home the AMBR award in 1955 is Blackie Gejeian.  Blackie  hosted his own popular indoor car show, the Fresno Autorama, for 51 years.   Now he sponsors the Blackie Gejeian Award  at the GNRS.  This award is presented by Bones Noteboom of Bones Concept Cars. Below are photos of some of the other cars at the GNRS. After seeing all of the GNRS a handy bench was a welcome sight.  This bench offered by Lockjaw Garage provided the perfect place to sit for awhile. The Grand National Roadster Show is tentatively scheduled for January 29-31, 2016.    

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]]> https://www.timingtower.com/66th-annual-grand-national-roadster-show/feed/ 0 4571 37TH ANNUAL ’40 FORD DAY https://www.timingtower.com/37th-annual-40-ford-day/ https://www.timingtower.com/37th-annual-40-ford-day/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:19:12 +0000 http://www.timingtower.com/?p=3102   Forty Ford Day has been around for nearly four decades.  There is a good reason for this – it’s an outstanding show.  From the name, you might think that the show is a celebration of the Forty Ford and it is – but it is much more than that.  While there are a lot of Forty Ford’s in attendance there are also a whole lot of non-Forty Ford’s parked in LaPalma Park in Anaheim, California.   Forty Ford Day is put on by Forties Limited and the first Forty Ford Day was held in Mile Square Park in 1976.  Twice it was held in Mile Square Park and the other 35 times it has been held in LaPalma Park.  Lee Kelly, a member of Forties Limited, came up with the idea of having a car show – clearly it was a good idea.  This year 223 cars filled LaPalma Park and 119 of those cars were Forty Fords (1939, 1940 and 1941 commercial vehicles are lumped in with Forty Fords).  The show officially opened at 9:00 a.m. but a line for entry formed around 6:00 a.m., however, since the Park offers plenty of parking, there is no need to wait in line.  At 9:00 a.m. with no line it took about two minutes to drive in and park.  Below are a few of the nice cars that were at the show. In the morning cookies, muffins, coffee, soda and other good things were on sale and around 11:00 a.m. lunch went on the grill. Hamburgers, potato salad, chips and soda was a great lunch and sitting in the grass under the shade of a tree made for an enjoyable picnic.         Dylan Kline showed off his Dad’s 1966 Mustang Coupe. Forties Limited was selling raffle tickets for both 50/50 cash prizes and various merchandize prizes.  There were two 50/50 raffles.  The winner of the first drawing in the morning took home $363 and $363 was given to Children’s Hospital of Orange.  The second drawing held in the afternoon yielded $250 to the lucky ticketholder with $250 going to CHOC. Throughout the day raffle tickets were drawn and  merchandise prizes given away. The raffle ticket for the Premium Prize was drawn around 2:00 p.m. and Betty Buzzelli   was the lucky winner of a 42” Samsung Flatscreen TV.                 The judges were busy throughout the morning choosing the 15 cars to win awards.  The awards given out were Best of the ‘60’s; President’s Choice; Best ’40 Coupe; Best of the ‘50’s; Best non-’40 open; Kid’s Choice; Best non-’40 Commercial; Ladies Choice; Best non-’40 Sedan; Best ’40 Commercial; Best ’40 Sedan; Best Survivor; Best Original ’40; Best non-’40 Coupe; and, Best ’40 Open.   The winning cars lined up around 1:00 p.m. so everyone could take a look and talk to the owners.  At 1:30 the awards began.  Each winner received a unique trophy hand made by club members.  A few of the winning cars are shown below.   Click here  www.timingtower.smugmug.com to see all the award winners. The day started out overcast, but the marine layer burned off in the afternoon letting the sun shine through.  It was a perfect day and no better way to spend Sunday.  This show is always held on the Sunday after Father’s Day.  The folks in Forties Limited work hard and they put on an excellent show.  Next year will no doubt be another great show.  Check the Forty Ford Day Facebook page next year for info on the 38th Forty Ford Day.     All of the above images, and more, are available on our SmugMug site. Click below. Any photo you see is for sale. Check our Images for sale on www.timingtower.smugmug.com

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