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

January 2013

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Vehicle license fees would triple under measure planned by Sen. Ted Lieu (D)

Touted as a test of the new Democratic supermajority in Sacramento, South Bay state Senator Ted Lieu, Democrat, plans to introduce a measure to triple vehicle license fees. The constitutional amendment would restore the 2 percent vehicle license fee slashed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after he won office partly on that pledge. The 1.35 percent transportation system user fee increase would generate an estimated $3.5 billion to $4 billion annually for roads and public transit in yet-to-be-decided proportions, Lieu said. Buoyed by the Democratic supermajority achieved just last week, Lieu, D-Redondo Beach, plans to introduce the legislation in either December or January. He envisions the Legislature will approve the amendment and place it before voters Nov. 2014.

Borrowed from the Deuce News, the newsletter for the San Jose Chapter of the Early Ford V-8 Club.

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January

In the January issue I wrote one of my very few editorials. The theme was one of encouraging all of us to step up our level of involvement and participation in our club and our hobby. At the end of the article, I asked for feedback, in hopes of possibly generating “letters to the editor” types of input, since I think having that kind of dialogue as a part of this newsletter would be a nice addition. Sadly, that never happened. In the Modesto Happenings column, it was reported that in 2011 that chapter was able to collect over $14,000 from their various shows, and were able to donate that money to several worthy charities. That’s pretty darned impressive, if you ask me.

February

There wasn’t much happening in February of 2012. The big event for me was FINALLY getting my truck into the shop to be painted. There was also a report on the progress past member Mike Hardy was making on his F-6 project (which, by the way, hasn’t been finished yet, but does have a lot more done to it).

March

The March issue was the first one to have an article from the newly formed Port City Chapter. We also got to see a copy of the painting of Wayne King’s (Modesto Chapter) 56 Victoria that was used on a Hallmark greeting card. Chris Souza, (also with Modesto Chapter) debuted his 66 F-100 he purchased to replace the 54 he’d sold and shipped overseas.

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April

The Annual Artichoke Run that East Bay Chapter puts on each March was featured in the April issue. While this is one of the smaller events, in terms of number of participants, it is certainly one of the more enjoyable outings we are able to attend each year. I also used this issue to show painter extraordinaire, Ricky Villa (Silicon Valley Chapter) working on putting my truck back together after the great paint job he put on it.

May

There were two major events reported on in the May issue. First, Delta Chapter’s Annual Easter Run was once again a ‘must attend’ run. This is an event that always has a large number of vehicles in attendance. For many, this is the beginning of the “car show” season, and they bring their rides out of winter hibernation at this event. There was also coverage of Silicon Valley Chapter’s Annual Silicon Valley Cruise. Out of necessity, this run usually sees only 35 to 50 entries. Because it’s a poker run, any more than that and it becomes almost impossible to keep things under control. Once again, though, this was a very special day of cruising. There were some great stops along the way, great prizes for the poker hands, as well as tons of raffle prizes. Then, of course there was the catered Mexican meal at the last stop, Domenico Winery. The May issue also was where the latest edition of the club jackets and hats were offered up for sale in the Port City Chit Chat column.

June

By the June issue, the run season was in full swing. East Bay Banter, Modesto Happenings, and Port City Chit Chat all talked about the myriad events their chapters had attended, but no one reported them as thoroughly as the Port City Chapter. That column ran for 6 pages (Imagine all the great information we would get to review if each chapter would follow their lead).

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Modesto Chapter at Shriners Hospital Hot Copper Car Show (Port City Chapter) Hangin' with the Central Valley Cruisers (Port City Chapter)

July

Once again, the mid-summer edition (July) highlighted a whole bunch of the events members from the 7 different chapters of this great club had attended. It also noted the change in the format of the meeting schedule that the Silicon Valley Chapter was adopting. It was a simple change from two meetings a month to one meeting and one “Activity Night”. To date, the change has proven to be great idea. The activities have ranged, so far, from getting together at a members home for some great food and social time, to attending local “cruise nights”, to simply showing up at different restaurants for dinner. There were also some pictures of Gary Bohn’s 56 Big Window being prepped for paint by Ricky Villa (both members are from the Silicon Valley Chapter). The big news that month was the inaugural “Cruisin’ The Grove” put on by the Port City & San Joaquin Chapters. This was a great run, with a good variety of entries. Port City Chapter, who did the lions share of the work should be congratulated for their run, especially being a brand new chapter with so few members. Great job PCC!!

Silicon Valley Activity Night 1st Annual 'Cruisin' the Grove (Port City Chapter) East Bay & Livermore at Alameda County Fair

Modesto's Back to Grafitti is always a huge hit. Wings & Wheels @ Kingdon Raceway Gary Bohn’s (Silicon Valley Chapter) big (Port City Chapter) window getting prepped for paint.

August

Once again, August highlighted the numerous events we all attended during the warm summer months. Silicon Valley Chapter showed up at the Saratoga Days show, where the main attraction seemed to be the million dollar-plus Bugatti that was on display. As always, Modesto’s 22nd Annual Summer Bash was a huge success, with the weather even cooperating (as much as it can in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley). East Bay reported on their participation in a couple of the holiday parades (Fremont and Livermore). Modesto garnered some attention with their trucks at a car show in Escalon. Port City Chit Chat listed all the cruise nights and car shows they had been attending to keep themselves on the go. Of course, with August being the time for the 42nd Annual F-100 Run, there was a last minute plug for that event as well. With the change of location to Morro Bay, there were a number of questions regarding whether or not it would be well attended (the pre-registration at the time of publication of the August issue was a little ambiguous, so it was hard to gauge).

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September

Naturally, the September issue was pretty well dominated by coverage of the 42nd Annual North-South Ford F-100 Run. Once again, the host clubs, your F-100 Elite of Northern California and Pickups Limited of Southern California, put together a fantastic three days of trucks, friends, special activities, and more. For the first time, the event was held in Morro Bay, California, and judging by the comments of the participants the new location was a big hit. The newsletter did have other information reported in it on other activities, but North-South was the main focus.

BEST OF SHOW PRESTON LEDBETTER AWARD

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October

With the run season winding down, our clubs Anniversary Run was the highlight of the October issue. Held each year in September, this years edition marked our 43rd year of continuous fun and friendships around the best trucks there are. As happens at each year’s run, individual milestones by members are recognized. Pins recognizing years of membership, at five year intervals, are given, and special awards for inductees into Lifetime Membership are given. New Lifetime members were Earl & Judy Pecka (San Joaquin Chapter), and Sydney Crosswhite (Livermore Chapter). Also, a plaque recognizing 35 years of membership was awarded to Wally & Judy Wallace (East Bay Chapter). Other events noted in this issue were the Return To Kingdon, hosted by the Port City Chapter, The Eric Wicka Memorial Car Show hosted by the Modesto Chapter, as well as several runs attended by various members.

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November

The November issue was looking pretty barren. While the Pumpkin Run was at the end of October, and was well attended, it seems everyone must have eaten too much of the great food, because no one had the energy to send in any photos or a story about the run. Some pictures were received in time for the December issue though, and I’ll put a couple in here simply so they’ll tie in with the appropriate issue. East Bay reported that some of their members attended the Colusa Casino Car Show, and had a good time. Port City helped direct traffic at the end of the year car show at the A&W. The largest article in this month’s issue was a report on the quarterly E-Board meeting.

December

There was a meeting in Morro Bay of the North-South Run committee, and the December issue started off with a pretty in-depth accounting of what took place. East Bay Chapter re-counted the memories they made in a couple of Christmas Light parades, as well as expressed their appreciation to those that contributed to the success of the Car Show For Vets. Modesto Chapter reported on their chapter get together held in November at the home of Ken & Ruth Stone. Tom Tomberlin (Modesto Chapter) has been putting some finishing touches on his very nice F-1. Port City Chapter stumbled upon a car show in the Apple Hill area while on their annual trek to the area to try out the many apple treats available.

All in all, I think 2012 was a pretty good year. There seems to be no shortage of car and truck related events to satisfy even the most discriminating enthusiast. Our club is still growing, albeit slowly. But after 43+ years, that’s pretty darn good. The future is still anyone’s guess as to where we’ll be as a nation, but the prognosis for the F-100 hobby is bright. I hope 2013 brings all of you joy and happiness. Stay safe, and get out there and enjoy driving your trucks. See you next year!! ********************************************************************************** “Lettin’ the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in”…………………………………………Annoymous

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TTRRIIVVIIAA Last month’s question: Staying with movie lines, from whence cometh “Merry Christmas, and May God bless us everyone”?

Answer: A Christmas Carol (Once again Susan Davis (Modesto) was the only one to respond. However, she missed it <for the first time> by one word. Her answer was “A Christmas Story”.)

This month’s question: Before he was Eddie’s Father, Bill Bixby had a very strange uncle on what show?

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Modesto Happenings By: Bob Hansen

December in Modesto gives us the opportunity to donate the rest of our year’s earnings on the charities that we support each year.

We were happy to come together as a club on December 9th at the Vintage Faire Mall to pick names from the Soroptomist Christmas Tree and make Christmas a happier time for 42 children in the County. This has become a regular event for us. We started out 19 years ago buying for one child, and have grown to over 40 these last few years. We set a generous budget

per child, and many members put in a little more. Word has spread in the community about our annual gifts to the Soroptomists and we were invited to speak on the radio (Sunny 102.3) about our Club and this event. The Modesto Bee also sent a reporter take pictures and interview us at the Tree on December 9th for a nice article that appeared in the Bee a few days later.

We had 32 Club members attending this event including John and Linda Walsh, Bob and Susan Hansen, Dusty and Debbie Johnson with Jerilynn and Mackenzie, Tom and Jackie Tomberlin, John and Elaine Van Vliet and family, Chris Souza, Ken and Ruth Stone, Paul King, Wayne King, Jeff Davis and Susie, Leanne Robinson, Mike and Jennifer Wika, Ralph and Sherrel Haverson with Granny, Bill and Ieko Click, Carl and Linda Piercefield, and Jennifer Stanford.

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John kept busy in December – both work and play. Can you find John in the bushes??

Year End Wrap-Up

This year our Club member attended many, many shows, and we put on 3, Back to Graffiti at the Fruit Yard in June, Summer Bash in July, and The Wika Memorial Car Show in September. The proceeds from those shows were donated to the following charities:

$3,200 to the Soroptomist Christmas Tree (plus member contributions) $3,000 to Community Hospice $5,000 to The Shriners for the Children’s Hospital $2,400 to the Marfan Foundation

All in all, it was another successful year – thanks to all our members in all the Chapters for their continuing support.

Who’s Working on What

We have already started putting together flyers for 2013. If you go to the swap meet in Turlock in January, you will find a few members passing out flyers for Back to Graffiti!

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By: Karen Kleinert

Another year has come and gone. It has been a great year for Port City. We have stayed small but we were strong in numbers. We did more together than we had done in all the years past. We had to do one more thing before the year ended and we did not let a little rain spoil it. We decided to go to Columbia State Park to walk around the great town and have lunch. We had a two couples from San Joaquin Chapter join us (Ralph & Tammy Krause and Mike & Stacey Pecka). The weather only presented us with a small drizzle here and there so it did not dampen our spirits. We had a great lunch in one of the cafes and the waitress was nice enough to take our picture (see picture). Howard asked if she knew how to use a camera phone even though at her age she would. But as she was dressed in period costume he knew they did not have cameras in those days. You have know Howard’s sense of humor. HA HA.

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After walking around some people were able to get some great buys on some really unique items. Art picked up a huge candy cane for his grandson. I am not sure if he could get the whole thing in his mouth it was so big around. It was also over 12 inches long. I would have loved to see his grandson’s face when he got that huge candy cane. We decided to caravan over to check out Jamestown as we still had daylight left. I myself had never been to old town Jamestown so it was going to be a treat. We walked around some great antique shops and there was a great craft fair that was going on to raise money for something I cannot remember at this time. All and all it was a great day. We have decided to do it again next year. We would love to have anybody join us in on the fun. We hope that everyone had a great Christmas and Santa brought you what you wanted. We will see everyone in 2013 and our hope and prayers are with everyone.

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BBIIRRTTHHDDAAYYSS && AANNNNIIVVEERRSSAARRIIEESS BIRTHDAYS 1/20/53 Carolyn Booker, San Joaquin 1/2/54 Laura Carrasco, Livermore 1/3/09 Stephanie Villa, Silicon Valley 1/6/?? Linda Walsh, Modesto 1/6/?? Bill Hernandez, Livermore 1/8/?? Cheryl Day, Modesto 1/17/?? Pat Clark, Livermore 1/28/?? Sydney Crosswhite, Livermore ANNIVERSARIES WITH CLUB 1/87 Earl & judy Pecka, San Joaquin 1/04 Jim & Margo Dillinger, Silicon Valley 1/04 Richard & T.V. Caldron, San Joaquin 1/08 Terry & Carolyn Booker, San Joaquin 1/08 Michael & Leanne Robinson, Modesto 1/10 Robert & Ruth Martinez, East Bay 1/10 Ken & Brenda Wentworth, Livermore 1/11 Kevin Koon, Silicon Valley WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 1/26/80 Richard & Rosanne Ramos, San Joaquin 1/1/06 Jose & Diana Ramos, Livermore

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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, March 30, 2013……………………………………………………………………..Easter Run, Delta Chapter Saturday, May 4, 2013……………………….……………….6th Annual Silicon Valley Cruise, Silicon Valley Chapter Sunday, June 2, 2013…………………………………..………..2nd Annual Cruisin’ To The Grove, Port City Chapter Friday & Saturday, June 14 & 15, 2013…………………………………………….Back To Graffiti, Modesto Chapter Sunday, July 21, 2013………………………………………………………………….Summer Bash, Modesto Chapter Sunday, September 15, 2013……………………………………………………..…………..Anniversary Run, E-Board Sunday, October 27, 2013…………………………………………………..………..Pumpkin Run, Livermore Chapter

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Makes 12 mini monkey bread

1 1/2 pounds prepared pizza dough OR 1 batch dough (below) 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup mixed dried fruit, such a mix of raisins, currants, and cranberries 2 small or 1 large apple, about 1/2 pound 1 lemon, zested 2/3 cup dark brown sugar Flour, for dusting the dough For the glaze: 1 tablespoon cream or milk 2 teaspoons honey Juice of 1 lemon, about 3 tablespoons 3/4 to 1 cup powdered sugar Lightly mist a large piece of parchment or baking sheet with baking spray. Lay the dough out on it and pat into a roughly 2-inch-thick rectangle. Use a knife or bench scraper to cut it into 4 roughly equal pieces. Cut each of these into 12 lumps, for a total of about 48 dough lumps about the size of your thumb. Sprinkle flour over top of the dough pieces, cover with towel, and set aside while you prepare the monkey bread filling. Prepare a 12-cup muffin pan by lightly greasing the wells or lining with paper muffin cups. To make the filling, melt the butter in a saucepan or the microwave. Stir in the vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and salt and set aside to cool completely. Roughly chop the dried fruit and place in a large bowl. Peel and core the apples, and grate them into the bowl with the dried fruit. Stir in the lemon zest as well as the brown sugar. Sprinkle the dough pieces again lightly with flour, to help keep them from sticking to each other, then toss them with the dried fruit, apples, and brown sugar. Pour the completely cooled melted butter into the bowl and stir to coat the pieces of dough. Quickly scoop up handfuls of the dough and fruit mixture and place them in muffin cups (about 4 pieces to each cup). If there is any leftover butter in the bowl, pour this evenly over the monkey breads. At this point the monkey breads can be covered lightly and refrigerated overnight. When ready to bake, take out of the fridge and let them rise for 1 hour before baking. Set aside in a warm place to rise for 1 hour. Heat the oven to 400°F and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until browned on top and the insides register about 190°F on an instant read thermometer. While they are baking, make the glaze. Warm the cream and honey in the microwave or in a small saucepan until the honey is dissolved. Whisk together with the lemon juice and powdered sugar until it forms a thick, creamy glaze. Remove the monkey breads from the oven and drizzle the glaze over the tops. Serve warm.

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Monkey Bread Dough

Makes 1 1/2 pounds of dough, enough for one batch of Monkey Bread 2 teaspoons instant yeast 3 1/2 cups all-purpose or bread flour 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons olive or canola oil 1 1/4 cup cold or lukewarm water Mix the yeast with the flour and salt in a large bowl. Slowly mix in the oil and water. Knead for 5 to 7 minutes by hand or with the dough hook of a stand mixer, until the dough is smooth, stretchy, and pliable. Proceed with Monkey Bread recipe (above).

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, 1st Tuesday at 7:30 PM, Denny’s Restaurant, Corner of 1st St. and Brokaw Rd. 3rd Tuesday is decided on at each 1st Tuesday meeting. Contact: Jim & Margo Dillinger (408)687-9237

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2012 EXECUTIVE BOARD 2013 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING DATES AND LOCATION President January 12, April 13, July 13 October 12 (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

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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)

March 30, 2013…38th Annual Easter Run, Sponsored by Delta Chapter, F-100 Elite of Northern California. 9 AM to ??, Micke Grove Park in Lodi. Games for the kids, Easter egg hunt, Easter Bunny, and more. Vendors, food, trophies, and a raffle all day long. Open to all vehicles. Information: Nancy, 925-455-8342, or Don, 510-724-6351 after 5 PM. (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 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

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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: Anybody looking for a nice F-1, friend of mine is selling it asking $18k has 350 Chevy, new interior, paint, ac, etc. Gil Fletcher(510)489-4744 10 FOR SALE: I have some 72 Hole and 40 Hole Nut & Bolt Storage Bins For Sale. The 72 Hole Bins come with an optional 4" Riser Base attached. These must be picked up at my house. Priced as follows: 72 Hole Bins are $135.00 Each. 40 Hole Bins are $115.00 Each 10 George Withers, Tifco Ind. & Livermore Chapter 4180 Jensen St. Pleasanton, CA 94566 (925) 846-5550

FOR SALE: I have a truck for sale and hope that you will include it in the want-ads section of your next newsletter. It is a 1956 F-100. Built up 289 with Cobra heads and Edlebrock four-barrel carburetor, AOD transmission, Ford 9" rear end, Lokar shifter, rebuilt radiator, new electric fan, all new wiring, new heater/evaporator unit, Volare front clip, new Ididit steering column, new billet aluminum/leather steering wheel, All American chrome spoke wheels, bucket seats (from PT Cruiser), console, AM/FM/CD radio w/USB port for Ipod or flash drive input and remote control. The truck is clean, straight, reliable, and drives beautifully. Needs paint and cosmetics. You can finish to suit. $15K

Thanks very much, Willie Sharp Livermore Chapter 925-963-9681 (Cell) 925-846-8336 WANTED: A fellow enthusiast, Rudy Valencia, is seeking F100 parts. He is building a 1956. If any of you have or know of F100 parts for sale, or know of any swap meets that might help him out, please contact him directly at 805. 461.9378 Thanks!

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FOR SALE: 1952 F-1 Pickup, 8BA Cracked block 3 Spd. column shift, new tires, fenders, door glass, etc. Priced reduced to$2995.00. Mark Keplinger 650-856-2134, markkep@gmail.com FOR SALE: 1956 F100, Original V8 W/OD. Needs paint & engine rebuild. $10,000! Ray Michardi, Hm: (925) 846-1565! Cell: (510) 708-3442

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