Thread: Salute to American Graffiti( 42 years old) Car show in Petaluma

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Well as always May is my favorite month around here with the Local car show honoring the filming of American Graffiti hear in P-Town. Always plenty of beautiful rides to see. I'm sure 95% of them are here every year, but there is always a few new ones as well.
Quite a mix of original classics, hot rods, muscle cars and movie remakes.
My camera battery went dead within minutes of when I started to take phots, the spare was dead, and then just to make things complete, the polarizing filter had a mysterious huge crack in it! So my first few shots in decent morning light have cracks in them. Fortunately was able to go home, recharge and get another Pl. filter and still make it back in time to get some shots.

Here is an original movie car with Candy clark inside

Hey,,thanks,Steve.. Kool pix.. Love that yellow Ford with the scalloping.. Very nice,so is the 40 tudor..38 koop,,red/black fenders,,yum.. And the rest look pretty alright too..The colors on that 55 Nomad suit it..Didja say hello to Candy for me?? There would have been a few Kiwis wandering around there,I would think..A few people I know have gone up there in the last few weeks..

great photo's thanks
what was the slant motor?--didn't look like a mopar
and what was chewy doing there?-thought he belonged to a different movie?

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Thanks Steve! Great pics..

Originally Posted by sharpmark

great photo's thanks
what was the slant motor?--didn't look like a mopar
and what was chewy doing there?-thought he belonged to a different movie?

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Chewing bacca,with his future boss,maybe??

Great post, Sto, all great shots and Rides but ?How Awesome is that Nomad? - - - - got drool all over the keyboard.

meller

Thanks guys, I missed the best light of the day with the camera problems and by the afternoon there were so many folks out that it made it really hard to get any full length shots without people walking into me or in front of the camera.
The nomad was my favorite, but the photo shows the messed up polarizing filter. When I took the filter off to get a cleaner shot, the battery died, some days!

Thanks for the pictures! It definitely looks like a great show! That slant 4 looks like a small block chevy. Did some one rotate it up and wack off the other half?

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Thanks for the pictures! It definitely looks like a great show! That slant 4 looks like a small block chevy. Did some one rotate it up and wack off the other half?

Was wondering that myself.. maybe an old speedway engine??

Blew up the orignal picture of the 31 coupe with slant 4 banger and found out it is"Rich and Yvonne Arnott's '31 Model A coupe is powered by a 161ci Chevy II four-banger engine.

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Good pics Steve, thanks for putting them up!

Thanks Guys, wish I had more time at the show. lots of cool rides. One was missing though, this hand made racer for the salt flats. When I asked a guy from the same car club, he told me the owner had passed away this year. I asked if he ever had a chance to race it and he told me he didn't think so. I remember chatting with him at the last two shows, and he said he thought that little 4cyl would do 165 on the flats! Neat guy, sad to hear he's gone. Felt like an important rodder left us.

His name was Norm Armstrong and he built the bathtub body by hand, said he wanted to see what he do with it on the salt flats when i first talked with. here are a few photos more on it. That's Norm in the straw hat.