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Pleasanton Summer Get Together, '07 - page 2 Pleasanton is the home town of the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association, run by 66 year old Gary Meadors, and his family. Goodguys has almost 70,000 members, and they also run another 2 dozen street rod, drag race and autocross events every year.
 

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Ford in a Ford exponent Bill Spalding dropped a 351 GT40 crate engine between the rails of his Walnut Creek based '33.

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Mike Dunn's ultra clean, down in the weeds, Tangerine '40 Deluxe coupe is for sale.

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Larry Zaharis owns this pert pickup, a '28 Model A RP.

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All steel, all Ford and alright! This '30 Tudor has been chopped at least 4", an amount that makes traffic lights a pain in the neck.

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The reflection in the side of Rich Snyder's ultra-straight '34 3-window coupe is the Tangerine '40 coupe above. Kerry's photo truly does the coupe justice.

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Jerry Swanson was attempting to sell his new 'glass bodied '34 roadster, with TCI frame & 350\350, for $38.5k.

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That's a 1953 model Cadillac motor in Bruce John's old timey '30 A roadster pickup hiboy, mounted on deuce rails.

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Henry Quistian does auto body work at his shop in Gilroy, CA, and if his '39 Chevy coupe is representative of his work, his clients should be happy.

 

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The Coca-Cola flavored paint job on Bill Spalding's '33 Tudor is absolutely perfect, as was the paint preparation.

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That's Tom McAllister's bright red '40 coupe in the foreground of this clutch of coupes.

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Larry's roadster pickup is a real hot rod - it is red, and has a manual box behind the 350 Chebby.

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Bright red, big block powered, fenderless, Moon tanked, drilled axle equipped and American shod, Stuart Kawagaki's deuce 3-window speaks of pure hot rod.

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Rich's coupe from the top. Check the straight panels, usually distorted by louvres. 

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Jim & Linda Pace's fully fendered, fire engine flavored fantastic plastic car is a blend of old & new styles.

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The rest of Bruce's RP is as interesting as the unusual Caddy\Turbo 400 combo.

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The Quistian coupe is immaculate, inside & out.

 

 

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San Jose's Terry Thomson calls his Chevy powered '31 Model A pickup, with '32 grille, Hummer Bait.

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There were more sergeant stripes in this part of the park than an army parade ground.

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Be sure to zoom this shot of Naish Suwseri's'28 Tudor - the reflections in the 302 & C4 equipped sedan are fabulous.

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Not only is Gary Rodebush's '55 Nomad exceptionally good looking, the ZZ 383 SBC and 700R4 should give a great ride, with power & economy.

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It appears that the polished panel on the underside of the hood traps the water that would otherwise flow through the louvres, and all over the engine of this bright red, Rallye wheeled, 1928 phone booth.

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The Pace's poser has large diameter mag wheels with low profile tyres, which suits the snappy art work on the side.

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Bill Oslakowski's unusual '34 Dodge pickup has been featured in at least one hot rod magazine, and now he wants to sell it - for $33,000.

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In the 75th anniversary year of the deuce, we close with this pair of hiboys.

 

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Accreditation:
Kerry Fehlberg.

 

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