The cars were superb
This is two year old Elsandra enjoying popcorn.
This was the first year for the Old Car Festival to be held at the McFarland Ranch. The Society members had no idea how it would turn out. Early car pre-registration was slower than usual. We feared that we would lose some attendance from the former local traffic at Harvey Park. Our fears were groundless.
The overwhelming response from car exhibitors was very positive. Many stated that they would be bringing in friends next year to exhibit. The paying public was standing in lines to get through the "toll booth." Nearly everyone was pleased with the new location. The food concession ran out of all food, except tri-tip sandwiches.
Here are the income increases over 2003.
General admissions, +35%
Raffle, +37%
Gift sales, +37%
Car gate, +11%
Food, +58% and we ran out
Total Gross, +41%
Expenses are still unknown. We hope to increase each category for 2005.
Our thanks to everyone (Society members, car and motorcycle exhibitors, attendees and the media) who helped make this a wonderful show.
We have many ideas and ways to improve the show for 2005 and we welcome yours. Please put this on your calendar for next year. The 25th of September, 2005
Many of my pictures weren't useable, sorry.
1911 Marion Torpedo Roadster, owned by John and Sara King of Sacramento. Sara King inherited this car from her grandparents this year. She grew up with this car. It had a frame up restoration about 50 years ago. The car had lived for many years in Colorado where she is from.
1922 Detroit Electric Model 90 Coupe, owned by Phil Gardner of Yuba City. He found this car advertised in Old Car Weekly and bought it for $5000 from the owner in Connecticut. In 1922 they only made 143 cars. It was first sold from a dealer in Kansas City, MO. The new cost was $2800.
This car holds a special interest for me. In the 60's while living in Cleveland, Ohio I was sitting at a traffic light on my motorcycle. Silently, a car pulls up alongside of me. I glanced over to see that it had no driver. The only occupant was a very old wizened woman sitting in the back seat of this equally old car. I noticed that she had a tiller in her hand. About then the light changed and she shot across the intersection. I caught up with her and rode alongside for a couple of blocks. I could only tell that it must be electric and it was in very nice condition. When I saw this car at the show, it took me back to this long ago experience. This is the first piece of information about what I witnessed so long ago.
1927 Dodge Brothers Roadster, owned by Amil Gehrke of Petaluma
1932 Chrysler C-P-8 Convertible Coupe, owned by Curt Metcalf of Acampo
1937 Dodge De Luxe Business Coupe, owned by Ed Hegarty of Richmond
1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe, owned by JoAnn & Doyle Smith of Sacramento. This car was found by Doyle and his brother Don on a ranch where they had previously lived. According to his JoAnn, "Doyle paid $15,000 for the car and could not dump money in the car fast enough, or work his son, brothers and friends hard enough to get it restored for this year's Galt Historical Society Car Show."
1931 Studebaker President Roadster, owned by Don Derby of French Camp
1917 Dodge Brothers Screenside Commercial Car, owned by Carol Rader & Roy Brister of Carmichael. This is the first year of truck production. Roy has owned this truck since 1961and restored it twice, the last time being in 1997. This one has many options, such as a hand style turn signal and spotlight through the windshield.
1911 Marvel, owned by Wes Allen of Yuba City
Here are more pictures showing the wonderful vehicles and the nice grounds.
A special BMW motorcycle, the 1937 R51SS
This is a BMW factory sport racer owned by Paul Seibert of Napa. About 25 are thought to have been produced. This is one of two that were exported to Indonesia. The first owner bought it in Bandoeng and raced it in the east Indies before WWII. It was disassembled and buried in boxes to hide it from the Japanese during the war. It was later moved to Holland and ridden around Europe. A Dutch immigrant brought it to California in the 50's.
This wonderful 1923 Dodge Brothers Screenside is owned by our frequent exhibitors, Donn and Sherrin Marinovich of Columbia, CA. This truck was originally used to haul rock out of the American River Canyon and later in the Pear orchards just east of Placerville.
Last edited 26 February, 2005