The 40th Annual Forty Ford Day held in LaPalma Park, in Anaheim, CA on June 26, 2016 was a great show – like the 39 others before it. The forty with its classic good looks has become one of Ford’s most iconic cars – just looking at the ’40 Coupe in the photo above you can see why. This year 260 cars sat on the grass and under the trees in LaPalma Park. It was a perfect day for a car show – mother nature cooperated and the temperatures were in the high 80’s – 10 degrees lower than predicted.
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There were a lot of exceptional cars, including this nicely customized ’55 Chevy Nomad shown above.
Each year Forties Limited (the show host) offers a bar-b-que lunch with hamburgers, hot dogs and everything else to create a fine picnic lunch. Club members set up the grill in the shade and kept cooking until everyone was fed.
The line moved through quickly and a lot of lunches were served.
There was a 50/50 raffle with 50% of the proceeds going to the City of Hope. Three auction-style opportunity drawings were held. Those who purchased tickets dropped them in a can next to the item he/she wanted to win. There were a lot of items to win.
Again this year, Thumper did an fine job of filling the air with rock and roll.
A little after 1:00 p.m. the award winning cars began to line up for the award ceremony. The trophies are individually made by members of Forties Limited and this year 20 trophies were presented including, for the first time “Best of Show”. The judges no doubt had a tough time because each one of the 260 cars in attendance was capable of taking home a trophy. Matt (below) is doing an admirable job of minding the trophy table.
Below are a few more of the nice cars in the Park.
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Ron Houk of Yorba Linda, CA brought a number of antique Whizzers and bicycles, many of which were in amazing original condition. The Whizzers had a 3-1/2 hp motor and whizzed along at about 25 mph.
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Below are a couple slideshows of photos of the winners.
These winners’ photos are on our SmugMug site and are for sale. Click on the SmugMug logo below:
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These winners’ photos are on our SmugMug site and are for sale. Click on the SmugMug logo below:
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This terrific Merc (with suicide doors no less) took home the Best of Show trophy.
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After the last trophy was handed out cars began leaving the Park and Forty Ford Day was over for another year.
More photos from the award ceremony are on our SmugMug site as well as all the photos shown above and more.
