Today (Thursday) we are in Pleasanton near San Francisco for a the Goodguys West Coast National hot rod show that runs over the weekend with a swapmeet and display tomorrow and another show on Saturday. We traveled from Reno along some of the secondary highways, rather than the interstate, as we had a lead on some Model A parts for sale. When we turned up at the sellers place he showed us some of the stuff he had for sale which included a complete A coupe (drive away for $5500), there was a ’34 5 window that had been rodded, a collection of pickup bodies, doors, roadster bodies and numerous other parts lying around in a paddock as well. But, the really cool part was the cars that were in ‘the barn’ – a model A coupe that his grandfather had put an extended deck on during the war so he could get a greater petrol ration, ’57 Chev, ’46 Chev coupe, ’31 A pickup, ’32 Coupe. Unfortunately none of these were for sale even though they had been sitting idle for years (since 1944 for the A coupe).

We heard today that the Hogan, Martin & Rea team have set a new record on the salt with their car of 196mph. Unfortunately a couple of the other teams are out due to mechanical issues but a great effort put in by all regardless.

Getting near the end of our trip now with the goodguys event being our last scheduled stop. That pretty much means there is probably only another couple of posts of our adventures before we are back home and can share with some of you the facts and photos of the whole trip.

Cheers, Rob.