Greg Wapling

National Roadster Show 1959

The 10th annual National Roadster Show was held February 14-22. 1959 at the Oakland Exposition Building. On Sunday evening February 22th, 67 awards were given to awarded cars. After the ceremony all of the awarded cars left the grand exit in a parade.[3]

Al Sloakner was the director for the show, and Mary Sloakner was the manager.

Awarded Cars:

America's Most Beautiful Roadster The Ala Kart

Cars Attending:

Street Roadsters - Series 100:
Charles Krikorian's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster
Richard Guasco's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster
Bill Smith's 1934 Ford Tudor
W. B. Brown's 1928 Ford Model A Roadster
Robert Tindle and Terry Tidle's 1932 Ford Roadster
David Babler's 1934 Ford Roadster

Series 120 - Competition Roadsters:
Bud Fraser and John Middleton's 1931 Ford Model A Roadster
Tom Walsh and Steve Davis' 1932 Ford Roadster

Series 220 - Sport Coupes:
Dean Jeffries' Porche Spyder - The Satin Pearl Spyder
John Macia, Jr.'s 1954 Porsche 1500 Super
Philip Sheehan's 1955 Ford Thunderbird
Bob Moreira's 1957 Chevrolet Corvette

Series 300 - Street Coupes:
Richard Strock's 1932 Ford
Joe Cardoza, Jr.'s 1940 Ford Coupe

Ben Delphia's 1936 Ford Tudor

Series 370 - Competition Sedans:
Doug Noren and John Ryan's 1928 Ford Model A Tudor
Dale Thorne and Dave Antonini's 1937 Ford Tudor

Series 400 - Full Custom Convertibles:
Frank Monteleone's 1956 Ford
Al McKeown's 1951 Mercury - Le Espada
Harold Whitehead's 1941 Ford Convertible

Series 420 - Semi-Custom Convertibles:
Shirley Barris' 1958 Ford Thunderbird

Richard Gregg's 1950 Ford

Series 720 - Truck Pickups:
Gene Winfield's 1933 Ford Pickup
Leroy Deldon's 1949 Ford Pickup
Ralph Ehorn's 1954 Ford Pickup
Pete Paulsen's 1940 Ford Pickup
George Bjork's 1946 Studebaker Pickup
Eugene J. Leschinsky's 1949 Studenbaker Pickup
Howard H. Wines' 1956 Ford Custom-Cab

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