The Ford Barn

Joop · 05-02-2019, 03:28 PM

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Cleaning up my storage closet and found these.
Both catalogs are from 1977.
Are they still around or what happened to them.

Thanks

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Herb Concord Ca · 05-02-2019, 05:09 PM

Mal's is out of business, I bought my first few parts from them (located in Pacheco CA). It was run by his son, but by the end of the 1990's it was gone. Mal is still alive and lives in the central valley I believe.
The other company I never heard of.

duke36 · 05-02-2019, 06:06 PM

Bolton and Sacramento Vintage I believe were both on Auburn Blvd but not sure Bolton morphed in to the Sac Vintage

gz · 05-02-2019, 08:06 PM

The Model A parts vendors I remember from my early days in California were "Rags" Ragnar and Sally Lindman, Sheldon Greenland (who later became the basis for Vintigue), All Ford Parts in San Jose, etc. They all used to sell at the local swap meets. I think I remember seeing Mal's at swap meets as well.
Of course, for a retail store, we went to Ford Parts Obsolete on Willow Street in Long Beach and occasionally made the trip to Carl Burnet's Antique Automotive in San Diego.
For Model T parts it was Bill Rader's Vintage Authentic Reproductions in Lynwood.
Does anyone else from California remember publication Antique Motor News published by Walter Drew?

Railcarmover · 05-02-2019, 08:56 PM

Jay Bolton? he doesn't hustle parts anymore,he's building a Gemsa based speedster..All Ford Parts in San Jose bought him out in '83..

Dodge · 05-02-2019, 11:55 PM

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Mal of Mal’s A sales was a great guy. There were four of us in high school in the late sixties that had Model A’s ( two of us still have them)
We lived in San Francisco and would drive over on the week ends to get parts from him.
We realized when we were older that he was practically giving us parts from his used section. He was happy to just to see us kids fixing our cars.
I continued to buy parts from his son until the store was finally shut down.

05-02-2019, 05:09 PM	#2
Herb Concord Ca Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Concord CA Posts: 635	Re: Are these part dealers still around? Mal's is out of business, I bought my first few parts from them (located in Pacheco CA). It was run by his son, but by the end of the 1990's it was gone. Mal is still alive and lives in the central valley I believe. The other company I never heard of.

05-02-2019, 06:06 PM	#3
duke36 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,414	Re: Are these part dealers still around? Bolton and Sacramento Vintage I believe were both on Auburn Blvd but not sure Bolton morphed in to the Sac Vintage

05-02-2019, 08:56 PM	#5
Railcarmover BANNED Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,262	Re: Are these part dealers still around? Jay Bolton? he doesn't hustle parts anymore,he's building a Gemsa based speedster..All Ford Parts in San Jose bought him out in '83.. Last edited by Railcarmover; 05-02-2019 at 09:08 PM.

05-02-2019, 11:55 PM	#6
Dodge Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sonoma, CA. Posts: 1,496	Re: Are these part dealers still around? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Mal of Mal’s A sales was a great guy. There were four of us in high school in the late sixties that had Model A’s ( two of us still have them) We lived in San Francisco and would drive over on the week ends to get parts from him. We realized when we were older that he was practically giving us parts from his used section. He was happy to just to see us kids fixing our cars. I continued to buy parts from his son until the store was finally shut down.