In February 2004 one of the biggest single redline owner transfer's took place in Southern California, the acquisition of probably one of  the rarest and  most desired redlines known in the redline community.

The car is the Pink Rear Loading Beach Bomb no. 2 was owned by Bruce Pascal and transferred to Gerard Grenier. No. 1 is still owned by Bruce and is currently on display at the Peterson Automotive museum in Los Angeles, California.

The car was originally owned by Peter White, a former Mattel employee and was acquired by Bruce a couple of years ago. It is the only Pink Rear loader with the original rear loader base (chassis), known to exist.

Bruce and Gerard invited a bunch of southern California redline enthusiasts (myself included) to a great dinner and to share in the event. Thanks Guys!

Below are some pictures of the car and those in attendance. Hope you Enjoy!

Left: Drum roll please, Gerard unwrapping Pinkie for all of us to see.

Right: Gerard and Bruce

Left: Gerard and Bob Rosas, a former Mattel designer and fellow redline collector. Bob is displaying a copy of the original plans for the rear loading Beach Bomb.

Right: Close up of the plans and the rear loader in Gerard's hand.

Left: Some of the guys in attendance-Left to right, Phil, Tim, Dave, Roger, Chris and Bruce

Center: Mike Otte, Carmen and Bob Rosas

Right: Craig, Ed, Debbie and Dan.

Left: Wide angle shot of the table and us.

Center: Left to right, Deb, Dan, Bob, Bev and Gerard.

Right: Chris (Redlines Online) and Bruce.

Bruce and Gerard Clowning around :)

"Pinkie"

Thanks for looking!

Reference Information:

You can see more of both,  Bruce's collection and Gerard's collection by clicking the links. You can also read a great article, written by Dave Espino on Pinkie No. 2 at Redlines Online