like this 1967 mercury cyclone. >> so if they see this, it's me. >> rare yes. and rarer still, a certain movie. this is the 40th anniversary of american graffiti. the classic supposedly took place in modesto. and hot rodders have come to town to honor petaluma, then, and now. >> petaluma are proud of their history. >> this was early wednesday morning. >> it was shot so and we could have -- we actually it was good it was low budget. we only had one light. >> their result? almost indistinguishable. >> little by little. >> they say it is possible to get a cruiser. >> getting a love of car around petaluma, it's thicker than oil. >> you've got to work on them. and yes, he got back. this was in the movie and this is the white car suzanne somers drove they're all here. i asked one organizer this is the 40th anniversary. what are you going to do for the 50th. the answer was i hope i'm still around. >> gorgeous. >> absolutely. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. it's a worker accident forcing the port to

seasoned guys cruising seasoned roads in seasoned cars like wade's 1967 mercury cyclone. >> i made 378 of them. >> so if they see this car around town, they know -- >> it's me. >> rare? yes. rarer still, a certain movie they made around here. >> you are going to have to do a hell of a lot more than that to scare me. >> this is the 40th anniversary of "american graffiti." it supposedly took place in modesto but petaluma provided most of the vintage locations. vintage cars have come to town to honor petaluma then and now. i think petaluma is proud of their place in movie history. >> don helped bring the original locations back to life. this was early wednesday morning as don and club members recreated a famous downtown drag racing scene. >> when george shot it, it was shot so low budget. we could have actually -- >> you were high budget? >> we actually -- well, it was good it was low budget because i think we had one light and we only had one light. >> the result? almost indistinguishable from the original. >> now you can say you saw american graffiti. >> little by little. >> theoretical