I FOUND IN A BOTTOM DRAWER..... REMINDED ME OF MY LOVE FOR CARS - TopicsExpress



          

I FOUND IN A BOTTOM DRAWER..... REMINDED ME OF MY LOVE FOR CARS STARTED WITH THE HUNDREDS OF THESE SMALL AUTOS. SOME I HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE YEARS OTHERS IVE HAD ALL MY LIFE.....IDEAL HAD A NICE PLASTIC GARAGE WITH 2 PONTIACS, 1947. LIFTING GARAGE DOOR.....NEAT. FOR A DOLLAR YOU COULD BUY THE MADE IN ENGLAND DINKY TOY ONLY AT FAMOUS - BARR......ON VISITS TO THE STORE , I HAD TO SEE THE DINKY TOY DISPLAY.....SHELVES OF WIRED DOWN SAMPLES OF THE LATEST MODELS......I COULD ONLY DREAM, I USUALLY GOT THE DIME STORE CARS AND TRUCKS.....LOVED THEM. BUT DNKYS WERE REALLY DETAILED, HEAVY CAST METAL, ....AND THE PIERCE ARROW BOAT TAILED SPEEDSTER BY TOOTSIETOY, THIS ONE IS SPECIAL TO ME.....FROM THE 4OS DURING THE WAR, WE LIVED ON MCREE. MOM DAD AND I WALKED UP TO 39TH STREET TO DO SOME SHOPPING.....AFTERWARDS WALKED BACK HOME.....IT WAS DARK, I PUT ON MY PAJAMAS, WENT TO LIE DOWN IN MY BED, THEIR WAS A SILVER CAR ON IT, I HAD NEVER SEEN.....I ASKED MOM WHERE DID IT COME FROM?.....SHE SAID THEY BOUGHT IT FOR ME FOR BEING SO GOOD THAT EVENING. .......IT HAS WOODEN WHEELS WW2 RUBBER SHORTAGE WAS REASON. THIS ONE STAYS IN THE FAMILY.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:49:48 +0000

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