Saturday: 6:00am – Peter jumps out of bed. That is SO unusual that it bears repeating: 6:00am and Peter is out of bed. Why? Well this is the day of the Ocean Grove Vintage Car Show. We like to park our car on the north side of Main Avenue where we are perfectly situated for: the sun, across the street from the Barbaric Bean coffee shop and a couple of doors either way to the Bake Shop or Nagle’s (ice cream, breakfast and everything in between). So Peter figured if he drove the car over at 6:00am he would pretty much have his pick of parking spots (because the police had already cleared the street of non-participatory cars. He backed into a spot in front of Ocean Grove Hardware and walked home and crawled back in bed. The cats and I were where he left us, sprawled out and asleep.
About 9:00 we were back on Main Avenue and people had already started to walk along the street admiring the many, many vintage cars. There were some really old Fords and Packards, Mustangs from the 60’s and 70″s, a VW Beetle, a beautiful turquoise and white Ford Crown Victoria, cars in every color of the 50’s car color wheel! BUT there was ONLY ONE Metropolitan! The car draws lots of oohs and ahs and squeals of “oh it’s SO CUTE”.
The Met on display
The show was fun to do, we met lots of our neighbors and friends strolling along Main Avenue. BUT one of the best things about this vintage car show is that the Chamber of Commerce hires RB Express, a FANTASTIC singing group specializing in Doo Wop. I LOVE these guys!!! People are dancing on Main Avenue, they’re singing songs to which I know all the words and what a trip it is down memory lane. A good time was had by all. Check out the link below (the smaller print and second one down) – Blogfinger who has some great pictures of the day long event.
Bill Ding and his band of clowns are the security patrol for this blog site. He is a favorite toy from the 50*s. By the way sometimes a blog is just an ego-maniacal stream of conscience.
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