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They Don’t Call Them “Classic” for Nuthin’

Posted in BY THE WAY, Fab Fotos, Peter Coddles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 22, 2011| 2 Comments »

Well those of you who know me (and my husband) and recently a good friend described us to her friend as “they’re so retro”, know that almost all things old and vintage are revered and quite possibly collected by us.  I sometimes refer to my apartment as a tchotcha museum, while others have referred to it as the archives.  So it shouldn’t come as any surprise that of course we love vintage classic cars!  Really, who doesn’t?

The cars from the 1930’s. 40’s and 50’s are Classic;  Clearly they don’t make them like they used to.  First of all, those cars were made with steel, not fiberglass so to get a dent on your bumper someone would really have to smack you and with their weight they didn’t sway on the highway.  Besides the fact that every make and model looked different so that when one was coming your way you knew whether it was a Ford or DeSoto or a Chevy or a Lincoln, for me I loved the mascots (hood ornaments to those of you who….).  I have several mascots from vintage cars and have them mounted and on display in my Art Deco living room.  They were in fact beautiful pieces of chrome sculpture!  But I digress.  So what about the cars – we often go to Vintage Car Shows in the tri-state area and I take photos when I remember to bring the camera and the extra battery (lol).

vintage cars

Sleek Silver and Spectacular

photo by Murray Head

Green With Envy

photo by Murray Head

thunderbird

Daddy Took the T-Bird Away

photo by Murray Head

Resplendent in Red

photo by Murray Head

Vintage car show

Gorgeous - Both of Them!

photo by Murray Head

hood mascot, hood ornament, swan, pelican

A Thing of Beauty

photo by Murray Head

Chevy, chevrolet

Big Blue and Beautiful

photo by Lori

Buick Woody, Woody, station wagon

Buick Woody Station Wagon

photo by Lori

wire wheels, luggage carrier,

Wire Wheels and a Luggage Carrier TOO!

photo by Lori

1958 Metropolitan, So Cute, the Met

So Cute

photo by Lori

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SO CUTE in a Vintage Car Show

Posted in Ha-P 2 B in OG, tagged , , , , , on June 14, 2010| 4 Comments »

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”.


1958 Met, Nash, Metropolitan, Ocean Grove vintage car show, 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.

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