metal cars

Photos by Linh Trieu / ©Fresh Fish Creative

Since George has expanded his toy car collection, I've really come to appreciate vintage metal cars, with their chipped paint jobs, missing wheels and worn edges. I buy them for him every once in a while, although I have no idea what he likes or what is "valuable." Per my usual modus operandi, I buy what I like. As for the green car, picked up at a garage sale for $1, it was the little man and dog inside that appealed to me. Turns out it was a Matchbox car Made in England by Lesney. Yes, that is all gobbledy-gook to me too, but according to Mr. Car Collector, it's supposed to be a good thing.

Open Road

Caught this gorgeous car on the road this weekend (George called it a Corvette. I call it a sexy, white convertible). It was rainy and cloudy for most of the time we were in Minneapolis, but this cute couple was not deterred. Don't you love that smiley face on the trunk? I would be smiling too if I looked that hot.

As I'm writing, I remembered another amazing car we saw in the parking lot at the hardware store. It was sitting there among the minivans and beaters looking like a million bucks. It stopped everyone in their tracks and we all stood around oohing and aahing. It's the same car, and it IS a Corvette. I. Want. One.

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