This weekend my daughter, Stephanie and I headed over to the car and motorcycle show at Calvary Chapel in Melbourne. We spent a a lot of time admiring some of the gorgeous cars that were there. We would have loved to take a spin in a couple of these beauties.
Several of the cars we saw reminded me of cars that we had while growing up, like the VW van. But ours was lime green and it was a full size van. My mom used to drive it.
For years when my Dad was younger, he was a mechanic. He worked on different makes and models of cars. Years later, I remember when he got home each night from his job at Florida Gas Transmission Company, he would eat dinner and head out to the garage to work on cars for hours on end. He had a buddy that was in the car repo business. After the cars were repossessed, they were later sold. My Dad often got first dibs on the ones he wanted to buy. He would drive (or sometimes tow) cars home and work on them. He'd fix whatever they needed - rebuild the engines, clean up the interior and often paint them. He finished with some beautiful vehicles.
I remember my older sister used to be out in the garage working right beside him, under the hood of a car, up to her elbows in grease. She loved working with my dad.
I can't tell you the makes of all the cars we saw this weekend. Although, some of them sure brought back the memories. QUJDUTV7HPC4
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Cool Slide Show. I love old cars like that and thinking what it was like to drive those then. Thanks for the post!
We all seem to enjoy things mechanical after working all day with our personalities, Sandy!
Sandy
Looks like it was great car show and a fun day.
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
Sandy - I'm also one of those gals who enjoys car shows and VW vans! I would love to have one today, if I could have it in new or near new condition - reliable enough for me to drive across country.
What I liked about the later VW Vanagan was that it has those little outlets on the side of the body for water and electricy. . .Just wonderful!
Great pictures in your slide show!
Hello Sandy - Growing up we were always working on the car during the week to get ready to cruise on the weekends. I love going to car shows. They bring back lots of great memories.
Sandy, thanks for the post. I too, love these old cars and rods. Off to a show down south in a week. It does bring back many memories.
Hi Sandy, The old cars are great but the memories are even better!
Hi Sandy ~ Beautiful cars! I love antique car shows - I think the cars are very evocative of times gone by. If I had my druthers - and a really big garage - I would collect antique cars. What fun.
Liz