Today we went to the once a month flea market at the local county fairgrounds. It is a vast array of interesting things that we always enjoy and try to hit as often as possible.

Today we went with three of my children and a vast array of grandchildren. I was left alone with my #3 Grandson who is a bit over 2. He was strapped into the stroller. I came upon a fellow who had an excellent selection of HOt wheels to look at. There was a box just big enough for #3 to hold in his lap and peruse. They were the princely sum of .25 or five for a dollar. Me the big spender told him I would buy him one and he could pick it out.

There was an excellent selection including several porsches, a pink 67 bonneville, a 1922 Fire truck with the large pump on the front, a 61 Ferrari 163 sharknose like Phil HIll won the F1 championship with, along with a huge selection of camaros, corvettes, corollas, etc. There was a low rider '52 merc that I thought for a while he was going to pick. I was anxious to get moving and tried several times to get him to make a final selection, but he was just interested in looking at all of them at least three times!

When I spotted the 61 Ferrari F1 car I bought it for my self with no resistance from him. A lady came along and was interested in themtoo but my granson all but ran her off, since he had not made up his mind yet. She finally coaxed a couple out of his sticky little paws and went away happy.

I was pretty sure for a little while there that he was going for a military green Heliocopter but in the end after at least 20 minutes (isn't that an awfully long time for a two year old to concentrate on one thing?....I know, he's precocious).....

But in the end he picked the lavendar Bonneville....YES!

That one I nearly bought for myself....an american classic!

He seems possibly to have inherited the greasemonkey gene!

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.