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hi hi guys!!!
hope your summer is going as good as mine is!! yeps this is day of dad's vacation, we all went places over the weekend and today we hung out with grandpa. Now we was going to go to the Mcdonell Douglas room where that have a huge display of all they ever made.


http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/tours/prologueroom/prologue.html

But it is close all summer being remodeled. :(

Sooooo, we went to a place not far from our house where they got old cars. I took TONS of pictures, and all of these cars are for sale......if you gots tons of money. One car there costs 200 thousand dollars!!!! it's the rarest mustang ever made. And they had a old car that was just like dad's first one. AND......hehe we found a old bike just like he had when he was a kid. wait util you see. hehe. Now the last time I took pictures of flowers. So I guess this time is for the guys hehe. But I think all these cars are cool. And I know Summer loves Mustangs . So here we go guys enjoy. There are a lot of pictures hehe.



this is what it looks like when you first go in. there are four buildings all total. three are showrooms kinda and the other building is for restoring. kinda like that show pimp my ride. :)



lets start with one for Summer. Oh btw, thats my grandpa there in the background. :)



dont know what it is, but i likes it. hehe




okay now this one is one of dad's dream cars. its called a vicky. hehe. one of grandpa's friends has one and the whole roof comes off and folds down into the trunk. now that's cool.



these cars are all so pretty i think



Another one for Summer. These look fast just sitting there.



this one's for my buddy Brian. Dad said he owned one like it? cool.




grandpa had one of these. wish he still did. sigh.



okay, this one? dad had one just like it as his first car hehe. he said it was best he ever owned. grandpa told me it was a junker, hehe. the one door would not open fron the inside. he always had to get out and open it for his dates hehe.



i want this one!! :)



okay got to explain this. this old car has air conditioning, the man said it was one of the first. what this is, is how they got cold air from the back seat to the front. cool huh? old cars are awesome.



this is what it looks like from outside. its a mercury it says







there was a BUNCH of these. more money than i ever will see. wow



my grandma mary drove one of these for a long time. looks kibda cute hehe,







yep, bruce springsteen wrote a domg about it and elvis had one. :P






remember ron howard's car in that movie? same kind. its really cool.




okay, look close at this one, see something strange???




it's got a see tru hood!! thats glass there. looks cool...but bet that dont last long.



ok, take a wild guess how much this car cost. it's rarest mustang they ever made the sign says. give up? 200 THOUSAND dollars!!!!!! I was afraid to get near it. it is sooo pretty though, I love the color.




Same car. this shows the name of it. :) Hey Summer, lets get one for you and one for me!! hehe



yeps, still more cars. don't worry almost done. and i got something way funny to show you when you get to the end hehe, something from dad's childhood. :)




check out the roof on this car, hehe. looks like someones wallpaper. hehe. that man in the blue shirt, that's teh owner. he was really nice and is a huge john wayne and lone ranger fan. he had a whole wall in his office of autographs from out movie stars who played cowboys, and reall autographs too, with personal letters to him. grandpa said he worked in hollywood years ago, he talked to the man for a long time.



well, if i cant have a 200 thiusand dollar car. you guys can buy me a scooter, hehe.




way old jutebox. this was what it was like before ipods.



this was a wicked cool race car. you know.......my sixteeth  b day is not dar off. hint hint.







that ron howard car from the back. the man looking at the camero had just bought it, getting ready to take it home. :)

Okay that's all the cars.....but wit we aint done yet. check these out.



HEHEHE, see this??? back when dad was a kid he had one just like this!!!!! hehehe, TOOO FUUUNY!!



had one more of cars. :P



the red baron!! this really flys too, he has two more hanging up.



three more, i found another hiding hehe.



the sprit of st louis. isnt it cool????

one more picture  :)



we used to have two big boys here. one over by where Jenny is working and a very old one from the 50's up past ofallon missouri. When that one closed down, this man bought this. big boys were hambuger places, not sure if they were everywhere.

So there you go guys. better than flowers?? hehe. hope you enjoyed. I'll post more soon, just had to empty out my camera.  see you laters!!!

Darcy