Car Show Displays


We meet a lot of people when we show our Buick. Most of the ones that come over to chat have stories of memories of the one they had or of someone they knew that had a car like ours. We have met a lot of nice people and listened to a lot of stories about how fast these cars were, how much room they have, people that learned to drive in one of these, and much much more. This is a big part of what we enjoy about going to shows. We also appreciate all of the people that say we did a good job restoring BOB.

After attending a number of shows, my wife decided we need to add some type of display for our car. Many people have a display board with the year, make, model, and other information about their cars. We decided to take a different route. Since BOB is a 1956 we wanted to do something from that era. Some of the stories we heard were about families that went to the drive up diners in theirs. This prompted us to pick up a door tray and some typical foods that one would have gotten at this type diner.



One day we saw a "Pouting Kid" doll and the thought occurred that he would be a fine mechanic, pouting because he had a hard time locating parts. These dolls are about the size of a two year old. Debbie sewed a "Authorized Buick Service" patch on his hat and a shop rag and crescent wrench to his back pocket and now he leans against the front bumper and has been mistaken for a real kid a few times.



The other thing we heard about was how the whole family could fit in one of these and enjoy a drive in movie in comfort. Mom, Dad and a child or two in the front seat, the rest of the family in the back seat. If someone fell asleep there was room on the package tray so they did not cramp the others. This prompted us to pick up a drive in speaker stand with speakers. The speakers sounded pretty good so I wired them to a portable CD player. When we use these we just put one of our oldie CDs in and let it play.



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