We went on a bike ride last night and ended up by the Ray Skillman Classic Car Showroom.
http://www.rayskillmanclassiccars.com/showroom.aspx
We've ridden our bikes by it before, but it was always dark and gated. Last night? The gate was wide open, so we just varooomed into the parking lot, locked the bikes together onto a post by the side door, and sashayed in!
We were met at the door by Ray's dog, a big, friendly beautiful labradoodle by the name of Casey who gave us sniffs and let us pet his furry curly head. The side door actually opened up into a work bay. Up on the racks? Old Beautiful Cars. Parked right by the door? an Old Beautiful Car.
The guys working on the cars yelled friendly Hellos and when we asked if it was too late to see the cars, they laughed and said "we're here! go on in!" Hard to believe I know, but these guys who evidently make a living by working on Old Beautiful Cars were a lot friendlier than the guys who do the oil changes in the work bays at the local chain store.
So we walked around the showroom, oohing and aaaahing over each and every car...there was a ROW of Classic Corvettes, a DeLorean, a Victoria, a black and red Bel Air, Mustangs, a Jeepster...Big Thick Shiny Beautiful Cars, gleaming in the Neon lights cast off by all the old timey signs on the walls.
My favorite was the 1957 Chevy Corvette. I could drive it out of that showroom for a cool $135k. Sigh. I wonder if they'd let me sit in it every now and again if I volunteered to come by on a weekly basis to help buff them with a pile of soft old diapers...
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