Friday, June 8, 2012

It's a Y Chromosome Thing

What boy wouldn't be in heaven?

To continue the festivities of State Farm's 90th anniversary, a car show was held in the courtyard of Corporate South.  There were cars on display representing every decade since 1922.  It was really cool.  So I took the four boys to show them what Hot Wheels cars look like in real life.

This was probably the most expensive car on display.  It was immaculate.  A 1929 Packard.    
It was in between a Model A and Model T Ford.  The owners drove them in the morning of the car show.  The Model A has a cruising speed of 35 MPH.  He only knows that because he's had someone follow him.  He's always asked how fast it can go.  And he responds, "it depends on if you're going up or down a hill."

What's fun about this car is that James has the exact same Hot wheel car at home.  
This car reminded the boys of the movie Condorman.  Peter really wanted to sit inside!
Can you tell who needs a bathroom break?!?  When Luke needs to go, the whole world knows!
A Ferrari was one of my favorite cars as a kid.  Lots of the cars on display had their engines in the back...it was the first time the boys had seen that.    
And who doesn't think of "Back to the Future" when they see a DeLorean?  The speedometer only went up to 85 MPH...maybe that's why they chose 88 miles per hour in the movie. (?)  This one didn't have the flux capacitor.  
The owner revved the engine of his Camaro for us.  It was a beautiful sound.
It was a beautiful day for a car show.  And it was a fun father/son experience.  

2 comments:

Elaine said...

Love the title of this post! Love the "guys" pictured here (just wish you were in the pictures also:-)! Love that you are now a mere 3 hours away and love that you love your new surroundings!

tall dad said...

How do you know about the fneed for a lux capacitor. What a great activity for boys of all ages.