Old Cars

     Remember the "good ol' days" when plastic models of cars like these were only $2.00?  Tubes of glue (model cement) were 10 cents, and tiny jars of model paint were 15 cents each.  The big names in model kits were (at least in Nashville, Tn where I grew up)  Monogram, Revell, and AMT.  If your (Parents') budget didn't allow for such extravagance as these, there were the 29 cents, and 50 cents models.  They didn't come with genuine rubber tires, metal axles, or the "chrome" bumpers and windshield borders like the more expensive models, but you just had to buy some black and chrome paint to fix that problem.   Seeing these real life cars reminded me of that much simpler time before computers, the internet, or cable TV, when people had to use their creativity and imagination.

    These pictures were taken with my Minolta HTsi 35mm film camera, using Fuji brand 35mm film.  The lens was a 300mm telephoto lens, and the film speed (ISO) was 800.