The "My Favorite Collectibles: Part II - Metal Models Etc." Story

It was an ordinary day.  Have reached the bottom of the final box I had found in the basement and what I discovered were more of my 1/18" scale metal cars as well as a few special items I had placed in the box years ago when we moved to the "Beach House" and had forgotten about until now.  One special item was a metal box that was shaped like an automobile with the word "Speedster" on both sides.  When I picked it out the box I had no idea what I had placed in the car years ago.  As it was, I found four really neat pocket watches, each a different brand.  Wound one of them and the movement began to operate.  Placed them back in the can for safe keeping, as I did over 20 years ago.  Another item I found was in a cardboard box that read: ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL DELUXE SEDAN...Heavy Gauge Sedan.  Had a photo of what appeared to be a Corvette with the rather crude word Chevrolet on the side of the car.  It, too, was made to 1/18" scale as were the Corvettes that I featured recently.  Two other items were bright yellow Matchbox products that were made in China.   One was a tractor-trailer with "Kodak Film Racing screen printed on the side and a small car, with the  same Matchbox scale that had the number 4 and Kodak printed on it.  For years I had collected Kodak items, and still have a few of them remaining, but the majority of that collection I had sold years ago, except for these few items.  I also found two yellow H2 Hummers that were a perfect match except for the size of them.  One was Matchbox size and the other 1/18" size.  And the final item in the box of collectibles was a "Woodie" Ford Wagon  with a surfboard on the top.  It too was 1/18" scale.  I had collected them years ago and put them away for safe keeping.  At least that's what I tried to tell myself when I found them in the cardboard box.  One final collection I had I recently asked my brother to try and sell online for me.  My collection of license plates I had been collecting for over 20 years.  Had plates from every one of the Caribbean islands we had visited as well as just about every state in the United States that we had visited.  For years they were fastened to the base of our Tiki Bar on our back deck.  Many were beginning to fall off and I thought it best to give someone else the chance to enjoy them.  He recently gave me a check for the sale of them, minus those island plates that didn't have a sticker with the expired date on them.  He said they had been removed from the site since they had no idea if they had been stolen or not.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

The metal "Speedster"

Inside the "Speedster" were several pocket watches.

The box and what was inside of it.

This reads Chevrolet..I think! 

Two Kodak Matchbox products.

A Matchbox Hummer and the 1/18 scale Hummer. 

The Ford "Woodie" with surfboard.