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Chicago Shenanigans - Part III: A splendid time was guaranteed for all

Randy Rusk · 2025-03-17T21:19:14Z

SUNDAY - COUNTRYSIDE COLLECTORS CLASSIC SHOW While the weather was gray and chilly, the temperature inside the Countryside Union Hall was warm and inviting as the sold out room saw lots of activity. Many of the dealers from the day before were there with expanded items, some in other scales, as well as lots of other automobilia sellers. Tom Stoka, an avid orphan car collector and dealer, returned to Countryside with a hard-to-find Highway Travelers 1951 Frazier Manhattan in garden green metallic that I had to have to complete the family of colors of this model. The always smiling Kelly Kuvakas welcomed folks to the 1/43 hospitality table with lots of Brooklin, GLM, and Stamp models to check out. Charlie, Jim, and Howie were back with a few more items on their tables, including some 1/24 offerings. Jeff and Buz tried to guess this scale and Buz had it to show at his booth. Greg Gunn always has the rare and hard-to-find stuff. He was also gracious in helping me fix some spoiled chrome foiling on a Conquest wagon I have. He's a master! I also picked up a couple cool pieces from Frank as he focuses on slimming down his collection. It was a very full show with lots to see and buy! At the end of the day, though, it's really about the friendships made and renewed over a period of several days. We all come from different walks of life and different experiences that shape our view, but we all find commonality in our chosen hobby. Once again, it was great sharing the weekend with you, swapping stories, and encouraging each other on our search for the next great models for our collections. Until next year!

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23/03/2025 8:42 am

@joop A kilo of Brooklins for Joop! 🙂 😉

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24/03/2025 2:30 pm

@karl thanks Karl, they are looking so nice.

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