Wall Art

 I always enjoy seeing large murals on walls...

walls that would otherwise be faded, dingy and unattractive.

Murals are very popular on the buildings in Asbury Park & during a recent visit I noticed some new ones.

The first seven are in Asbury Park in New Jersey.

The approximate size of these murals is 30 feet by 30 feet.

To get an idea of the scale, look at the "bricks" in each mural.

This next mural I saw in Toms River, New Jersey.

I shared this mural from Asbury Park in a past post...

in doing this post about the new murals, I read up on this one.

This mural is made with a lot of recycled materials that were donated to its cause.

There was a family of fox that made their home under the boardwalk in Asbury Park,

and attracted many people from all over to see them!

AACA Automobile Museum

 While we were in Hershey Pennsylvania last month we visited the

AACA Automobile Museum

If you love old cars, this is the place for you.

3 stories of cars on display, some are here permanently, some cars leave and are replaced with others.

The museum is immaculate they have a huge variation of cars and the staff is so nice and helpful.

There are some interactive displays for the young and the young at heart.

Turn the wheel!

We are pretending to drive a Tucker 48.

When you turn the steering wheel the center headlight comes on and moves as you turn the wheel.

Tucker Engineering designed this feature, known as the 

"Cyclops Headlight" 

to improve safety when driving into turns in the dark.

The light only turns on when steering 10 degrees in either direction from center.

The radio plays as you "drive" and plays advertisements and music from the 1940's.

I am not old enough to remember this.

Did you know this?

The word "jalopy" first appeared in print around 1925 as a "cheap. old or broken down automobile".

It's many variations also include jalupie, jaloppy and jalopi.

Some think the word is derived from Jalapa, 

a town in mexico to which many old broken down vehicles were taken. 

1932 Ford A

1927 Ford Model T Tudor

The Big T Roadster 23 Ford "T" Replica

1896 Benton 5 Passenger Sedan

1911 Buick Model 26 Roadster

1930 Ford Model A Coupe

1932 Ford 3 Window Coupe

1959 C1 Corvette

1941 Chevy Master Deluxe 2 Door Sedan

1947 Pontiac Torpedo Convertible 

This is less than half of the pictures I took...

I'll spread this out and show some more of the cars soon.