What else do you collect?

[Exhibitman]

Yeah, Marty Robbins. Paul Newman and Steve McQueen raced too.

The King is a favorite collecting subject; he's still around and signing TTM via his museum. His true RC is the 1962 PC:



But most consider the 1972 STP card instead:



I've got it covered either way.

Drivers amaze me, especially today. Fastest I've ever had a car to is about 110; I cannot imagine 200+ mph. The reaction times these guys have, gotta be like jungle cats.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The King is a favorite collecting subject....

So in October 1973 my father bought us (actually me since I was the one with a driver's licence) a family car. It was a red 1973 Dodge Charger.

I quickly learned that Richard Petty drove a Dodge Charger superficially like my own on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National circuit and I became a wild-eyed drooling fan of Richard Petty. Here is Petty side-by-side with the Mercury Montego of David Pearson who at the time was his foremost rival:



Coincidentally our next door neighbour George Beardshaw (still alive at the age of 101 and now a Knight of the French Legion of Honour for participating in the D-Day Invasion) had a 1973 Mercury Montego and our two cars were parked less than a meter apart in our shared driveway!

Here's a writeup on George Beardshaw:

George Beardshaw - Queen's Own Rifles

[Tomi]

Just love these press photos from the original show.

[Exhibitman]

Love the OG Trek pics. Got any with the press releases attached?

[jsfriedm]

I haven't added to this collection recently, but I have a collection of old coins, particularly a lot of 18th and 19th century European silver (Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, Romanov, Ottoman, etc.), collected while spending time in Eastern Europe (back in 2003 you could get a nice silver imperial Russian ruble for $5 in Kyiv).

[Tomi]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Love the OG Trek pics. Got any with the press releases attached?

Unfortunately only one has it.