Since they couldn't do without it, Xiao Peng and the others stayed in this town called 'Pontic', and the 'Pontic' car got its name from here.

It's not for nothing that it's known as the 'City of Murals', and there are beautiful graffiti on many of the buildings here, and the walls on the back of the houses have scratched the various roadside shops to commemorate the town and the Highway, and it really looks like a bit back to the last century. And that's all thanks to one man named Bob Waldmir. Known as 'the last hippie'. A legend on Highway No. Famous artist and Highway cartographer of the Stars and Stripes.

This Bob Wadmir lived on his own will, traveled and painted on Highway No. 1, was an environmentalist, vegetarian but smoked marijuana, rescued homeless people, protected wildlife, and spent almost his entire life wandering the entire Highway to protect and promote the work of Highway No. 1, and throughout the 4,000-kilometer stretch of the Highway, his legends were everywhere, very respected, so to speak, and a considerable number of postcards sold in all the towns along Highway were painted by Bob.

Pontic, on the other hand, was where Bob Waldmir spent the longest time, and there are countless of his paintings here. It was here that Bob Waldmir died in February 2009. In front of the Pontiac Highway Museum is a huge converted school bus parked in front of Bob Waldmere's second home. It is now a small museum that chronicles Bob's life, but unfortunately it was not opened due to hail.

But the Pontic Highway Museum is open, and the people of the Stars and Stripes pay great attention to their own culture, and these museums are free and open, hoping that more people will understand their own culture, which is the same for people all over the world, and the same is true for Chinese people.

The museum isn't big, it's a cluttered feel, and the first thing you see is a yellow Volkswagen T2 van that's almost older than Grandpa Sippon, and that's Bob Wadmere's first car, where he lived until he owned the school car. The prototype of the talking van 'Filmer' in the movie "Cars" is actually Bob Waldmere's car, and the producer wanted to name the "character" in the film "Waldmere", but Bob refused because he didn't want his name to appear on various Disney memorabilia。。。。。。

Xiao Peng also admired him after seeing it, a mini van as big as Tianjin Dafa, Shengsheng let him transform it into an RV, there is a toilet, there is a kitchen, and the dining table is a bed, a real Nima genius, this is a reasonable use of every bit of space.

And the exhibits in this museum made Xiao Peng speechless. There are really everything, there are a lot of text materials and photo materials, these can still be understood, but there are some things that Xiao Peng can't understand: for example, an iron shovel, a square towel, a small flag printed with the words "I want to take a ride", a dismantled Pontic car speedometer, and even a brick! Xiao Peng read the introduction, uh, this brick is used to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes Diesel Locomotive Company, and the bricks removed from the renovated factory that year are placed here as a commemoration。。。。。。

Xiao Peng really thought that this brick was left behind by some heroic citizen who used it to subdue some murderous gangster. After all, in China, in addition to building houses, the biggest role of bricks is to photograph people, right? I didn't expect to see it in museums。。。。。。

Of course, in addition to the nonsensical bricks and shovel towels, there are also a variety of highway souvenir display cases, such as car models, town models, gas station models, commemorative posts, postcards, etc., but they are not sold here, these are old products with historical value.

The best feature here is that almost all four walls are old license plates. The license plate of the Stars and Stripes Country is bound to the car, and if the car is sold, the license plate is also sold, and many old cars are scrapped, and the license plate remains. This old license plate is very popular in the Stars and Stripes, and there are many people who collect it. Xiao Peng also thought it was very interesting when he looked at it. As a result, they told him that this was still not for sale, so he had to go somewhere else to take a look.

When you get to Pontic, of course, you have to go to the Pontic Automobile Museum. Even though it's a private museum。。。。。。

Speaking of Pontic cars, many people are not familiar with it, if someone has seen the 82 version of the American drama "Thunderbolt Ranger" in the kitt car, or the movie "Transformers" in the limelight 'Jazz', everyone will have an impression. They are all Pontic, and in the history of the Stars and Stripes, Pontic has always represented sportiness, individuality and uninhibitedness, and it is precisely because of these characteristics that Pontic has an irreplaceable position, but in the end, it was also defeated by the failed platform strategy transformation of General Motors, and finally perished under the influence of the oil crisis and the subprime mortgage crisis. But I have to say, this is definitely a classic brand.

The brand that was born in 893 has existed for more than a century, can there be no reason?

After Xiao Peng walked into the museum, his two eyes instantly lit up. it, are you sure this is a private museum? The owner of this museum is a madman! He's an avid Pontic fan! There are at least twenty Pontic cars here, and Xiao Peng saw Pontic's 'Auckland' in '93, Pontiq's 'Boneville' in '959, the 'Firebird' sports car in '988, the 'Grand Pri' racing car in '97, the 'GT' in '97, and so on. At this moment, Xiao Peng finally understood why so many people engaged in collecting. Looking at these exhibits, Xiao Peng's eyes were hot.

And as long as it is related to the Pontic brand, this boss is interested in collecting, what license plates, keychains, flasks with Pontic's logo, wallets, belt buckles, lighters, etc., etc., I really don't know how his old man has collected so many things.

Seeing that Xiao Peng was very interested in Pontic, and there was no one else in the store, the shopkeeper took Xiao Peng and the others to the basement. As soon as the light was turned on, Xiao Peng and the two of them collectively took a breath of cool air, here。。。。。。 It's a paradise for obsessive-compulsive disorder! Various brands of motor oil are neatly arranged on several shelves according to the shape of the barrel. After Xiao Peng learned about it, he learned that in addition to being very fond of the Pontic brand, the boss also likes to collect various brands and models of engine oil, which is his secret warehouse. Xiao Peng did a rough calculation, and there were at least 1,500 barrels of different engine oils here.

This Nima is the collection, the Chinese people engage in collection, a considerable part of it is for value-added, and on the side of the Stars and Stripes, the reason for more collection is because I like it, and almost everything here is collected。。。。。

For example, old license plates that you can't buy at the Pontiac Museum just now can be bought here. Xiao Peng bought a few old license plates of different colors as a souvenir, the older these license plates are, the more popular they are, and it is legal to sell old license plates in the country of stars and stripes, isn't there a situation of decks in their country?

In addition to souvenirs such as postcards and old photos, Xiao Peng found better souvenirs. Full set of Franklin 'Pontic': car models.

Originally a mint, the Franklin Model Building Company was acquired by Warner Communications in 983 and began to make forays into the world of car modeling, and their brand of car models were almost entirely handmade, with excellent paint quality and interior detail.

Take these models that Xiao Peng saw, one weighs three pounds, the body is made of zinc alloy, the tires are rubber, the wheels are ABS material, the front and rear doors can be opened, and the details of the car are clear. From the earliest 907 concept car to its final 'Sitarina' it has it all.

But the boss of Ya is not selling it again, this is his private collection! Xiao Peng walked out of the museum with the souvenirs he bought: "It's great to play with the collection? ”

Yang Meng said: "It's really amazing, you just say the engine oil, who usually treats the oil drum as a thing? But you see the oil drum full of rows of shelves there, let me ask you, do you say shock?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "Indeed, I think I should also collect something." Anyway, if you're idle, you're idle, don't you collect something?"

Yang Meng was stunned: "Who said I don't collect it?"

"Well, what do you still collect?What do you collect?" Xiao Peng was puzzled, he had known Yang Meng for so long, and he really didn't know that Yang Meng also collected.

Yang Meng carefully avoided the Xiaoice hail in the sky along the side of the road, and replied to Xiao Peng: "Naturally, it is the same hobby as Brother Guanxi! Especially now that my equipment is getting better and better, I want to contribute my life to my hobby." ”

Xiao Peng directly compared a middle finger, and he couldn't chat with such a person: "Let's go, let's eat." That grilled steak sandwich I had yesterday tasted really good. ”

"I think the taste is very average, and I'm going to change it today. Yang Meng said.

Xiao Peng was puzzled: "What do you want to eat? Is there anything else to eat in this Stars and Stripes Country besides hamburger hot dog sandwiches?"

Yang Meng smiled: "Didn't you see that they have a package called 'Memories of the Seventies'? You don't want to taste it?"

Xiao Peng was stunned: "I don't have an impression, there is such a package?"

Yang Meng smiled: "I have a deep impression of this name, let's go over and try it." When you hear the name, you want it to be delicious. ”

The two drove to the restaurant they went to yesterday, and many people were already dining here, and after Xiao Peng and the two sat down, the waitress asked Xiao Peng and the two, "What do you want to have?"

Xiao Peng asked: "I heard that you have a set menu here, called 'Memories of the Seventies'?

After Xiao Peng finished speaking, the whole restaurant could hear the needle falling, and everyone looked at Xiao Peng and the two.

Xiao Peng and the two looked at each other, what is the situation? Are we saying something wrong?