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Welcome to
the Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association's 2007 Toy Show.
This is our 7th year to host this Toy Show. For the second year in a
row, we held our Toy Show at the Hash Auction Center in Berryville, VA. |
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SVSGEA annual Toy Show you can find almost any sort type of Antique,
Collectable, or Vintage model or scale model car, truck, farm equipment,
or train as well as vendors who provide a wide variety or scale model
parts. |
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One thing is
always a certainty at our Toy Shows and that is that you will always see
some very unusual and highly unique displays built and/or put together by
some highly skilled and motivated individuals. Meet David and
Coleman Bradfield of Woodstock, VA with their "farm community" built on
4x4 sheets of plywood. This exhibit is 32 feet long! |
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Need a clock?
We had a whole table full of assorted clocks with famous names embedded in
the center. Many of these clocks had the names of some very famous
trucking companies that have long since vanished from time but whose names
still bring back lots of memories for a lot of folks. |
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"You want me
to do WHAT?" Chris
Collis and Ricky Ballenger during the Saturday night Toy Show setup. |
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Hungry?
Just step up to the window and tell the ladies from the Lucky Leaf 4-H
club what you want from their menu. Food was pretty good 'cause they
kept running out! |
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For the
ladies? Meet Brenda Adams of Simply Charming from Stephens City, VA
with her display of Sterling Silver and Fashion Jewelry. You can go
to:
www.SimplyCharmingOnline.com to visit her website and check out her
fashion jewelry selections.. |
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| With a
beautiful sunny day, we featured a few pieces of our Vintage equipment for
visitors to look over as they entered or left the building. Featured
here is our 1910 Shingle mill ( above ) and a 1909 Frick Steam Engine,
owned by member James Barr, shown at right. |
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"Whadda ya
mean no refunds?"
Parts vendor Jimmy Pruitt, left, of Berryville, VA, helping a friend
with some parts. Need some parts for the vintage scale models?
Jimmy can be reached at 540-592-3018. |
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| No.... Brown
didn't make a delivery here but Mike Propst, shown "peeking" through his
display at right and with partner/friend Jimmy below appears to support
the UPS Nextel Team. Maybe we shouldn't tell him a Fed Ex driver was
taking these pictures? |
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Meet Les
Sigrist from Waterloo, NY. Lee also stocks and sells parts for most
scale and miniature model cars, trucks, and farm tractors. He has
been selling parts for toy models for 20 years. He can be reached via
E-Mail at: toyparts@hotmail.com
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SVSGEA
President Rick Custer calling out ticket numbers for door prizes. |
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One of the
most ingenious displays of the 2007 Toy Show was this display of
hand-made, hand-crafted trucks, tractors, trailers, and construction
equipment, all hand-crafted by Mr. Richard Custer, Sr. of Inwood, WVA.
Mr. Custer is 75 years old, retired from GM in Martinsburg, WVA and has
been making these wooden models for nearly 20 years in his woodshop at his
home. |
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Anyone
interested in contacting Mr. Custer about purchasing his models can do so
by contacting Amy Custer, the SVSGEA webmaster by clicking on the "E-mail
Webmaster" button located on the main page of this website.
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| This
Peterbilt truck and refrigerator trailer will be raffled off at the SVSGEA
end-of-the-year Awards Banquet and Dinner in November of this year.
Tickets can be purchased from any member of the Shenandoah Valley Steam &
Gas Engine Association. Tickets will also be sold during the annual
Steam Show July 27th thru 29th in Berryville, VA. |
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Chris Collis
with the $$$ ladies of the day -- Pat Collis on right and Bobbi Strother
on the left, collecting admissions at the door. |
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| What would
an antique, collectable, vintage toy show be without a least ONE train?
Meet Jack King and his wife Sandra. They have one of the most unique
model train and Barbie Doll displays ever seen. If you are needing
parts for any Lionel train or looking for one of those long lost Barbie
Dolls or if you just want some information about trains or dolls, you can
contact the Kings at 301-790-3118. |
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| Anyone who
has ever spent any time around an antique car club, tractor club or truck
club, knows there is ALWAYS a few "older" guys who like to tell some great
stories -- this group usually referred to as the "Liar's Club". We
are not without our very own "Liar's Club" with our most humble red-hatted
Master IH professor-in-residence Mr. Ken Pruitt. |
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Meet Allen
and Linda Zook of Mount Joy, PA. Check out their website at:
www.penjoy.com .
E-Mail:
info@penjoy.com |
