The Italian Job
24 Jun 2024
Per my usual, I took a good long walk before I did the grocery shopping. As I was headed off to my perambulation I noticed a few tiny cars scattered in the parking lot. They were of many colors and none seemed identical. The cars were miniscule, in fact, not much bigger than a Matchbox car. When I returned I noticed there were many more of them. Interesting. I went in to do my shopping.
When I exited the store the drivers were getting into their cars. On close inspection they appeared to be getting into a little known brand - to me - called the Metropolitan.* I only knew this because one of the surgeons I used to assist in surgery had one. He spent his day fixing broken people and his free time fixing his little Metropolitan.
Engines started and cars left the lot, but they didn't do so randomly. They were forming a queue and waited for an opportunity to hit the road as a pack, a posse. As they pulled out, they formed a line along the side of the road. Once all vehicles were in position, the multicolored train of teeny tiny cars made their way down the road. I think they had a heist to attend to.
Keep on truckin'
-Mike
* The Nash Metropolitan was a popular car from 1953 to 1962. It later was manufactured by the Nash Hudson group which later became American Motors or AMC in1954. Eventually the name was phased out for the Rambler brand and the little car took on the standalone name Metropolitan in 1957.
As with many old classic and popular vehicles a club was formed and the Metropolitan Owners' Club of North America emerged and recently a regional group appeared in this area called the Pacific Northwest Metropolitan Owners Club