Winfield Smith was born in 1970 in Savannah. Every year for his birthday he received cars and trucks. For Christmas, he received cars and trucks. He inherited his grandfather’s cars. He painted his own trucks. It grew to be quite a collection: firetrucks with ladders, spinning cement mixers, Hot Wheels with doors that open, and dump trucks with hydraulic lifts. His days were filled with play and the collection grew.
Winfield moved to Athens in 1988, and the cars and trucks stayed behind in Savannah.
In 2011, Winfield and his wife Winnie were visiting his home in Savannah. In the closet, under the stairs, they found his collection! Cars and trucks hidden in the closet for over 20 years waiting to be played with again! Winnie was pregnant with their son Winfield, so they decided all the cars and trucks would come back to their home in Colbert to fill the baby’s nursery.
They have been loved and regularly played with ever since, first by Winfield, then by his little brother McNeal. Some are on shelves, but not for long. There are cars and trucks under beds, in baskets, and covering the floors. Some cars and trucks even wind up in the bath or in mud puddles in the yard. All of them are unforgiving to bare feet and stubbed toes.
There are always more cars and trucks (and planes and trains) being added to the collection, such as Hess Trucks from the 1990s. But none of them are as special as the originals from Savannah.
Winfield Smith was born in 1970 in Savannah. Every year for his birthday he received cars and trucks. For Christmas, he received cars and trucks. He inherited his grandfather’s cars. He painted his own trucks. It grew to be quite a collection: firetrucks with ladders, spinning cement mixers, Hot Wheels with doors that open, and dump trucks with hydraulic lifts. His days were filled with play and the collection grew.
Winfield moved to Athens in 1988, and the cars and trucks stayed behind in Savannah.
In 2011, Winfield and his wife Winnie were visiting his home in Savannah. In the closet, under the stairs, they found his collection! Cars and trucks hidden in the closet for over 20 years waiting to be played with again! Winnie was pregnant with their son Winfield, so they decided all the cars and trucks would come back to their home in Colbert to fill the baby’s nursery.
They have been loved and regularly played with ever since, first by Winfield, then by his little brother McNeal. Some are on shelves, but not for long. There are cars and trucks under beds, in baskets, and covering the floors. Some cars and trucks even wind up in the bath or in mud puddles in the yard. All of them are unforgiving to bare feet and stubbed toes.
There are always more cars and trucks (and planes and trains) being added to the collection, such as Hess Trucks from the 1990s. But none of them are as special as the originals from Savannah.
