Should have been a detective!

  In this day and age, there is nothing that a bit of sleuthing won't find.  That interesting place called the Internet is the speediest way to find what you are seeking.  It is there.  Trust me.  It is there.  Everything is there.  In a grand total of about 3 seconds, thousands upon thousands of likely "suspects" are rounded up, sorted and laid out for you to investigate.  It does not take long before a hit has taken place and everything falls into place.  

  Yesterday while I was "purging" the Little Bayou House (this is an ongoing chore!), I came across something that my oldest son had salvaged from his Papa's shed. Pop's shed (and barn) was a wealth of intriguing prizes to a curious pre-teenage boy.  He could scrounge to his heart's content and lay claim to any number of spider-web blanketed, dust encrusted treasures.  And he often did.  At one point (as most boys that age), he was highly interested in anything to do with automobiles.  Boys' dreams seem to always involve cars, boats, knives and guns.  I dealt with it and usually gave in to their whims as long as they promised not to do bodily harm to each other.  But, back to the find of the day.  At one point, my son acquired several old hubcaps from Pop's shed.  He asked and he received.  Pop was eager to share his treasures with his grandson.   The hubcaps came to the Little Bayou House and have been here since.  

  Now came the curiosity.  Just what automobile used to sport this fancy hubcap?  I asked several of my mechanic/classic car aficionados if they recognized the hubcap.  I received several different answers but none seemed "quite" right.  Sooo...I took it upon myself to do a search.  I took the photo, did a reverse photo search and there was my hubcap!  It was easy!  I felt proud of myself and went back to set the record straight with the others.  Yay for me! 

  Anyway, just as a matter of record, the aforementioned hubcap once belonged on a 1950 Oldsmobile 98 Sedan.  Makes sense now since Pop owned several Oldsmobiles back in the day along with a Studebaker, a bevy of Jeeps, a 1957 Chevy Truck and, at one point, a Cadillac. Of course, nary a one of these was new but were used ones that were deemed "unfixable" until Pop got them.  He was an amazing mechanic along with being a farmer.  Each vehicle was restored and used until he got something else to repair.  Then, he would sell the previous one.  Growing up with all of these vehicles was a lot like an automotive version of the party game Musical Chairs!

  At least, I know the make and model of the hubcap's vehicle.  I was advised not to toss it in the garbage but rather try to find a buyer for the cap.  The classic car craze has boosted the prices on what used to be junk.  Wait!!  Maybe I should go check my son's old room once again!  There may be millions of dollars worth of junk in there!  I'm rich!!!  Ok, maybe not.