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Welsh Corgis are one of the first dog breeds I learned about when I was a kid. I'm kind of partial to them. The reason is, I collected/played with Corgi Toys. Those and Dinky Toys. My folks didn't have a lot of money and we had a big family, but when they bought us toys they bought quality. Are you familiar with them. Also Matchboxes, which everyone knows. I still have all that stuff. The coolest Corgi Toy I had was a baby blue '63 Riviera. And I have a story about that.

Back in '82 was when I met the gal I ended up marrying. She had two kids so I had to grow up. I started my home contracting business out of a '71 K/20. I wanted her to have a car that was a cool mate to it, and I wanted something sporty but also plush. So I was looking for a '71 Monte Carlo when I ran across a baby blue '63 Riviera. I realized it was what a Monte Carlo came from and bought it for her. At some point I went digging through my old toys and came across that Corgi Toy. I don't know if it was a subconscious thing or coincidence, but I had bought the real version of one of my favorite toys as a kid. In all these years I have only seen one other baby blue Riviera. And I just searched Corgi Toy Riviera and only found two pictures of baby blue ones. The one was an old listed that was a dead end and the other is on Ebay, and it says it's the rare baby blue version. The rest are either gold or medium blue metallic. I don't know, but when I think About it, that is one of the coolest things in my life