I have known Dave and Marjorie Koch for years. I met them at Los Rancheros restaurant about 14 years ago. I sold their house in Liberty Creek and sold them a new one in Bradford Woods. Dave is a Hot Wheels collector and produces two Hot Wheels shows a year. They are usually at the Pike High School cafeteria. They have invited me to attend these shows over the years. I am not a Hot Wheels collector nor do I own any. Normally this kind of show would not interest me. What does interest me is how big it has become over the years. Last Saturday, the vendor tables filled the cafeteria and overflowed into the school hallway. It is open to the public and they serve a free catered lunch plus the fact that many vendors bring food for the pitch-in table, which gets me interested. Also, the fact that the prices for some of the Hot Wheel cars are approaching the $2,000 mark.

These vendors come from all across the Midwest area. I can vouch for that seeing license plates from cars from adjoining states in the parking lot. Dave holds raffles for Hot Wheels cars, there is a gravity feed race track for kids, some vendors give away free Hot Wheels cars for kids, and other vendors have cars for $1. The lunch line is long but moves along at a good pace.

It was a GRAND SHOW. The next one will be in December. Visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/IndyHW/

Gravity feed race track in the background