I picked these up last week #1 Aurora Indy Car #2 1970 Tonka Street Streaks. The street streak was one of the Tonka Assembly Line toys. It came in a kit and you put it together and chose the stickers from a sheet that was included. Kinda like the prerunner to a snap-tite model car, but more of a toy. They are pretty rare. This one is in never played with condition. Very cool!
I picked up these two Saunders jalopies today. The guy I got them from said his father painted them when he was young. They are super neat.
I had sanded and painted this one, then I lost the wheels and axles. For the life of me, I couldn't find them anywhere. I searched for a few months, and had decided to just buy some from eBay, but the prices are out of sight. Well about a week ago I found them in my kids playroom. So I reassembled it and made hubcaps from soda can bottoms. I still need to find or make a windshield frame.
I took a chance on an online auction. It is small and plastic, a real baby bird. Marked F&F mold and die works- Dayton Ohio, also says FORD. Steel axles and all four white wheels are holding air.
here is the HOT ROD wing of my Toy Museum. the black Model T and the red Maxwell is what Revell made before they started doing models. the last one in the bubble is smaller than a quarter. called "skeeters". it is next to the blue roadster in the case
Yea- prepped for bonneville with no windshield. The valves on top of the motor go up and down when it moves. A nice addition to my humble collection.
49ratfink - I need your assistance in identifying the red roadster in the middle of the green Auburn rubber roadster and the blue one. I have two very crude slush cast metal copies of this roadster made in New Zealand by the Fun-Ho toy company. Fun-Ho was notorious for blatantly copying other companies toys, including that Auburn roadster. Can you tell me who the manufacturer of the red one is - and what material it is - looks like rubber or plastic in the photo? Cheers Alan
Thank you Ratfink, that is great information for me. I have posted two photos here to show the New Zealand Fun-Ho! toys. The red one was given to me by an expat Kiwi friend, sadly no longer with us. I would estimate it was a late sixties, early seventies manufacture. The blue one I bought in the mid to late eighties after corresponding with the son of the original founder of the company. The company is still in business today but they sell there toys in the gift shop of a really cool museum that showcases pretty much everything they ever made. When it arrived, I asked him why it had Buddy L wheels and tyres - he said they located a large quantity of these wheels somewhere and bought them cheap to use in future production. Cheers Alan
Guys, I have a problem. I can't stand to see a toy with missing pieces. I feel like I need to find all of the missing parts and put them back together. I traded an old tailgate for this toy car and trailer. It was missing the grand prix cars from the trailer. They are really hard to find. I found these listed on eBay
I expect that car was made well before I was eating any kind of cereal, but the guy I gave it to was reminiscing about sending in box tops and a dime to get his. He has about 20 years on me.
This one came my way this week. Made in Japan, the decal on the side says custom T, but it looks like a 1931 model A tudor without the roof. Did they make a two door phaeton? It has a chrome V8 with a single air breather and headers. The red body with blue fenders doesn’t do much for me, but the running board inserts are metal. Edit- yup Henry built about 2200 phaetons in various configurations in 1931- thanks 26 T.
Hahaha... I know your post was a few years ago but a five-year-old swap meet wheeler dealer? You're raising the kid right!
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