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A few of my toys:
Eldon racetrack with Ferraris (this was one of mine as a kid)
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'50s Marx train set (purchased; old store stock)
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And "As Seen On TV" Johnny Toymaker! (with this you can mould/bake your own Jaguars ... unopened, old store stock). From the same makers of the banned/dangerous shocked.gif Johnny Seven rifle, Topper.
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That's pretty cool stuff. My first Eldon had stiok cars, a yellow Impala, a Blue Catalina, a white T-Bird and a red Plymouth. I got a lot of different cars added over the years too.

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I had a couple more sets that I burnt with lighter fluidno. They contained a '65 Mustang, '65 Corvette, and other classics.
The Ferrari set (the earliest set of all) survived because I didn't like the cars as much, and it was a lot smaller track set-up!

-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 17th of September 2010 05:34:43 PM

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The funny thing is we used lighter fluid too, the yellow can with blue spout, to do burn outs as well. I thought I was leading edge and here you were doing it too...LOL!

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Cool! Do we need an old toy thread?
I think we do!


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Ya good idea, I had this Big Bruiser tow truck and a wrecked Ranchero it recovered...looking for a picture now.

-- Edited by 73SC on Friday 17th of September 2010 06:53:57 PM

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Found it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHO8AP8Gx0

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I slightly adjusted the title of this thread.

I used to get $10 for my birthday when I was a kid starting at age 5. I had one toy in mind. A Corgi semi truck! These were awesome as they had moving parts and real rubber tires. I still remember the one I got on my 5th birthday. It was a Mack Semi with an Esso tanker trailer. I am slowly collecting Mint-in-Box examples when I find a deal on Ebay. I have two of the ones I had so far:

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I still have some surviving models from when I was a kid. Most are Jo Han. They had the coolest models!
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I used to have a room full of Matchbox die case with several rare variations. I sold it all to buy a 58 Plymouth. Someday I'd like to get some of the early "regular wheel" models mint-in-box again.



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 Haven't got a lot of old ones....Just cars (all scales) that I like

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Gee you guy's are lucky, the only old toy I get to play with is the wife...biggrin

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For me it's Estes Model Rockets.  Launched some real oldies recently.  The little guy is 37 years old and came through without a scratch.  Just need powder charges and a car battery.  Good times.  And the dinky's from a friend with a warped sense of humour.

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Haven't heard the Eldon name forever. 
Here are a couple of hot wheels (ie Deora) and some War Amp license  tags...

Also have a wind-up Horby train set from about 1965 that I'll have to dig up a picture of...

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-- Edited by 03cts sport on Saturday 18th of September 2010 04:37:28 PM

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Estes rockets are cool! I haven't launched one since about grade 8. My son and I have contemplated buying one however we don't have a good track record for flying things lasting longer than about a day. The only exception is the Air Rage RC plane I picked up at The Source for 5 bucks. The staff tried to fly it and crashed it. I bought it as is and fixed it. We are on our second summer with it. Action video:







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I picked up this toy a few weeks back.
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I saw the rear end of this car and had a flashback to the 50's

My father's first new car was a 1957 Monarch, 2 tone blue. It was also the first car that I crashed in about 1961.

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Runs on a car battery and a 1957 Ford starter motor. It's about 6 feet long.

My story is that I bought this for some future grandkids to play with



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That's gotta be worth a few bucks. Good score!

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Very cool Rick!

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67rag396 wrote:

I picked up this toy a few weeks back.
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I saw the rear end of this car and had a flashback to the 50's

My father's first new car was a 1957 Monarch, 2 tone blue. It was also the first car that I crashed in about 1961.

DSCN1059.JPG
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Runs on a car battery and a 1957 Ford starter motor. It's about 6 feet long.

My story is that I bought this for some future grandkids to play with


Excellent Find!!!  I love it!

 



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THATS COOL ALL I PICK UP IS TONKA TRUCKS MY GRAND KIDS COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND THATS ALL THEY PLAY WITH IS TONKA TOYS. BOY WERE THEY MAD WHEN I PAVED MY DRIVEWAY.

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This shows most of the track I set up when I get the urge in the winter. There is more track but this is a nice combo of road course and drag strip.



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

This shows most of the track I set up when I get the urge in the winter. There is more track but this is a nice combo of road course and drag strip.


Not that's the kind of basement I remember growing up as a kid.  A slot race track and a hockey net.  Pure Canadiana Baby!!!!

 



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Yup. There's a very good reason the basement isn't neatly drywalled and painted. Best advice we ever got when we built our house was "if you're going to have kids, don't finish your basement until they move out!"

Those race cars have been known to "hit the wall in the turn" and it has a different meaning than in NASCAR!

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I had a Marx train like that, and a similar race car set except it had 62 Chevrolet, Pontiac and Ford, plus a 65 Dodge Coronet. Unknown to me my brother tossed it in the trash in the mid 70s when he decided to clean up. Same with all the car models.

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67rag396 wrote:

 

I picked up this toy a few weeks back.
DSCN1069.JPG

I saw the rear end of this car and had a flashback to the 50's

My father's first new car was a 1957 Monarch, 2 tone blue. It was also the first car that I crashed in about 1961.

DSCN1059.JPG
DSCN1052.JPG

Runs on a car battery and a 1957 Ford starter motor. It's about 6 feet long.

My story is that I bought this for some future grandkids to play with


Excellent Find!!!  I love it!

 


I have a 63 Corvette like this-it was built by BarryToycraft as a promo for GM 1 of 300 made (1 for each dealer)

Yours looks to be the same-I've seen them on the site-you should check it out.

I'm told D&S pedal car carries restoration parts for them too

 



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I have a 63 Corvette like this-it was built by BarryToycraft as a promo for GM 1 of 300 made (1 for each dealer)

Yours looks to be the same-I've seen them on the site-you should check it out.

I'm told D&S pedal car carries restoration parts for them too

 


This one was built by Powercar. It's Serial number 255.
I found the websites that show details and resources.

My buddy with the 56 Laurentian found one of the 56 Pontiac Juniors and had it restored by D & S to resemble hid full size car.

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-- Edited by 67rag396 on Monday 20th of September 2010 09:23:56 PM

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