{ VINTAGE TIN }

Going to try and post some of my toys, hope I don’t have to employ a teenager. This is the first toy I remember buying as an adult. I am an “as found” advocate.

 

I like many have more toys than I deserve. Hope to display them in the garage when I get it finished. I bought the trailer at autorama in Detroit, the cab at our local swap meet.

 

Jack, that maroon Cadillac looks just like a Rob't. Crumb drawing from "Mr. Natural ...

 

That is a 58 Olds

 

You are right! But in the toy world. It’s called a 12'' tin 1959 Olds made by Yonezawa of Japan. Note the tag on it. But you and I know that it's really a 1958. Here's a 13'' 1959 Olds made by Ichiko of Japan. It does look like a 1959. They were just toys for kids back then. Thanks Ron.... full]4944897[/ATTACH]


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I’ll add one of it's interior, and the rear of the 1959 also.


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Speaking of Yonezawa, here is my Yonezawa Atom racer, it's in pretty decent shape and the friction drive works great.

Mick

 

some,"vintage tin"........and glass. Some of this stuff came out of a 1920's era sign painter's kit.Other stuff came from my good friend Chris MacMahan who cleaned out an old paint store somewhere in Ohio. The Gerstendorfer Brothers stuff dates to about 1900 as they became Sapolin Paints around 1910.Still other stuff came out of an old suitcase that had transfer letters and related material from a Chicago sign supply company in the 1930's.

 

Thanks guys, Cool old Tins. (Safari Knut) I really like the Royal Blue paint can. Great art. I’ll add another one of my 59 Olds by Ichiko of Japan.


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Thanks for the kind words Ron.The Gerstendorfer can label was apparently hand drawn and then reduced photographically.These are in a display of antique painting equipment I put together in my shop including a 1920's era striping tool by DeVilbiss and several spray guns;some of which are operated by the exhaust end of a vacuum cleaner. The craziest one is made by Dupli-Color and features a diaphragm type compressor that is operated by removing a spark plug from your engine,screwing in the compressor,and hooking it up to the gun. Fire the engine up and the compressor pumps air. It is vented to the engine compartment. Nice combination of gasoline vapors from the cylinder and a wayward spark plug wire waiting to set it off!

 

My dad had a similar gizmo that you could use to air up the tires. I used it once and it smelled bad in the process. I think it got tossed with some junk from the garage.

 

Mick, that's one of the coolest of the tin cars. I hope to find one some day. Just have'n a little fun with this one. lol

 

Thanks Ron, it's a fairly large toy at 16 inches. I believe they made 3 different variations of the Atom racer, mine is the most common. Keep treating toys as toys.

Mick

 

Too funny...I'm a huge fan of R. Crumb (and Robt. Williams) from the "Zap" days. Here's an R.Crumb inspired "self portrait assignment" I did for an art class back in college. ..didn't get a very good grade though

 

Wow Mick, that's a beaut. The Atom Racer has always been my "Holy Grail", and like Ron, I've never had one either...they're always too trashed or too expensive.
It's hard to appreciate how big they are until you see one in person. VERY NICE!

 

This fits in well with my as found philosophy. We had a Heinz plant in our town and grew tomatoes for them, I worked there one summer, my mother draws a pension from there, so makes this one a bit special, I also have a repop of this one. That is the yard dog in the background.

 

And even more...but something different

U.S. Zone Germany wind-up


U.S. Zone Germany windup


Occupied Japan Super Jeep



Soviet wide-up Cycle (Schuco copy)



Cragstan Japan "lucky" Convertible

 

Actually that R. Crumb inspired self portrait was my second submission in that "life drawing" class...in retaliation for her refusing to accept my first submission. She claimed there wasn't enough "life drawing" and too much "still life" in the first one. (I drove that '35 all through college)

 

Friction car from Japan here. Wipers move when it drives. Not really a hot rod, but appears to have been lowered by intensive play over the years. Rear fenders have a Cadillac look to them, patina resale red colour. I like it.

 

Got the same one for Christmas, cookies weren’t worth eating, but the car is going on a shelf somewhere.

 

An original Marx Bouncing Benny pull toy I have. The artwork graphics on the metal body are in great shape for its age. It is missing the flipping driver and the original foam tires have seen better days.

 

Got this can from Woody’s swap meet table- he is a pretty hardcore hot rodder. Label is in french and english, lid doubles as an ash tray- had to pay more than the 50 cents it originally sold for.

 

An old tin Texaco gas pump. Notice gas is 30 cents a gallon. lol

 

I count myself pretty lucky to have this one in my collection. It was sold by Lincoln, they were made near where I live between 1946 and 1958. Neat art deco cab over styling with Dunlop tire stickers. It has a wooden pulley for the cord and non original hook. I thought I wouldshare, as the fedex driver is stuck in the drive way and has had to call a wrecker.

 

my Vo-Tech machine shop teacher remembered people being mad when gas went up to 10 cents a gallon.

 

I had a 68 Vette in high school { 1970 } I would stop, and get a $1. worth of gas. And cruise the town all evening. I still have it. But those were the good old days! An old { American Airlines } tin plane.

 

I posted this one before but you may have missed it. This was from a company in Detroit that supplied among other things striping paint. The powder was in the top(I believe;I haven't opened it)and the clear was in the bottom.

 

From our local Drag strip in western Sydney Aust, '62 to '84.

 

Just a few recent acquisitions...