I just got back from the Toy Fair in NYC, for work. One thing I really enjoyed checking out was all the die cast cars from 1/64 all the way up to 1/16. Since the late 60s, die cast has been about the only option for most detailed toy cars aimed at ol... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Cool stuff. I'd have to argue that the 1930's was the "Golden Era" of toy cars though. True quality in heavy iron & beautifully stamped steel. The later toys sure are easier to afford though..... & can be just as much fun! I'm jealous that you got to go to the Toy Fair. I'd love to see it one day. JH
this is a picture of some of my collection, snagged from a previous thread, some diecast, mostly stamped
Plastic hot rods and cars are still being made. Check out our Clearly Auto-Thentics line at www.M2Machines.com. Die cast is still king. Sean
Jay, have you ever been to the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed? If not, it is definitely worth a visit! Besides the automotive and race-related collections, they have a huge collection of vintage toy cars... http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/Collections/Toys.shtml Malcolm
I have a few pieces. Not nearly as old as some of this stuff. I got this lego hot rod garage for christmas probably in the mid 70s, displayed it for awhile and then put it away. I thought I would put it together again and show it to you guys.
gotta love the plastic toy HOT RODs. I have one of the red roadsters you have pictured, as well as a T roadster pickup in plastic.
here's a cool one I have on my ebay watch list. "marx big red super hot rod" . I'm not bidding, just watching.
Here are few from my collection including my favorite...the orange tin altered race car from Japan. I have never seen another one of these! It is supposed to have some clear palstic valve covers over the moving pistons. They were gone when I bought the car at the Street Rod nats in Kalmazoo, Michgan in 1985.
I love old toys, I've collected quite a few, nothing too rare but neat anyhow. Here's some of the plastic ones. Mick
That was one of my first lego sets!! I got that and a couple smaller sets and a lego table for christmas when I was like 4 or 5.... (that was in like '93-'94)... I can still build those two cars with out instructions...
Jive-Bomber, The plastic rod in your pic looks just like ones that my mother used to buy my brother and me from Woolworths in the 50s for 19 cents. (Anybody else notice the 'cent sign' has disappeared from the keyboard?) We'd then use her nail polish to paint them. Man! I haven't thought about those for decades! I'll have to check out Evil-bay to see if I can find one for my grandson. Thanks for the thread.
That is the exact one that I got as a Christmas gift in the 50s. I busted mine all up sending it off a ramp like Joey Chitwood to my cousin who would send it back to me. The front plastic doesn't hold up too well when colliding with the wall. No plastic...no axle and wheels. It took me 45 years but I found a very nice replacement. I don't collect toys but this one has a soft spot in my heart.
Saunders has a 40 Ford Coupe Stock Car as well. See the photo just to the left of center...Car # 7. Murph
[49RatFink].... Yeah, the stuff with the box is my favorite as well. I'm not sure on that toy. Looks like something someone built recently. I know a big toy collector who gave me a CD with 1200 Vintage race car pics on it.. and about 200 of them are teather cars, and toys. Above was just a few. J Shaw
Here's a few of my hot rod and old race car toys. Even the shelf has history, I made it in high school shop class 30 years ago
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