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09/03/2023 11:17 am
You guys seem to like these relics I salvaged from my misspent youth, so here's some futuristic designs by Mattel from 1954 of what we'd be driving in the far-off future of 1960. I never abused these guys like I did to the bulk of my toy vehicles during my "terrible tweens", nor did my father give them away to the local kids while I was in the service. These 3 cars all have friction motors. The trim on the two smaller ones are just metallic tape that amazingly held up. The larger (deluxe?) model is actually pressed metal. I resurrected them only by polishing the hell out of all the plastic which fortunately only had minor scratches. The 2 smaller ones are 8 1/4" and the larger is 10 1/4".
09/03/2023 11:21 am
you seem to have achieved the impossible here,keeping these makers of childhood dreams in such condition......Bravo and WELL DONE 😎
09/03/2023 12:10 pm
you seem to have achieved the impossible here,keeping these makers of childhood dreams in such condition......Bravo and WELL DONE 😎
My thoughts exactly....amazing really. They should all be played with to pieces or blown to bits with firecrackers at least! Lol.
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