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20/12/2019 10:56 am
Before there was 1/43rd, there was this.
When you are a kid and you are ecstatic over all kinds of vehicles, you collect little replicas of your relatives cars and then the neighborhood cars, and trucks that pass by your house. You save these little vehicles by Tootsietoy, Hubley, Dinky and Corgi, if you could afford them, and plastic vehicles by Acme, Allied, Auburn rubber, Barclay, Keystone, Manoil, Ralstoy, Renwal, Ideal, to name a few, and most near 1/43rd. Then came promotionals, which are not covered today
Here are a few examples from my collection, before I started importing, much later.
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Keystone gas station (1940's), Set of 4 different Hubley Packards, some plastic, Barclay slush, and Auburn rubber Oldsmobiles, and 1939 Plymouth.
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Norev cold cast Shell gas station
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Top shelf are all Chevrolets. Superior tin gas station, Irwin Chrysler Town & Country, Saab promos, various plastic cars & trucks, Tommy Toys. Acme plastic, Tootsietoy to left, Banner plastic.
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Hubley Taxicab Set, Tootsietoy Motors
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Cardboard Chrysler dealership, Plasticville gas station, Tootsietoy farm toys, Renwal, Barclay slush, can't remember the Ford cement mixers.
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Hubley Taxicabs
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Tootsietoy Motors, Hubley log trucks.
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Hubley Midget Racers and Cement Mixer.
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Lots of Tootsietoys, Road King plastic station wagon.
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Lots of Tootsietoys, and Hubley
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Tootsietoy Playtime Set, Corgi hook & Ladder & Box truck. Ertl?
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Tootsietoy Rol-EZE-Toy set, Ralstoy Truck set to right.
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I think this is an Arcade Ice truck. Coca Cola playing cards
Hubley Taxicab. This is an individual, not part of the set.
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I think this looks like a 1941 Cadillac. New in the box.
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20/12/2019 11:34 am
Like me, it looks like you took exceptional care of these toys
Well done! I have done the same with my models/toys and 1:1 cars as well so can still use, for regular transportation, cars that are 60+ years old and still in fine condition.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
20/12/2019 11:51 am
Raymond & John, we are in agreement. I also love the old stuff. Here's an example. (pic)
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I have several others, and I enjoy all of them.
20/12/2019 12:46 pm
Astounding collection ! Really cool pictures and remarkable models.
20/12/2019 1:30 pm
Museum quality preservation Ray!
20/12/2019 1:39 pm
Neat stuff and great memories. I was owned the Superior tin gas station. I was always very careful of my toys but my brother, who is a year younger, wasn't and it would drive me crazy.
20/12/2019 1:58 pm
I also had (and have) the gas station shown in the first picture.
You could fill up the 2 gas pumps with gas (water), and a pump on the top of them would transfer it into the tank on the 2 cars included. There was also a lift on the side, to allow for lubrication. That was a wonderful toy for a child obsessed with cars (me). Many of those gas stations in miniature had rooftop parking. Did any real ones?
20/12/2019 2:21 pm
Absolutely amazing ! Thanks for the photos!!!
20/12/2019 2:31 pm
Hubley Cadillac taxi
I found a yellow and green one at the Countryside show this fall, and could not leave it behind.
Even though it's 1/24th-ish in size, I had to have it. Irresistible!
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20/12/2019 11:56 pm
What an amazing collection. I love it.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
21/12/2019 3:09 am
Absolutely!
21/12/2019 4:39 am
I am in awe! Fantastic collection - thanks for posting.
21/12/2019 8:55 am
Yes, Bob, I think the Superior station was the catalyst for my car dealership mania,
One Holiday season, my dad and I arranged a diorama of my little cars around the station, then while we each pulled a model across the tableau by a little string, my mom captured this motion picture with our Super 8. Memories.
21/12/2019 8:59 am
Richard, a few did, usually in large downtown areas. Most, I think had sales
And service. I had a few pix of these but don't know where they are.
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