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70cstjr · 03-15-2009, 04:25 PM

Well cleaning out the barn today..and found my dads old toys..ive seen em burried in the box but never got em out to check them out..im sure they are covered in led paint and all that good stuff, but they are in better shape that i thought..BTW dad if u dont pick these up soon they become property of me..enjoy the pictures

72BlckButy · 03-15-2009, 04:32 PM

Those are awesome 70cstjr!

EyeH8the24 · 03-15-2009, 04:38 PM

dang those are nice ! wish i could find some like that !

**old Rusty C10** · 03-15-2009, 05:56 PM

i remember having some of those when i was a kid... they were a bit old then im 44 lol

**special-K** · 03-15-2009, 06:31 PM

Oh yeah...that`s right up my ally.

That first BuddyL is a hydraulic dump.The 1st Tonka is a`58.The next one is a`57.Tonka changed body styles a year later than Ford.Does the next one,the green Structo semi,have an opening hood with a motor inside?

rod86 · 03-16-2009, 08:22 AM

they are sweet, i remember seeing some of my dads old toys, some similar to them, no idea where they went tho... thanks for sharing..

panhandler62 · 03-16-2009, 09:40 AM

I used to have one of those fire-trucks.

muddbugg72 · 03-16-2009, 10:57 AM

Very cool trucks, and we're never to old to play with trucks!

boatpuller · 03-16-2009, 11:33 AM

here's a few from my "stable".these survived me and my brother's,now my grandson's are using em.their timeless.

big_al_71 · 03-16-2009, 12:03 PM

Man I am not joking seeing those toys my eyes watered up as I remember playing with some of those when I was a kid and what a blast I had playing in the dirt specially that dump truck and that yellow loader. I also had a cement truck, bull dozer and bigger dump truck all by tonka. I would give anything to have this toys back.

thks for sharing

**special-K** · 03-16-2009, 06:50 PM

Here`s some 54-57 Tonkas in my laundry room:

BarryB · 03-16-2009, 08:24 PM

Those are cool, I wish I still had the ones I used to play with. I'm only 31 but I played with some of the ones my Dad played, when I was at my Grandma's place.

Sillyoldman · 03-16-2009, 08:48 PM

remember this and holding it up to you eye to see inside?

**special-K** · 03-17-2009, 05:59 AM

Yeah.Mine had a little guy strapped to a gurney and his head wrapped in a bandage.

My Matchboxes are about all that survived my childhood.My Tonkas were rode hard and put away wet.I tell you,it ain`t cheap buyin`back your childhood.

boatpuller · 03-17-2009, 11:19 AM

nice collection special k...........that red steam shovel with the low boy was my favorite.i give the neighbor kid a bloody nose over that one.i found it parked over at is house under the tree.back in the early sixties you didn't mess with another guy's tonka's without asking

i think they even had rubber tracks for it.but,they never lasted.i bet their hard to find.
70cstjr....nice group.i had that green flat bed and white horse trailer.i think they sold as a set.there was also removable stake bed fencing for the flat bed it's amazing how you can go 40 year's without seeing one.then,remember it like it was yesterday.

boatpuller · 03-17-2009, 11:44 AM

check these currently running on ebay....pretty amazing the horses are still with it.

redneckgirl · 03-17-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sillyoldman

remember this and holding it up to you eye to see inside?

I had one of those

1320tech · 03-17-2009, 03:04 PM

Great tonka's my brother has several thousand tonka trucks.you have some very nice ones some of those trucks have real value

Woogeroo · 03-17-2009, 07:50 PM

cool thread folks!

-W

bouncytruck · 03-17-2009, 08:47 PM

Great collections. I just picked up all my old hot wheels from my parents house. A couple hundred total and a bunch of 1/43(ish) scale trucks & cars. I was going to give them to my son, but there are a few I'm gonna keep. Also in the box was a 73-75 Blazer Tonka sized truck. The tops missing and it has some surface rust, but it's not too bad.

70cstjr · 03-18-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by boatpuller

check these currently running on ebay....pretty amazing the horses are still with it.

those are basically what i have minus the horses..but i like mine better due to mine has patina..and we all know patina brings more money

NONHOG · 03-18-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 70cstjr

those are basically what i have minus the horses..but i like mine better due to mine has patina..and we all know patina brings more money

I painted my Tonka Jeep wagoneer police wagon and regret it .
Did not turn out as I hoped .

**special-K** · 03-19-2009, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by 1320tech

Great tonka's my brother has several thousand tonka trucks.you have some very nice ones some of those trucks have real value

Dang! I only have a few hundred.

Many a busted nose over messing with a feller`s Tonka back then,huh?You toucha my lowboy,I toucha you face!

I like the pumper truck.All mine got painted,bumpers stripped,decals removed,and basically put to the stress test.My favorite was to oil up the wheels and ride it down the big hill.

70rs/ss · 03-19-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bouncytruck

Great collections. I just picked up all my old hot wheels from my parents house. A couple hundred total and a bunch of 1/43(ish) scale trucks & cars. I was going to give them to my son, but there are a few I'm gonna keep. Also in the box was a 73-75 Blazer Tonka sized truck. The tops missing and it has some surface rust, but it's not too bad.

Before you pass along the hotwheels, check to see that none of them are hundred or thousand dollar cars!! Lots of the early ones are worth bank especially rare colors, PINK especially, now I know no self respecting man child played with a pink hotwheels, but they are worth bank!

70cstjr · 03-19-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

on a side not...love the log cabin..love old houses..thats y i love mine

03-15-2009, 04:25 PM	#1
70cstjr Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: laura, ohio Posts: 935	Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Well cleaning out the barn today..and found my dads old toys..ive seen em burried in the box but never got em out to check them out..im sure they are covered in led paint and all that good stuff, but they are in better shape that i thought..BTW dad if u dont pick these up soon they become property of me..enjoy the pictures __________________ PROJECT CIRCUIT RIDER

03-15-2009, 04:32 PM	#2
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Those are awesome 70cstjr! __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

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EyeH8the24 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: beulah,alabama Posts: 1,075	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with dang those are nice ! wish i could find some like that !

03-15-2009, 05:56 PM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,345	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with i remember having some of those when i was a kid... they were a bit old then im 44 lol __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

03-15-2009, 06:31 PM	#5
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Oh yeah...that`s right up my ally. That first BuddyL is a hydraulic dump.The 1st Tonka is a`58.The next one is a`57.Tonka changed body styles a year later than Ford.Does the next one,the green Structo semi,have an opening hood with a motor inside? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 03-16-2009 at 09:38 AM.

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rod86 great southern land Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: perth - australia Posts: 6,194	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with they are sweet, i remember seeing some of my dads old toys, some similar to them, no idea where they went tho... thanks for sharing.. __________________ rod 86 chevy c10 silverado

03-16-2009, 09:40 AM	#7
panhandler62 Java Mechanic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 6,763	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with I used to have one of those fire-trucks. __________________ Keith 11 Lincoln MKT -- Momma's wagon 13 G37xS -- middle age crazy car 68 C20 Fleetside -- RIP Decorating the whole town up at a cost of $27 ....

03-16-2009, 10:57 AM	#8
muddbugg72 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: port allen louisiana Posts: 207	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Very cool trucks, and we're never to old to play with trucks!

03-16-2009, 11:33 AM	#9
boatpuller Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sun City West, Az Posts: 3,822	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with here's a few from my "stable".these survived me and my brother's,now my grandson's are using em.their timeless. Attached Images __________________ " Never look up a dead dogs butt."

03-16-2009, 12:03 PM	#10
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Man I am not joking seeing those toys my eyes watered up as I remember playing with some of those when I was a kid and what a blast I had playing in the dirt specially that dump truck and that yellow loader. I also had a cement truck, bull dozer and bigger dump truck all by tonka. I would give anything to have this toys back. thks for sharing __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

03-16-2009, 06:50 PM	#11
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Here`s some 54-57 Tonkas in my laundry room: __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 03-16-2009 at 06:51 PM.

03-16-2009, 08:24 PM	#12
BarryB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blountville, Tn. Posts: 3,904	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Those are cool, I wish I still had the ones I used to play with. I'm only 31 but I played with some of the ones my Dad played, when I was at my Grandma's place. __________________ We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp; some are pretty;and some are dull. Some have weird names; and all are different colours;but they all have to live in the same box. You may be only one person in the world, But you may also be the world to one person. * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. Two rules in life. 1. Never sweat the small stuff! 2. Everything is small stuff!

03-16-2009, 08:48 PM	#13
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03-17-2009, 05:59 AM	#14
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Yeah.Mine had a little guy strapped to a gurney and his head wrapped in a bandage. My Matchboxes are about all that survived my childhood.My Tonkas were rode hard and put away wet.I tell you,it ain`t cheap buyin`back your childhood. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 03-17-2009 at 06:04 AM.

03-17-2009, 11:19 AM	#15
boatpuller Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sun City West, Az Posts: 3,822	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with nice collection special k...........that red steam shovel with the low boy was my favorite.i give the neighbor kid a bloody nose over that one.i found it parked over at is house under the tree.back in the early sixties you didn't mess with another guy's tonka's without asking i think they even had rubber tracks for it.but,they never lasted.i bet their hard to find. 70cstjr....nice group.i had that green flat bed and white horse trailer.i think they sold as a set.there was also removable stake bed fencing for the flat bed it's amazing how you can go 40 year's without seeing one.then,remember it like it was yesterday. __________________ " Never look up a dead dogs butt." Last edited by boatpuller; 03-17-2009 at 11:22 AM.



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03-17-2009, 11:44 AM	#16
boatpuller Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sun City West, Az Posts: 3,822	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with check these currently running on ebay....pretty amazing the horses are still with it. Attached Images __________________ " Never look up a dead dogs butt."

03-17-2009, 03:04 PM	#18
1320tech Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: newparis ohio Posts: 201	Re: Blast from the past..the toys you used to play with Great tonka's my brother has several thousand tonka trucks.you have some very nice ones some of those trucks have real value

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