Show your Age, Toy's you Grew up with

[ricks_RR]

for those that ice skated

 

[ricks_RR]

 

[Richard Cranium]

I had this.

Note the CID callout on the hood.

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You can tell by the engine displacement that someone didn't know what they were talking about.

 

[HawkRod]

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Strapping the rocket ''engine'' to a 1/24 scale model car had a thrill. Then we found other things to with the fuse, then we found Nichrome wire and batteries.

It's a wonder many of us survived childhood!!!

 

[YY1]

You can tell by the engine displacement that someone didn't know what they were talking about.

Not sure I follow you.

Although it didn't register at the time, it's the first reference to the classic 451 stroker combo of the 440 crank in a 400 block I ever saw.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Not sure I follow you.

Although it didn't register at the time, it's the first reference to the classic 451 stroker combo of the 440 crank in a 400 block I ever saw.

I stand corrected.

 

[ACME A12]

I noticed that several guys posted pics of the Aurora AFX slot cars. I had several of those sets too, including the Jackie Stewart Oval Eight shown earlier in this thread. This one below was my very first one. Christmas 1971. Came with the Daytona and the Z/28 as shown. My love of the winged cars started right then and there. Whichever chassis I had that was fastest at the time was what went under that orange body.

 

[Timmayy]

Some of my childhood toys that I still collect.

 

[ricks_RR]

good stuff

 

[ricks_RR]

oh look no lead paint or made in china

 

[mrhemi]

You really know where you stand when the lunch box you carried to school as a kid is on display in the Henry Ford Museum.
No picture unfortunately, but a few years back my wife and I were visiting the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. That year they had a themed display for '60's every day culture. We came across a display case containing kids metal lunch boxes and thermos'. And there it was, the "Fantastic Four" metal lunch box, just like I carried to early grade school.

 

[Daves69]

Lol, I made quick work of one of these............

Still got this though...............

This still works great. The first reel I bought from Crossroads Sporting Goods store in '69 with my paper route riches..............

My first (and only) 6 wheel dump...........

 

[mrhemi]

Lol, I made quick work of one of these............
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Still got this though...............
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This still works great. The first reel I bought from Crossroads Sporting Goods store in '69 with my paper route riches..............
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My first (and only) 6 wheel dump...........
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I still have all my old Tonka toys. I have to get a photo and post. They are on display somewhere in the house.

 

[Daves69]

I still have all my old Tonka toys......

Mine's a bit rusty.................. kinda' like my '05 Ram!

 

[440+6]

Me driving the firetruck, my brother on the bike....... such a long, long time ago.........
BTW The reason why the cool ladders are gone, some punk **** ripped them off in middle of the night lived in Detroit.......

 

[SteveSS]

I had the REMCO Barracuda Nuclear submarine. It was BADD *** all the way. It shot torpedoes and surface-to-air nukes. Lots of little sailors they even had their own raft, Big batteries in the bottom the wheels could move it into firing range

 

[FU64RY]

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Slinkey and Monopoly were both invented in Altoona Pa.

 

[kiwigtx]

Not sure I follow you.

Although it didn't register at the time, it's the first reference to the classic 451 stroker combo of the 440 crank in a 400 block I ever saw.

But when was that toy manufactured in relation to the timeline for such a stroker kit?

 

[sam dupont]

I remember a stroker Duster in one of the hot rod magazines. It made so much power and the car was so light, they had to put a bunch of engine parts in the trunk to keep it on the dyno.

Had to modify the K member, so that predates 1973 or the guy probably would have swapped K members out

 

[QOTHL]

Slinkey and Monopoly were both invented in Altoona Pa.

Is this the train to Altoona?