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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Photo of a boy dated 1942. With his Distler toy?

Sure looks like it.

Wow.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
Sure looks like it to me as well Popcorn


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
Photos from a VW dealership brochure featuring 1/40 Wiking models. Photos from Typ3nut's gallery.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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TCO kastenwagen.

It would be interesting to know what is being machined from that blueprint.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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TCO kastenwagen.

It would be interesting to know what is being machined from that blueprint.

Custom slammed suspension? He's ahead of his time. Smile

It does look like he's working on the axles or something similar

Is that a little baby mill and he's wearing a tie while using it? Bad idea kid
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 11:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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TCO kastenwagen.

It would be interesting to know what is being machined from that blueprint.

Custom slammed suspension? He's ahead of his time. Smile

It does look like he's working on the axles or something similar

Is that a little baby lathe and he's wearing a tie while using it? Bad idea kid

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:45 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Hot Wheels track and a Tonka Beetle!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Distler KdF Wagen toy at the Cornerstone Ceremony May 1938 Popcorn

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Contrast, perspective, reflections, and lighting all make this look like an airbrushed fake, and not a very good one at that.

Or was this a joke? Sorry.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Volkswagen Canada pedal car, circa 1966.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Bandai Polizei.

Back when we played with toys with sharp edges!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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RUNKLE wrote:
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TCO kastenwagen.

It would be interesting to know what is being machined from that blueprint.

Custom slammed suspension? He's ahead of his time. Smile

It does look like he's working on the axles or something similar

Is that a little baby mill and he's wearing a tie while using it? Bad idea kid


This is what he started with.
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Super cool TCO kastenwagen made in Germany.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Pines pedal car.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
No Worries Blue Baron . . . Was just having a little Fun . . . I removed my posts . . . Popcorn
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
No redaction necessary, just more vintage photos!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage toy photos back in the day Reply with quote
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Here's how I got my start with dune buggies back in 1974. I received this AMF pedal car
Manx for Christmas and I pretty much drove it until the wheels fell off.
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My newest VW addition. 1972(ish) AMF Pedal Car...
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Diorama of VW 411 introduction.


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