[Firedup6975]

Thank you Santa=me. look what I found at the Central Tractor Store today, to bad the TA isn’t black. I already have the red truck, but my TA is black and gold. anyone here collect diecasts? Post em up please.

[Firedup6975]

A few of my little guys.

[Chief of the 60's]

Even when I was a kid I believed in playing with toys that ran on real fuel.

[Firedup6975]

Those are cool I like that plane, there’s a club here that has competition races flying their gas engine planes and anything aviation I’d like to find a plane pedal car that is affordable they are cool but very hard to find and are pricey.

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

Even when I was a kid I believed in playing with toys that ran on real fuel.

I have the Vega version similar to the pinto, need to try it out again.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by 455Grandville

I have the Vega version similar to the pinto, need to try it out again.

I was going to buy the Vega until I saw that the Pinto was a Pearlescent white so, as a kid, I had to have it over the yellow. The bad part is that because the Pinto was so cool looking I never fired it up. Had I had bought the Vega I probably would have wore the tires out on it.

I don't know if you or anyone knows but these two Funny Cars would pop a chute and shut down at the end of their run.

[lemansboy70]

Here's a few pics of my old toy room. 99.5% all Pontiac. Most of the stuff is now sold off or stashed in tubs. I turned this room into a home theater. Approx. 2000 pieces at that time.

[lemansboy70]

A few more.

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

I was going to buy the Vega until I saw that the Pinto was a Pearlescent white so, as a kid, I had to have it over the yellow. The bad part is that because the Pinto was so cool looking I never fired it up. Had I had bought the Vega I probably would have wore the tires out on it.

I don't know if you or anyone knows but these two Funny Cars would pop a chute and shut down at the end of their run.

Mine was a hand me down from a cousin. But, it seemed by the early 80s hobby stores didn’t have parts for them and I put it back in the box.
Seems there’s plenty of parts on e-bay.

[Chief of the 60's]

LOL! The last time I tried to fly one of those teather planes it went straight up then straight down smashing into pieces on the street. I probably was about 12 when that happen. I went to the hobby store, bought the one you see and didn't want to wreck another one so that is why it looks like its new, because it is.

[carbking]

I used to rationalize my plastic model/diecast collection by thinking it took less storage space than the real thing. Now I am not so sure









Jon.

[400 4spd.]

During the 90's I bought way too many racing diecast cars. These days I randomly give them to my 4 year old grandson. Seeing his smile is better than than any financial profit I thought I would get from them.

[Firedup6975]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

During the 90's I bought way too many racing diecast cars. These days I randomly give them to my 4 year old grandson. Seeing his smile is better than than any financial profit I thought I would get from them.

I have more than I pictured, but I’m not a “serious” collector where everything must stay in its package or box, I display my stuff. I think the only collectible I have that I did not open is my BURT Reynolds action figure. My 4 year old Granddaughter sometimes plays with my cars on the end tables, I don’t care. I can’t take em with me when I go. Burt is kind of special to me though lol.

[Stuart]

I don't have a photo of it, but I have one of these 1:18 scale die cast 1961 Venturas that Ertl came out with some years ago. My real car is a Bonneville, and it's a different shade of red, but this is as close as I'll ever be able to find. I do have a 1:18 die cast model of my off topic daily driver. Also have a bunch of old 1:25 scale AMT 3-in-1 plastic models of full size Pontiacs ranging from 1960 through 1968, with a few gaps.

[Stuart]

I don't have a photo of it, but I have one of these 1:18 scale die cast 1961 Venturas that Ertl came out with some years ago. My real car is a Bonneville, and it's a different shade of red, but this is as close as I'll ever be able to find. I also have a bunch of old 1:25 scale AMT 3-in-1 plastic models of full size Pontiacs ranging from 1960 through 1968, with a few gaps.

[poncho-mike]

I bought too many 1:18 scale cars over the years, have taken a few of the non-Pontiacs to Autofair and sold them. At one point, I probably had a hundred or more of these stashed in a closet.

Does anybody remember the slot cars of the late 60s and early 70s? My uncle was only about 10 years older than me, and when he was in his early 20s he would take me to a slot car track where you could race your slot car against other people. You paid to enter, and the track operator paid prizes to the winners. The track operator had multiple tracks set up, with different entry fees and age limits. It was a blast. If my memory is correct, it all came to an end when my uncle found a girlfriend and I had no way to get to the track.

One of the cars I raced was a white early 70s Camaro with a big white stripe like the 70-72 T/A. My uncle was a Pontiac guy, and he owned a 64 GTO tripower 4-spd (which he destroyed trying to beat a train across a railroad track, almost made it). I came across a box of slot car stuff when we were cleaning out my parent's place after mom passed. It's in my attic now.

Mike

[Firedup6975]

Originally Posted by poncho-mike

I bought too many 1:18 scale cars over the years, have taken a few of the non-Pontiacs to Autofair and sold them. At one point, I probably had a hundred or more of these stashed in a closet.

Does anybody remember the slot cars of the late 60s and early 70s? My uncle was only about 10 years older than me, and when he was in his early 20s he would take me to a slot car track where you could race your slot car against other people. You paid to enter, and the track operator paid prizes to the winners. The track operator had multiple tracks set up, with different entry fees and age limits. It was a blast. If my memory is correct, it all came to an end when my uncle found a girlfriend and I had no way to get to the track.

One of the cars I raced was a white early 70s Camaro with a big white stripe like the 70-72 T/A. My uncle was a Pontiac guy, and he owned a 64 GTO tripower 4-spd (which he destroyed trying to beat a train across a railroad track, almost made it). I came across a box of slot car stuff when we were cleaning out my parent's place after mom passed. It's in my attic now.

Mike

I have a few Firebird slot cars in my show cases those suckers are expensive.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Definitely have a toy car problem.

[Firedup6975]

Originally Posted by Drag Star Le Mans

Definitely have a toy car problem.

Just WOW! No wonder I can’t find any cars you have em all.

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by Drag Star Le Mans

Definitely have a toy car problem.

Looks to be 54 sprint cars there, I guess someone else besides me enjoys sprint car racing. Do you just collect the cars, or do you also attend the races?