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I have a weak spot for vintage diecast cars. I also love 'Autocar' magazines and most old car books.
Lately I've thought of seeking out some of the cars I had as a kid, ones that got destroyed in play. I had many 1:24 scale Burago cars, those were pretty cool. 1:18 cars seem too big for any large scale collection - I only have a few nowadays.
Some of the older ones have been proven to be a decent enough investment over the past 10-15 years too
You should shop ebay and mix in some vintage models with her next batch of toys...I think those items will remain strong in the market, and should at least hold their value, if not continue to inflate.
A couple years ago I bought an old Hot Wheels case on ebay, containing 10 cars. I am more of a Matchbox guy, so I put them on ebay...averaged about $50/car.
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Have a pretty large collection of model cars of all scales(1/144th to 1/4).A lot were acquired from friends who would go to Europe(Germany mostly)to pick up cars for our customers.Lots of Wiking,Schuco,and Herpa;mostly in 1/90th(close to HO)but some larger stuff.Lots of RoKo military models(great detail in HO scale)too.
Have a lot of toys from my youth(late 40's-early 50's)that my mother somehow saved and I acquired when she passed away.
My current interest is collecting vintage spray guns, airbrushes and related equipment.Some interesting items including mouth operated airbrushes and spray guns that run off the compression of an engine(compressor screws into a spark plug hole)or the air in a spare tire.Mostly made from the 30's to the early 50's.My oldest is an airbrush made in 1910 that I used to airbrush motorcycles in the early 70's.
As I am a pinstriper/sign artist(semi-retired)I collect artwork that is automotive related.That covers most of the walls of my shop/garage(24x36).I trade with other artists and currently have enough art to cover THREE garages.
I don't even want to get into how many vintage auto magazines and books I have;a very sore subject with my bride.My library also includes reference works for my other MAJOR collection:Knives.
Having collected them since I was 10 I have a rather substantial collection(a couple thousand)as well as numerous books and related magazines.Vintage toys,display model airplanes,and a few trains round out my collecting mania.Oh yes and vintage records(a LOT).
My shop is starting(?)to look more like a museum than a workplace which houses my 1955 and 1957 Pontiac Safari wagons as well as my 25th Anniversary TransAm.My other garage holds my 1991 GMC Syclone and my wife's 1972 Thunderbird.
Collecting is DEFINITELY a disease!
And boomchek might relate to this one...there used to be a little shop in Lougheed Mall in Burnaby that sold these little cars. It was only there for a few years back in the mid 90s. The prices were reasonable (I think), usually $8-10 apiece. I picked up a few cars there. Were you in the area at the time?
And on the toy car subject...one of the holy grails of Matchbox has been listed on ebay. I have never seen one of these presentation sets before. I have a 1958 FAO Schwartz catalogue that lists one of these, for something like $3 or $4. It would be easy to assemble the cars, and alone they are only worth ca. $100 apiece. But the big box is an insane rarity. Just look at the price!
I recognize a couple of those cars. You have a Mercedes 300/Adenauer sedan (pictured next to a red motorcycle) with a clockwork motor, made by a company called 'Prameta'. These had a key shaped like a chauffeur.
The large tin/chrome finish late-40s looking roadster was made by 'Distler' I believe, and is probably marked 'US-Zone Germany'. I have a '49 Ford convertible of similar design by this same company, packed away at my mother's somewhere. These cars had a lever inside that allowed gear selection.
I also spot a little white diecast Porsche 356. Is it made by 'Tekno'?
I like your case of HO-scale plastic cars too. You'd want to hide those if I ever visited :P
I think HERPA makes them, but there are other brands too.
Check out their website, as they have everything listed on it.
Toy cars
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And speaking of yard sales, I found this yesterday:
It's a mechanical clock out of a Ford (or Ford product), it is marked Ford on the back. You wind it from the stem on the bottom, and it has mounting pieces still on the back. The dial, bezel, and glass are in excellent condition, but of course it doesn't run. There is no part number on it. Anyone know what year this could be from? I would assume by the 40s clocks were electric.
I spent a whopping 33 cents on it (I bought 2 other items and paid a dollar for the lot).
I always sign up for car related contests, and once in a while I'll get something neat. Last year I got a street sign from Porsche. It was a 7/8 scale street sign of
of the street where the Porsche factory is located. I'm saving it for my garage.
Years ago I received a sophisticated Oldsmobile 3d slide viewer (like an andvanced viewmaster) which had an Olds Intrigue photo slideshow. The thing stopped working though which is too bad.
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This calendar has two pages for each month - one with a normal artsy photo, and the other a technical diagram of a piece of a V12 biturbo engine. I should suggest they make a heritage themed calendar so I can see a car like mine.
You've won some things that might be collectible sometime.
What will become of my collection, we'll see. Right now we're focused on getting a house with a siazeable garage to put all my stuff into.
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I assume the housing market is sputtering there as it is here. I'd be happy with a simple little condo with a 2 car tandem garage, just so I can tinker with the old beast at my leisure. Any other cars can sleep outside, E55 and fintail get to sleep in the dry.
I'd want a 2 car garage too but in a townhouse. That way I can decorate it with my car memorabilia, and toys.
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When I was a kid I put a lot of hubcaps, old license plates and car parts etc up in our garage...but my mom had a yard sale when I was in college and sold it all.
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Or, I guess I could just clean out the garage, so it can hold the 4 cars it was intended to, rather than 3! That way, only one New Yorker would have to sit outside. And my blue NYer has always sat outside anyway. I just started parking it in the garage once the space opened up. And then it died in there, an attempt to take squatter's rights, I guess!
Andre already has the "entry level" beginner barn, except most of his cars run good :P
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Now we've got a load of model W210s...but no E55
As for your E55 AMG, it's impossible to find a scale model. Wonder why?
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However, there are models of the C36 and C43, which are even rarer.
This is the only W210 E55 model I know of
I paid a ton of money for it and the paint too and built it.
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I finally got tired of dusting it and sold it on Ebay a while back.
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I do remember back around that time I bought a 1:18 Revell 500SL...I was really into the R129 when it was new, and I had to have it. It had a removeable hardtop, and that along with the pop up rollbar and decent detail had me very pleased.
That's what's kept me from working on the RR. I quit making kits when I figured out my spray can technique stunk (about when I got my drivers license). My wife bought an airbrush a few years ago, maybe I'll give that a try. Found a web site of someone who built one, looks good: