What was your favorite toy car?

[eldubb440]

Those Cox planes are going for stupid money these days.

when mine was no longer repairable, I built an air boat................. on a fishing rod

I should have sold them the idea

 

[Pecos Bill]

 

[Richard Cranium]

As a kid, I'd crash mine as soon as it took off.

 

[WileE]

 

[WileE]

 

[YY1]

Started on Matchbox picked from a display at the local hobby shop that was walking distance from where we lived when I was about 3. Most still had hard plastic wheels. I remember seeing the first gen Superfast with the skinny tires and the the 2nd gen with the fat tires. I had a few Hot Wheels including the Snake and Mongoose rails and funny cars, and the 55 Nomad (one of my all-time favorites), but in general I preferred the realism and more true scale of Matchbox. Friends had some Johnny Lightning, but we never went to a store that sold them.

I also had a 58 Fury pedal car in purple. Technically I guess my first car I could drive was a Purple Mopar.

I also really enjoyed my Pit Change Charger. I was already a Richard Petty fan, and that car was a connection with that.

 

[1968rt]

I always liked Hotwheels redlines. I was lucky that I saved a bunch of them.

 

[64BEL]

These were cool back in my day. I don't remember if I actually ever had them, but they were on tv commercials a lot.

I did have this one and still have it and the original box.

 

[autoxcuda]

As a kid, I'd crash mine as soon as it took off.

Was it a silver P-51? Those didn’t have enough wing area. They flew like a rock. My dad was a competitive control line flyer and that P51 would barely do level flight and he would drag it along.

The PT-19’s flew much better.

And the P-51’s silver exterior that immediately got ate away from the model airplane fuel. Hey, it looked good in the box!

 

[autoxcuda]

Loved evil knievel motorcycles !

 

[69conv]

Had an Aurora slot car with a freak motor, terror of the neighborhood. Mako shark corvette.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Was it a silver P-51? Those didn’t have enough wing area. They flew like a rock. My dad was a competitive control link flyer and that P51 would barely do it level flight and he would drag it along.

The PT-19’s flew much better.

And the P-51’s silver exterior got immediately got ate away from the model airplane fuel

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Nope, mine was a PT19. At the time, I was 11 or 12 and no one ever helped me with it, so I’d just start it and tune it with the needle valve.

 

[autoxcuda]

How about those hand held electronic games. High Tech !!!

 

[WileE]

 

[thehemikid]

1754799770161.png (PNG Image, 275 × 183 pixels) I had a Cox powered rail Dragster also. I bought it used from a friend who's brother had a Pinto Funny car I raced against with the rail. One race the motor didn't quite shut completely off at the first knot, then it hit the knot (too BIG) on the Y at the end to where the dragster bounced backwards kicking the motor over backwards and come back to me. So I left the knots like that.

Well the Rail eventually broke in half just behind the motor doing that. I hacked it back together a few times then gave up on it. Think I sold it at one of Mom's yard sales. Wish now I'd keep it.

I ran into that friend yrs later and bought the Pinto and its been on the shelf ever since.

 

[451Mopar]

Mattel Spin Welder 1974 (I was 10 then):
Spinwelder

 

[1968rt]

View attachment 1899569 this thing was a rocket .... and the smell of the fuel. when the line broke it was quite the thrill.

I had one as a kid. It was really fast. The school yard was 225ft long and it covered it in under 3 seconds!!

 

[Belvedere408]

Mine was definitely slot cars. My Lamborghini set from late 80s came with a red and yellow Diablo.

 

[eldubb440]

Mine was definitely slot cars. My Lamborghini set from late 80s came with a red and yellow Diablo.

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I had a G+ ...... it was almost to fast for the track!

 

[Coelacanth]

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I had " laker special, sidewinder, deuces wild "

I had fun with my SSP too, but I think even more fun with that Smash-up Derby set they made with the car parts that flew off when they crashed.

Toys You Had Presents Smash-Up Derby

As for the SSP, I believe I had either the King Cobra or Two Much...I remember it was narrow and had a rubber nose cone.