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Scored this on the last Saturday of October. Wife and I went down to Princeton, Indiana for a large antique flea market. It's held at the county fairgrounds and features about a dozen large buildings worth of vendors selling anything imaginable. I saw this Plymouth which I think represents a '58 for $3. Figure ya can't go wrong with Made in USA 50+ year old toy for that price. -
Looks like Christine's sister to me....
Could use a fresh coat of paint though...
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One of a small number of 3 inch Tootsietoy models in my collection that are not from my childhood days. The Plymouth I got a few years ago from a fellow collector in PA. These old Tootsietoys are one of my weaknesses that I still need to "feed" when I see one available at a reasonable price. Just added a '57 Ford covertible to my collection last month from the same friend.
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they look like a pair of before and after pictures for a paint shop promo.Comment
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Uh oh better get Maaco.Originally posted by pegers View Post
Even back in the old days when it seems there were a lot of Tootsie and Midgietoy type cars around in boxes at shows and markets, I don't recall ever seeing this one amongst them before.DougComment
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I don't have any of the 3" Toostietoys. Mostly Jam-Pacs, with a few 1:32/1:43 that are from the postwar era into the 1950s. And a few here and there from the 1970s-2000s (when they were all plastic, but still made in America). That Plymouth looks great! Tootsietoy, for the 1950s and 1960s did a good job with casting detail. Of course, Lesney beat them out of the water, with even the tiniest badges clearly legible.
Given Tootsietoys really require no disassembly; I've been thinking about restoring/detailing my quite chipper collection of them. Except there is one Mack L Wrecker that is giving me a nightmare figuring out how to remove the broken off stump of the wrecker boom (reproduced replacements are available), which unusually has been pressed on with a cruciform die.Last edited by cody6268; 11-08-2019, 09:10 AM.Comment
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have FIVE on me
a few came from a 1/4 box I got for $15 at a garage sale
a couple came from toy shows
that box just snowballed into me collecting these Tootsietoys all shapes & sizesComment
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Tootsie Toys '58 Plymouth
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