Yea, we had all the car toys too. Hot Wheels, SSP's, Sizzlers, Smash up Derby, Pit Change Charger, Shutdown... but the one toy we seemed to like the best was our "Tot Rods"!!
We also loved our bikes, and would spend all day riding them, fixing them, riding them, altering them, and oh yes, riding them. I remember cutting the forks off of junk bikes and pounding them onto the ends of your favorite bike and making choppers out of it. Of course when you popped a wheelie you risked shooting your creation off into the sunset and having to land with no front wheel!!! Ah, the good old days!!! Geof
Yea, we had all the car toys too. Hot Wheels, SSP's, Sizzlers, Smash up Derby, Pit Change Charger, Shutdown... but the one toy we seemed to like the best was our "Tot Rods"!!
We also loved our bikes, and would spend all day riding them, fixing them, riding them, altering them, and oh yes, riding them. I remember cutting the forks off of junk bikes and pounding them onto the ends of your favorite bike and making choppers out of it. Of course when you popped a wheelie you risked shooting your creation off into the sunset and having to land with no front wheel!!! Ah, the good old days!!! Geof
I begged and begged and begged some more till I got this.302 Found And i,m still repairing wrecks.Did I mention I hounded my parents and begged for this?
reminded me of when I was a kid in Harrison Hot Springs, BC (early '70s)- one day a tank showed up in town- yep, an army tank. Can't remember if it was in a playground or where exactly, but we used to be able to play in it (and the cranks to turn the turret and everything were still there, the hatches, everything).OH HELL I damn near forgot about the alltime favorite family toy!!!!
After WWII, a person could buy all sorts of useful, semi--useful, and just plain useless junk "military surplus." Some of these ads were outright LIES
One such lie was the Crocker-Wheeler training top turret my Gramps bought, was supposed to have "motors and pumps." Right. Two motors, maybe three, all 28V DC
Nevertheless, this thing was set up in two different barn/ shops over the years, and before Dad sold it to some of the warbird collectors for 500 bucks in the late '80s, it was mounted on an old well cover in Dad's backyard "for the Grandkids."