I had QUITE a few of those as a kid. I remember getting the fire truck set for my birthday. There was a semi with a ladder trailer, two vans (one fire, one a white ambulance I believe) and I think a standard firetruck. I also had the Winnebego. They were great tough toys. If you are on Facebook I would assume there's a group for collectors. I joined a Matchbox group with 25000 members. There's often live auctions as well.

There they are! Cool Darcy! Must be hard to find these still in the box.

Fake68 wrote:

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WOW... The little blue wrecker took me back.

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And let me guess, you modified it the second you opened the box.

Love the little Tonka's .      you were blessed to have them .   

 

When I was growing up, we had sticks, we found under trees and some nice smooth stones to play with... 

It's Friday night in June of 2019 and I just found this post.
Ok.
I HAD EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PICTURED.
AND THEN SOME MORE AND DOUBLES AND TRIPLES.
Cause my MOM worked at Tonka in the 70s n 80s

Great stuff

Now I collect diecast Nova s and paint them Acadian style

It is hard to imagine finding such vintage Tonkas new in the box. I had been watching e-Bay auctions in the last few years and have been surprised what shows up.

 

That really brings back memories. I had several of those Tiny Tonkas, wait for it, over 50 years ago. It started with the little red pickup then expanded into the construction set with the low-deck trailer, bulldozer, dump truck etc. The thing I loved about these steel trucks  was the patina you would get after using them hard, sort of like realistic scratches & dents.

 

Does anyone remember the Tonka Crazy A's? Back around 69/70 they did a series of Model As in different body styles, painted in crazy colours that would look good on a '70 Mopar, and rolling on big & little wheels (as was the style back then). I had one of those Lime Lite Model A Pheatons & a Hemi Orange Tudor. They looked good with the black fenders.

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3 Winnebago s. Countless graders dump trucks. All large size.
Yup. I was very fortunate in that regard.
Still feel it was the greatest point in life as a kid in the 70s

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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I had some sort of Tonka dragster had a third wheel hidden underneath. You'd pull it back and it'd race ahead. That third wheel would pop out and give the impression that the car is doing a wheelie.

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I have one of those sitting in the rafters of my car shed.

I'll get a picture of it.

Picked this up today for my brother today, at an antique store.

ERTL

I think I'll paint the hoses orange

Of course this is the pic I am going to send him first,

 

 

A couple of trucks from the Goodyear Racing Set, unfortunately the race cars and spare tires are missing. These have been following me around for a long time.