I wish I still had...

[Richard D]

I had one of these in 1961, I was 6 and after playing with it I took it apart to see how the moving color picture was put on the screen on the side of the truck. Of course it never worked again. Anybody wanna guess what this will go for?
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[Tony V]

That is so cool!
-Tony

[vintagecollect]

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[Captain Video]

That's the cuttest thing I ever saw!

[Arkay]

Cute toy, and fantastic collectible! I'd bet from the description that it doesn't actually work, but after all these years, one might not expecti it to, and it is still "valuable'" even non-working.

You wouldn't still have your non-working old one lying around, would you?

[Richard D]

Originally Posted by Arkay

Cute toy, and fantastic collectible! I'd bet from the description that it doesn't actually work, but after all these years, one might not expecti it to, and it is still "valuable'" even non-working.

You wouldn't still have your non-working old one lying around, would you?

No, I wish I did. As I remember it had a round color transparancy that rotated with a light in the center that projected the picture on the screen. You could have the truck remain still while the camera and cameraman rotated on the top of the truck in sync with the picture or have the truck move in a circle at the same time.

[Sandy G]

My parents got me an "Old Smoky" steam tractor that actually ran. You'd put distilled water in it, set a match to a little white fuel tablet, & about 10 minutes later, you'd be in business ! The thing would run up & down the hall floor, had an ear-splitting whistle, & taught you NOT to touch hot things...I can only imagine what a field day they'd have w/something like that today-Open flame, live steam, & it took a little bit of "gumption" to work the thing. But you know, I enjoyed the hell outta it for a long time, & I never even came close to setting the house on fire or being scalded to death...

[Richard D]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

My parents got me an "Old Smoky" steam tractor that actually ran. You'd put distilled water in it, set a match to a little white fuel tablet, & about 10 minutes later, you'd be in business ! The thing would run up & down the hall floor, had an ear-splitting whistle, & taught you NOT to touch hot things...I can only imagine what a field day they'd have w/something like that today-Open flame, live steam, & it took a little bit of "gumption" to work the thing. But you know, I enjoyed the hell outta it for a long time, & I never even came close to setting the house on fire or being scalded to death...

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They are still available new, but by mail order and probably from another country. I think they are made in Germany.