Tootsie Toy Car?
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MCH
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Looks like a Tootsie.
amc rulz
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I sure love the style of old Tootsies!
Here’s one like it with legible writing inside, which shows it labeled as a TootsieToy, but doesn’t say what sort of vehicle it is. Maybe a 1949 Ford?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ye...-tootsietoy-tootsie-toy-car-toy-/401834438837
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ye...-tootsietoy-tootsie-toy-car-toy-/401834438837
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GroundSweeper
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That’s a great old car, congrats!
GLASSHOPPER1955
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Agree! I dug out mine and as it's not super-detailed. we'd have to say 49-50 Ford. Only real differences those 2 years was the front turn lights and this tootsietoy kind of merges both years into one, lol.
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Gimmie The Loot
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Nice, thanks guys. Any idea on age? Were these a 50s and 60s thing?
GLASSHOPPER1955
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Tootsietoys go way back to early 20's but have underpinnings back to late 1800s. They made all types of metal toys, but were most famous for toy vehicles. These type we are discussing here were very popular since the 40s due to being priced very cheap, and most kids could afford 'em. The car you found was sold all through the 50s and by the late 50s they were updating their designs. As a kid in the mid-60s, I had quite a few (and still do). Bu the late 60s and later, the quality went down and seems like most kids then moved on to the more popular plastic stuff and later, video games.
Here's a pic of some of mine that I posted on another thread a few weeks ago:
Here's a pic of some of mine that I posted on another thread a few weeks ago:Attachments
Gimmie The Loot
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Tootsietoys go way back to early 20's but have underpinnings back to late 1800s. They made all types of metal toys, but were most famous for toy vehicles. These type we are discussing here were very popular since the 40s due to being priced very cheap, and most kids could afford 'em. The car you found was sold all through the 50s and by the late 50s they were updating their designs. As a kid in the mid-60s, I had quite a few (and still do). Bu the late 60s and later, the quality went down and seems like most kids then moved on to the more popular plastic stuff and later, video games.
Thank you, Glasshopper.
