@Quarter Gauger 48 And @lee drennen thank you, I really appreciate your kind words. I won’t lie, however, I am very very very lucky and fortunate that my grandfather and father both collected quality toy vehices(dad was all die cast, pop was die cast, tin and his favorites were Auburn rubber) and because of that, when my dad was growing up he would always buy my grandfather a die cast car or truck- some type of vehicle. I’m not sure the Solidos I posted were gifts, but I know that the rolls, 57 Chevy, 55 Bel Air, And 41 Chrysler windsor were. Now, I have the privilege of taking care of them.
And just as dad bought pop vehicles for his birthday and Christmas, I do the same. Oddly, I started doing so before even knowing that he did the same for his father. The first one I bought him was a Corgi Classics New Haven bus. Most recently was this Buddy L Greyhound Americruiser:
But his is in the box, unopened. On top of one of the sets of shelves for my trAins is my dad and I’s joint collection of larger, mainly tin litho, vehicles. Marx, Hubley and different Japanese mfgs. Are featured:
Side view so hopefully you can see a but more. I had to take the giant Marx tank off. Left to right: Japanese tin lithos TV news truck, snow crop goods truck, greyhound americruiser bus, Hubley pressed steel school bus, JapanEse ABC freight semi trailer with tractor(trailer missing rear wheels), tin litho Fire truck
