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Originally Posted by john hall
Aren't those Tonka? My crane never left the house, still looks great. My dumptruck was green with a "working" dump cylinder. After the 2nd time of getting a busted lip you learned not to lean across the bed to trip the latch. There were no frivolous lawsuits in the early 70's--we were just a tougher breed of kid.
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Those are definitely Nylint. Tonka was made differently.
I had toy trucks with the spring loaded dump cylinder. Some were fast, some slow. Used that little shock looking thing to raise the bed. Whatever they were, they would even dump a load of sand! My grandma still has some of the toys dad used to play with. He's not much for them, but I am. She has two trucks, both IH. One is a 1/16 scale 10 wheeler, and the other a 1/32 (I think) Pay Hauler IH truck like they would have used in a mine. Both are in really good shape. The 10 wheeler is my favorite. Just looks so much like a real truck.
Really good job Beth! Fixing up toys is fun! So many hobbies that go hand in hand, hard to focus on just one!
