What was your favorite car related toy as a kid?

[LFO]

Here's mine. ohhh long trips in the car were amazing with this - I wasn't allowed to switch it on as it was too noisy.

I must of done some serious mileage in that porsche.

[farrendahl]

Mine was a metallic red matchbox Audi Quattro, even at age 3 I was hooked

[dudleybloke]

mine was a largeish battery powered pick up truck that you could completly strip down and had different gearboxs and diffs you could fit to make it 2/4 wd and higher/lower gear ratios.

it had a working powerwinch that could be fitted front or back using a pto and a selection of different wheels and tyres.

i would love to get one again!

[kambites]

Probably my battered second-hand Schumacher Cougar.

[jas xjr]

Various matchbox cars which I would usually paint badly. Then I would smash the glass and fill the interior with plasticine, to make them faster

[SClarke]

This was my most memorable toy

[busta]

dudleybloke said:

mine was a largeish battery powered pick up truck that you could completly strip down and had different gearboxs and diffs you could fit to make it 2/4 wd and higher/lower gear ratios.

it had a working powerwinch that could be fitted front or back using a pto and a selection of different wheels and tyres.

i would love to get one again!

Rich kid

Mine was a matchbox RS200.

[useyourdellusion]

LFO said:

Here's mine. ohhh long trips in the car were amazing with this - I wasn't allowed to switch it on as it was too noisy.

I must of done some serious mileage in that porsche.

Jeez! I'd have killed for that!


'Slam Bam Sam' was mine I suppose. Always remember outwitting my Dad at ten yrs old and still having one wing left on my beetle after totalling his.

[7mike]

This: Matchbox SuperKings 1972! Loved the 'Delorean' doors on the transporter.

[dalos260]

I had a gold (or was it beige?) Triumph Acclaim diecast car, that came with a steering wheel on a stick that you could poke through the roof and turn the wheels!

And I'm sure the 'street' mats were a lot better when I was a kid than the ones you get these days.

[gamefreaks]

LFO said:

Here's mine. ohhh long trips in the car were amazing with this - I wasn't allowed to switch it on as it was too noisy.

I must of done some serious mileage in that porsche.

Oh my god! Flashback!

I had one of those. Wonder where mine is now?

Oh...and this

Edited by gamefreaks on Tuesday 30th March 20:02

[Martin_Hx]

Ahh those mats ! I loved mine, totally forgot about it, well i remember this toy i don't know why, i loved it, plus the suspension worked

[useyourdellusion]

dalos260 said:

I had a gold (or was it beige?) Triumph Acclaim diecast car, that came with a steering wheel on a stick that you could poke through the roof and turn the wheels!

And I'm sure the 'street' mats were a lot better when I was a kid than the ones you get these days.

Haha! My mother bought me one similar to this out of my Aunt's 'Kays' catalogue.

It took about 6 weeks to arrive for some reason iirc. I drove my aunt mad knocking her door every day for six weeks asking her if it had arrived yet.

[essexplumber]

I once had exactly 99 matchbox cars. My late father used to get paid on thursdays and I used to eagerly await his arrival at home where he would furnish my gratefull palm with a fresh pound note.
I would rush round the corner to the newsagents on old street which for some reason sold matchbox cars.

wish I had kept them, they would probably be worth a few quid now.

[dalos260]

dalos260 said:

I had a gold (or was it beige?) Triumph Acclaim diecast car, that came with a steering wheel on a stick that you could poke through the roof and turn the wheels!

Wow, I've just found a picture of it! So yellow then

[LFO]

SClarke said:

This was my most memorable toy

ooooooohhh I totally forgot my mate had that - It had a working gearbox, pistons, differentials, working steering, reclinable seats - it was the mack daddy of lego! You could also make a dragster out of it.

I gotta have one. eBay is my friend.

[Rouleur]

dalos260 said:

My entire bedroom floor was covered in vinyl like that! Mucho fun.

I loved my Corgi Unimog, I was fascinated by the workings of its suspension

[Stu R]

one of the larger die-cast models (maybe 1/18th scale?) of a white Lambo Countach, with working doors, steering wheel and all. 20 years later I'd still like to have had it sat on the shelf!

[dudleybloke]

LFO said:

SClarke said:

This was my most memorable toy

ooooooohhh I totally forgot my mate had that - It had a working gearbox, pistons, differentials, working steering, reclinable seats - it was the mack daddy of lego! You could also make a dragster out of it.

I gotta have one. eBay is my friend.

i wanted this!

[useyourdellusion]

That Acclaim reminded me of something else I had when I was about 7 yrs old.

This one is a bit battered but it was the only pic I could find.

I was fascinated by the steering mechanism. It got nicked when I took it into school one day. Took me a while to get over that as I absolutely loved it!