[AT] Some ads from the 11/19 Lancaster Farming

[Larry D. Goss]

Thanks, Mike.  My old pricing guide (1993) says the Hubley truck No. 475
with loose tools, trailer, and telephone pole is worth between $800 and
$1600 depending on condition.  It took me nearly 20 years to put that
particular toy set together by scrounging through flea markets to look
for the missing loose parts.

I'm having more fun nowadays with real tractors.  When I get those
together, I can do something with them.  :-)

Larry

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I saw these advertised in a replica car/truck/tractor flyer a couple of 
years ago, and I think they were the common size made by Ertl or one of 
those. But the older versions were made by Hubley. If you do a Google 
search for "toy telephone truck", you will get a wide variety of hits. I

suspect the ones being advertised are the newer manufactured versions. 
And the price is about in the middle of what I observed in my search.

The price seemed a little high to me, but the prices of the pedal 
tractors is what really shocked me. That is the only reason I posted the

two ads.

Mike

Larry D. Goss wrote:
> 
>>Set of 4 Bell telephone trucks, 1931 inst/repair, 1931 coin collector,

>>1950 power wagon, 1927 line truck, $400. Lanc. Co. 717-354-3155.
> 
> 
> What scale do you suppose they are?  It's a bargain regardless of
> whether they're full size or 1/16.
> 
> That's what got me into restoring farm tractors -- when the price of
the
> models started going higher than the price of real running tractors,
it
> was a no-brainer.  A scale model installation and repair truck with
its
> trailer and tools is worth $400 all by itself.
> 
> Larry


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