Frank Elder Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper50 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 I like the after better. But I like nice paint. Even if it is powder coated. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 all right all you folks that got to the BBQ at Tim's place, heads up...you have almost a year to select your Tonka truck or other road building implement of destruction ...recondition it and help John next year get that drainage ditch done right. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worden18 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Awesome! Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeed Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 Interesting, and almost like its done for the 'real thing'. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 this toy car folks, they just as serious as most big car builders....years ago we had one of them on here but he was a left hand nut on a right hand bolt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 pretty cool, but several things that bugged me: 1. setting the semi-tubular rivets with a C clamp when a hammer and rivet setter would have been just as easy and less PITA 2. the way they folded over the tabs with a screwdriver seems a bit inelegant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted April 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 9 hours ago, ggdad1951 said: pretty cool, but several things that bugged me: 1. setting the semi-tubular rivets with a C clamp when a hammer and rivet setter would have been just as easy and less PITA 2. the way they folded over the tabs with a screwdriver seems a bit inelegant That "99 dollar C clamp" was a rivet setter look again at the surface he seats into the rivet. The part that seats in the head of the rivet fits right in there as does the other end is machined to spread the tail of the rivet properly. I worked with jet aircraft for over 20 years and have bucked, popped, and snapped 100s of thousands of rivets in my day.......that is a tool made for hollow rivets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 15 hours ago, Frank Elder said: That "99 dollar C clamp" was a rivet setter look again at the surface he seats into the rivet. The part that seats in the head of the rivet fits right in there as does the other end is machined to spread the tail of the rivet properly. I worked with jet aircraft for over 20 years and have bucked, popped, and snapped 100s of thousands of rivets in my day.......that is a tool made for hollow rivets. I know that...I think that the hammer version is faster and easier and seems less prone to offsetting the rivets since you aren't twisting it around like the C-clamp. Previous job we extensively used semi-tubular rivets so I know a thing or two about them as well. Don't know where you are quoting me from about a "99 dollar C clamp" either.....head scratch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted April 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 7 hours ago, ggdad1951 said: I know that...I think that the hammer version is faster and easier and seems less prone to offsetting the rivets since you aren't twisting it around like the C-clamp. Previous job we extensively used semi-tubular rivets so I know a thing or two about them as well. Don't know where you are quoting me from about a "99 dollar C clamp" either.....head scratch? Not quoting you...... thats what we used to call it....lol. I wouldn't want a hammer near that new powder coat myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 14 hours ago, Frank Elder said: Not quoting you...... thats what we used to call it....lol. I wouldn't want a hammer near that new powder coat myself. bah...did it all the time and even on FEF with the split rivet setting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 is there a Barrett Jackson for toys now??? I have a Tonka cab over semi truck white cab and trailer logoed in green for Green Giant Vegetables. Got it for Christmas in 1956/7 from my uncle who worked in the local A&P warehouse. I have heard from a couple of Tonka gurus that there were only 500 of these made and they were given to top selling A&P stores to be used as promotional give aways. He gave me one along with his son who was a year older, mine is still in fine condition, my cousin blew his up with a cherry bomb that first summer... Don't envy the life of some toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Now days there is a website dedicated to almost everything. Sure there are some Tonka dedicated and some general collectible toy sites. A quick search on the web will find some and a answer to your Q. Also most likely some toy auction sites on the web. Some are worth some big bucks in my OP, but I do not collect so it is worth really nothing. ? Hope yours is worth enough to temp you to sell?? DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 I sold 5 red rim(?) Hot Wheels cars out of box VERY gently used for $100... Also sold most of my farm implement toys about 20 years back...a few went for several hundred dollars each used and abused and some went for less than what the price tag still said on the ones still in the packaging.... all depends on what someone is willing to pay for and how much they want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 this is the one I have according to this its a 53. Mine is a bit more playworn than this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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casper50 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 They look sooooo much better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeed Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 He makes it look soooo easy. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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