Went to a local toy show today and picked these up...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jwvette01.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jwvette02.jpg

Shame about that wheel... I assume it can be replaced like old Toppers and Redlines. Anybody have a spare Jet Wheels wheel in their parts stash?

Oh, and how the heck did these work again? I know there was a thread about them not too long ago, can anyone direct me to it?
http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jlrocket.jpg

Then there's the Cigarbox Thunderbird I found. I love finding these but I hate finding them, because the temptation is always so great to cut it up and mount it on a slot car chassis...

oops, only 3 pics allowed per post... duh...

--rick

answers for the old Topper...

that one is in pretty bad shape, maybe ya can cut her up.... looks like even the little tube at the front is pinched...
here's some pics... can't see the back of the one u found, but it's supposed to have a little valve at the back...valve is closed and then ya put the car in the "pump/charger"...it pumps the car up with air, then u put it on the special track and the is supposed to be "jet powered" when the track releases the valve in back.

http://www.wideopenwest.com/~whitedragon/jet1.jpg

http://www.wideopenwest.com/~whitedragon/jet2.jpg

here's what your topper thingymajiggy is supposed to look like:

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/508/18893FLYINGNEEDLE-med.jpg