Hello all. My brothers and I were cleaning out my grandparents house not too long ago and I came accross a box of my father's old 1/64th tootsietoys cars. I would assume that they are from the late 50's and early 60's from the style of the cars and the age my dad would have been when he would have been playing with them. My dad didn't want them since he figured they weren't worth anything so I saved them from the dumpster...

Anyway, none of them have the original paint but most have all of their tires and axles. All together, there are about 60 cars, 1 carry truck/trailer, and a greyhound bus (not tootsietoy). Quite a few of the cars are doubles, espeically ford Falcons and army Jeeps.

I was thinking about stripping the old paint (testors model paint from the same age) and re-painting them, building some form of case, and giving them back to my dad as a b-day or x-mas present of some sort. Also, how would I go about restoring these cars (I couldn't find a webpage on the matter)

I thought this site looked like a good place to post and I hope someone can shed some light on my situation.

Thanks in advance
-Eric

hi eric i would keep the toys and about painting them
check the diecast customizing board page 8
if you still want more info just ask on that board
and someone will answer your question im sure
and even beaters are worth something they dont
like dumpster,s l.o.l.

Thanks! I'll look into the customizing page. I was browsing some of the older posts in this forums regarding tootsietoys and I found one post describing how to repaint them so that will help too :)

-Eric

Also check hot world customs,they have some resto techniques that could probably be applied to the tootsietoys.

The best paint to make them look original is a can of spray paint, no need to get fancy. Lots of your cars from from the 60s up into the 70s. The falcons and jeeps were pretty common and made for years. Good luck with the project, sounds neat.

Ok, sounds good. I used to build model cars and it looks that a lot of the tips apply to repairing these tootsies...except they are metal instead of plastic...

Anyway, I thought I would post a list of what cars I've got (minus doubles) as written on the bottom

-ford truck
-MG
-Jeep
-plymouth
-lark
-falcon
-ford ranch wagon
-triumph Tr3
-model B
-ford Thunderbird
-Jaguar
-Ford

I was wondering if this helps to track down a date any better? Also, are there any cars in my pile that are of any interest for rarity? If it helps, all the tires are plastic and not rubber.

Thanks again!

Ok, sounds good. I used to build model cars and it looks that a lot of the tips apply to repairing these tootsies...except they are metal instead of plastic...

Anyway, I thought I would post a list of what cars I've got (minus doubles) as written on the bottom

-ford truck
-MG
-Jeep
-plymouth
-lark
-falcon
-ford ranch wagon
-triumph Tr3
-model B
-ford Thunderbird
-Jaguar
-Ford

I was wondering if this helps to track down a date any better? Also, are there any cars in my pile that are of any interest for rarity? If it helps, all the tires are plastic and not rubber.

Thanks again!

Most of what you listed is from the mid 60s. A lot depends on size, if they are 3" or larger then they are from before 1969, anything under 3" is post 1969. As for value, most of yours have a value of $5 - $10 each, sometimes more, sometimes less.

If you can send pics, I can date them for you.

Gerald

Ok. I'll try to borrow my brother's digital camera soon and take some pictures of my better "specimens." Mid sixties does sound right. I don't think any of the cars are less than three inches either.

I can post pics as attatchments through my settings, right? Or can i just copy and paste them?