Focal Point: Ford Tractor with Plow – Arcade • 1941
By Steve Butler DEFINITIVE FACTORY catalog descriptions require lesser creativity from writers. Following is the description that Arcade offered for its new model 7220 Ford Tractor and Plow for [...]
Top Shelf
By Steve Butler COLLECTORS DON’T REALLY own the items they collect. They simply pay for the privilege of having custody of them for an unspecified period of time when thereafter they are [...]
Focal Point: Sedan w/ Canoe & Boat on Trailer – Thomas – C. 1953
by Steve Butler Thomas Manufacturing introduced their 1949 Ford four door sedan in 1950. It was their model number 77S and was called their “Streamlined Sedan.”.The company also issued police and [...]
Unfinished Business
By Steve Butler SOMETIMES DIVERSIONS FROM the normally collected examples can add interest to the collection especially when displayed along with the corresponding normal examples. One such a [...]
Companion Pieces
By Steve Butler THE AIRPLANE AND CAR have been placed side-by-side for several years. The scale of both toys seemed reasonably close. And, when displayed together as seen on the shelf and in one [...]