Steve Butler

By Steve Butler VARIOUS VERSIONS of this 10.4-inch pressed steel toy car were issued by JEP. The car has been referred to as a Delahaye, as a limousine or as both (e.g. a Delahaye limousine). [...]

By Steve Butler A FILE FOLDER WITH Tootsietoy markings and small toy vehicle illustrations on the front was acquired. The orange, blue and white folder was not dated, but included in the folder [...]

By Steve Butler TIPP AND COMPANY (a.k.a. Tippco and TCO) issued a variety of different friction-powered VW trucks. All were approximately 9 inches in length and were structurally similar using [...]

By Steve Butler “LUNCH BOX SPECIALS” refers to items including toys that left the factory under dubious circumstances such as inside a worker’s lunch box. Size does not matter when [...]

By Steve Butler 1909 – On July 25th Louis Bleriot completed the first flight over the English Channel. It was a 23-mile venture in the 11th plane he had designed, hence he named it the “Bleriot [...]

FOR 1962 TOOTSIETOY issued nine boxed sets which the company touted as being “NEW.” Included in that group was the pictured #4225 Raceway Set, a set based on their 6- inch series of vehicles. An [...]

By Steve Butler THIS MARX AUTO transport flew in from the west coast aiming at a targeted buyer at the Allentown toy show. It was right on target thereby avoiding the approximate 2300 mile return [...]

By Steve Butler IT SEEMS THAT MOST manufacturers of toy trucks, especially those in production from the 1920s through the 1960s, issued at least one and typically many more auto transports. And, [...]

By Steve Butler IN THE 1930s two U.S. made automobiles were introduced that would have a significant impact automobile production, one in the near future and one a bit later. These were the [...]

By Steve Butler RENAULT INTRODUCED its 4CV in August, 1947. The three horizontal grille bars distinguish it from 1948 and later models which had more. The same difference applies to toy versions [...]