To: ETL
OH, NO! But just like my 64 Chevy, back then nobody thought they'd ever by worth anything big. I still collect Matchbox. It all started when my aunt and uncle bought me a bunch of them for my 9th birthday and I just kept adding to it. You know what they say
![](https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/f68de741432ad99f0dcb6dcb0a1b5b9e.jpg)
52 posted on
06/14/2019 7:13:51 PM PDT by
Impala64ssa
(Virtue signalling is no virtue)
To: Impala64ssa
I still collect Matchbox. It all started when my aunt and uncle bought me a bunch of them for my 9th birthday and I just kept adding to it.
I was shocked that not only do they still make a lot of the old-school Matchbox type toy cars, they're making them cooler than ever.
For example...
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i66.tinypic.com/vq02sh.jpg)
![](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hotwheels/images/1/1d/55_Chevy_Bel_Air_Gasser_HW_showroom_2013.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20121113205711)
![](http://hwcollectorsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/55-Chevy-Bel-Air-Gasser-f.jpg)
![](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hotwheels/images/2/2e/%2755_Chevy_Bel_Air_Gasser-2014_241.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140531143346)
![](http://hwcollectorsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/55-Chevy-Bel-Air-Gasser-j.jpg)
![](https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/273126689641_/Hot-Wheels-55-Chevy-Bel-Air-Gasser.jpg)
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i65.tinypic.com/2056nt1.jpg)
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i67.tinypic.com/vnfn9y.jpg)
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i68.tinypic.com/10zd11l.jpg)
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i66.tinypic.com/2gvu2c0.jpg)
58 posted on
06/15/2019 4:19:12 AM PDT by
ETL
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To: Impala64ssa; All
Same is true on the plastic scale-model front.
Not only is the hobby still around, but they're building them better than ever...
Check out this thread I posted last year. There's way too much to re-post here....
![Image result](http://cdn.drivingline.com/media/2295347/nnl-west-2018-62.jpg)
![Image result for good guys model car show](http://images54.fotki.com/v556/photos/2/282682/8155253/1114003-vi.jpg)
Plastic model car hot rods & customs (many pics)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3696532/posts
59 posted on
06/15/2019 4:35:06 AM PDT by
ETL
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