Category: Collectible

  • Just Some New Pics

    This past Sunday, we visited the Cincinnati Zoo, then stopped at Joe’s Crab Shack in Bellevue, Ky. on the way home. I immediately noticed the Corona and Miller Lite buckets sitting on all of the tables. I thought the Corona bucket would be a great complement to our J C Higgins cooler so I inquired…

  • Latest Diecast

    I haven’t been keeping up on this as well as I should be, so here’s a little catch up note. These have been either gifts or local pickup’s over the past couple of months. Of course, most of these are VW’s since that’s mainly what we concentrate on. My favorite out of the lot is…

  • New Bling and Cleaning The Grab Handles

    The NOS vintage skate board that I ordered for Mabel came in the other day. It was really cool to pull out a pristine board out of a tattered box. Thought of different ways to mount it, decided to mount it on the side off the roof rack, keeps the trucks free to move if…

  • Create A Vintage SkateBoard Prop, Then Buy One

    I’ve been wanting to add a vintage skateboard to Mabels roof rack for some time now. Finding one that I like that’s affordable has proven to be a challenge. So, I decided to make my own replica. I chose one that I like and started from there. The pics speak for themselves. The irony is,…

  • New Hot Wheels and Roof Wrap

    Added two more Hot Wheels to the collection. 50th Anniversary redline Beetle and Walt Disney Classics Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs T1 Bus with real riders. Very nice! Both of these were found at Walmart. When I first read about the 50th Anniversary Redlines, it was obvious that people were snatching them up and…