[SEL] winter project

[Mike Royster]

Tom, I had to blow up the picture and take a good look, quite a nice 
collection there!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Germoamer at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:09 AM
Subject: [SEL] winter project


> _http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/tootsie%20display.jpg_
> (http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/tootsie%20display.jpg)
>
> Here is a project I have been working on lately to help beat the winter
> doldrums.
>
> I built the display shelves for my diecast metal Tootsie Toy cars from 
> the
> 1930's.  They were given to my by my uncle along with a train display  in
> the 1950's. I recently dug them out of my attic, found where to buy
> replacement rubber tires, wheels, axles, and recast metal bumpers and 
> grills.  They
> were in fairly bad shape due to being played with at  Christmas time by us
> 4 kids over many years.  Some were beyond repair, but  I thought the
> remaining ones fixed up would make a nice wall attraction.
>
> Tom  Schmutz
> Concord,  Va.
> germoamer at AOL.com
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