![]() The time-span for the toys is heavily focused on the 1950s and 60s, with a few from the 1970s. Each took a different approach to building his collection, but the one important thing they had in common was a love of vintage American toys, primarily of the boomer era. As time went on, each of the five brothers set out on his own individual collecting path. Measures 1 ¼” longįive Brothers Rare Toy Estate: The core of the collection was actually established in the 1950s by the father (from Indiana) of the adult sons who are consignors to the May sale. Presently, China has taken over the role of the leading tin toy manufacturing country. In the 1960s cheaper plastic and new government safety regulations ended the reign of tin toys. It worked better than they had expected and Japan became a tin toy manufacturing force until the end of the 1950s. Jay Leno discovers just this when he checks out a Japanese-spec FJ62 fire truck on this. Add some red paint, water pumps, and a set of hoses, however, and you have the makings of a brutally effective fire-fighting tool. The idea was to give Japan all of the low profit high labor manufacturing and the US companies could sell the imported product. With its robust construction and bulletproof reliability, Toyota’s Land Cruiser is a legend in its own right. After the war, tin toys were produced in large numbers in Japan.Under occupation and the Marshall Plan, manufacturers in Japan were granted the right to resume production. The production of tin toys was discontinued during World War II because of the need for raw materials in the war effort. The Tokyo Fire Department (TFD) (Japanese:, Tokyo Shbch) is the fire department of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.Founded in 1948, the TFD is the largest urban fire department in the world, with a total staff of 18,408. In very good condition with some playwear. ![]() Has a detailed litho with opposing views on exterior. These are incredibly tough vehicles after all, perhaps bettered only by contemporary Toyota pick-ups, and this one’s current odometer reading represents only around 4% of what the Z-series four-cylinder should be good for.Vintage Japanese Tin Fire Truck 1960’s is a Japanese tin friction fire truck with single axel and gear box. The hard question is–what’s it good for? One side of us wants to argue for preservation, while the other demands it be used like it was built to be. 1991 TOYOTA TOYOACE / HIACE 2WD DOUBLE CAB RETIRED FIRE TRUCK. Most of these vans are 4x4 diesels with low mileage. Toyota Hiace, Toyota Liteace, Toyota Townace, Mitsubishi Delica, and more. The engine bay looks like it just came off the factory. Listed here are imported vans from Japan, for sale by private sellers. The seller says they still work, but adds that they’ll be disabled prior to sale unless you’re a firefighter or police–that’s the law apparently. There’s a lot of equipment hanging from underneath the glovebox, presumably for operating the siren and lights. The interior looks just as fresh front and back, but it’s pretty sparse inside with no A/C, stereo, or even a tach–the large “gauge” to the right side of the instrument binnacle is nothing more than a dial with no needle! Lower-spec US market Hardbody trucks were equipped the same way. Perhaps you’ve seen it cruising down the. Named Yamawhich ironically translates to mountain in Japaneseit measures roughly six feet tall and less than 60 inches wide. Four-wheel drive might mark this one out as a rural area or brush truck, but the seller provides no details regarding its past. Last January, after almost thirty years of service fighting fires in the Japanese prefecture of Fukui, a remarkably small fire truck made the journey to Baltimore. Most we’ve come across were Toyotas, but similar in configuration to this Nissan, with a double cab and custom bed setups. Private market Japanese imports tend to be pretty clean, but their service vehicles always seem to be near immaculate. Find it here on eBay in Blue Ridge, Georgia with reserve not met. The seller suggests putting on a custom bed or one pulled from a US market D21/Hardbody, in which case you’d have a very useful and essentially brand-new 30 year-old truck. The odometer shows under 16k kilometers (<10k miles), and cosmetics certainly make it a believable figure–it looks untouched inside and out. This 1988 Nissan D21 pick-up is a 4×4 double cab version previously used as what looks like a brush fire rig in Japan.
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