Mr. Ken McGee Revisited

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
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Mr. Ken McGee Revisited

Please click here to visit this most-interesting ebay seller

It must be that Christmas is approaching. I've been revisiting old friends who have helped me out,and so it was, that I happened to visit Mr. Ken McGee.  Ken has a Chevrolet dealership in Ontario (Canada), but he also happens to be a fascinating seller on ebay. His specialty are is car manual ephemera or simply put, car manuals.  He has thousands and thousands of old car manuals for sale, but visiting him today was a big surprise.

I've been fortunate to lately find toys that are either in excellent condition or that have been restored. 

So when I visited Ken yesterday, I was awestruck. He had a whole nice grouping of very old toys that had been superbly restored.  Naturally, I had to download two examples for todays post., but if you venture over to his ebay store, you'll see at least a dozen fine examples of toys from olden times as they might have appeared 90 years ago!

1926-1929 Buddy 'L'  Pressed Steel Toy Ice Delivery Truck Restored

A beautifully restored example of the Buddy 'L' ice delivery truck, complete

with a canvas bed cover that slides on bed rails,and three glass "ice" blocks.

An excceptional restoration with clean paint and decals.

Measures (L x W x H)  25 1/2" x 9" x 12 1/2"  647 mm x 228 mm x 317 mm.

1925-1929 Buddy 'L' Fire Pumper Pressed Steel Toy

Proper decals on the front grill, floorboard, and sides. Working steering linkage

Brass bell, brightly polished boiler, and moving flywheels 

and rods on the piston  piston pump unit.

L x W x H:  23 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 10 1/2"   596 mm x  215 mm x 266 mm

I've only selected two examples to present for today. However, if you happen to read this post within the next week (November 29-December 5, 2016), you will see a great selection of restored pressed steel American toys from the 1920's-1930's. You won't be sorry if you venture over there at  Ken's 

ebay store. And if you had a favourite car then check out his car manuals. 

You might even find your first car manual!

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com