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| Car of the Day: August 31, 2015; Tootsietoy '55 Jaguar D-Type | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Aug 31 2015, 02:03 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is from corvairjim's collection, and is Tootsietoy's 1955 Jaguar D-Type. ![]()
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| juantoo3 | Aug 31 2015, 07:22 AM Post #2 |
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I had a gazillion of these as a kid (along with countless other similar Tootsies), was never one of my favorite models then. With age and knowledge I've gained a great love for Jags, and the D type and E type in particular. Clearly not the most detailed version of the D type (and I don't think any real ones were purple, the standard color for these toys for years), but at least it is a vintage piece and this one sure looks like it got plenty of playtime...I know mine did, all of them. |
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| pjedsel | Aug 31 2015, 09:34 AM Post #3 |
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I am a big fan of the old Tootsietoys - grew up with a bunch of the "larger ones" - what I call 3 inch, 4 inch and 6 inch toys. I do have a bunch of these smaller ones as well including the this Jaguar D Type. Always wondered about it in purple but figured it was British so maybe meant to be the royal colours!
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| Hobie-wan | Aug 31 2015, 10:18 AM Post #4 |
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When I was younger and had Tootsietoys like this, I definitely had a purple Jag. I think every package must have had the purple Jag in it as every kid I knew with some Tootsies had it. I don't think I ever saw it in another color either. Like the rear engined Fiat wedge thing was always red. |
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| Ethanator | Aug 31 2015, 11:08 AM Post #5 |
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I'll have to check my collection, I might a green one somewhere |
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| cody6268 | Aug 31 2015, 05:21 PM Post #6 |
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I have a pair of them, same color, same condition (a little worse, maybe). I'm thinking I'll eventually end up redoing one black, one British racing green, partially based on what I've seen online. Of course, most Jam-Pacs downright fail as far as execution is concerned (way too crude), but they're so whimsical because they're so crude I have a couple dozen of them just for the novelty. My favorite would have to be the Jeep FC. Like John, most of the Tootsietoys I enjoy collecting are the larger ones. |
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| corvairjim | Aug 31 2015, 09:03 PM Post #7 |
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I found this "D-Jag" at our church's annual "Fair Days" last year. Fair Days is a somewhat deceptive way to say "massive,100+ vendor flea market". One vendor had about 5 milk crates of diecast running from the 1950's right up to nearly new. As many as you want, a buck apiece. I found (as I recall) 7 cars I liked, and it took me 10 minutes or more to get him to come down to $5 for the lot. Funny, of the 7 cars, this is the only one I remember distinctly as being from that seller! For a while I was thinking about "restoring" it in British Racing Green, but the more I considered it, the more I realized that that would be tantamount to erasing some kids childhood. As has been pointed out by others above, it isn't particularly rare, but it does have a certain charm in all it's "Barn Find" ("Toy Box Find"?) condition. If I want to look at a shiny D-type, I just have to pick up one of my Hot Wheels versions. Of course they aren't green either, but rather a medium-dark blue. Ecurie Ecosse, maybe? Meanwhile, there's always one guy who has carded Matchboxes and Hot wheels at, you guesses it, $1 each or 7 for $5, just what I finally got the guy with the bangers down to! |
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I am a big fan of the old Tootsietoys - grew up with a bunch of the "larger ones" - what I call 3 inch, 4 inch and 6 inch toys.
I do have a bunch of these smaller ones as well including the this Jaguar D Type. Always wondered about it in purple but figured it was British so maybe meant to be the royal colours!

2:33 PM Jul 11