Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Sunday, February 27, 2022 -- Driving Museum model car swap -- Part 6
Tyco Porsche 908 slot car.
The RF wheel/arm broke off on the chassis on this Tyco slot car.
The chassis are common on these, so if a replacement chassis is found, the body can simply be placed on it (no tools required).
Also, the rear wheels are missing the tires.
This Corgi has working steering.
The way it operates is quite unique.
To steer, you rotate the driver right or left!
If you lean the driver toward the right, the steering turns the front wheels to the right...
It's unusual, but nice, to cast in the actual brand's logo into the base of these types of toys.
Six Grand Prix cars.
The one on the bottom was missing it's RF tire.
Found an O-ring that's the right size & fitted it.
Matchbox Ferrari "sharknose" F1 car.
Lost the driver's head...
Matchbox Iso Griffo
This Matchbox GT40 was missing the LF tire.
Used an O-ring to replace the missing tire.
Looks pretty good.
Land Rover Defender.
Matchbox Ferrari 330 GT Lusso.
Nice with the cast spoked wheels.
Matchbox Mercedes Benz Ambulance
Got the small tin car open...
After soaking in the penetrating oil for several days, was able to get the car to open.
The "latch" is at the front of the car and hinges at the back.
The hinge was very corroded but the penetrating oil worked in getting it to loosen enough to open without breaking the hinge.
The battery has been leaking for a long time and it corroded through the metal lid that goes over the battery.
I was guessing that these marking are for the maker of the toy.
But it turns out not to be (I think it basically says that it's made in Germany).
I found a very similar toy online and it's description is:
CKO KELLERMANN GERMAN TIN FORD TAUNUS 17M ELECTRIC 1962
The CKO logo should have been where the corrosion is on the red battery cover!
Have never seen/heard of this brand of battery.
It looks like it could be the original battery from the 1960s.
Pretty bad corrosion under the battery, but it doesn't seem to have rusted through.
Using a scraping tool, cleaned out most of the loose corrosion.
this is what was captured in a dust pan
After cleaning, closed the car back up.
It cleaned up pretty nice.
The electric motor directly drive the rear tire.
The small switch on the bottom is the switch to turn the battery on/off.
The penetrating oil got this switch to loosen up and be able to move.
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