I've got some in my basement right now! I got them for pretty much nothing at old guy garage sales. My "just in case the power goes out" tools
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
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I've got some in my basement right now! I got them for pretty much nothing at old guy garage sales. My "just in case the power goes out" tools
Nice cordless drills you've got there.
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Box cerial with toys inside. Don't see this anymore. When I was a kid back in the late 50s and early 60s, everytime I went to the grocery store with my mom, once in the door, I'd run to the cerial aisle and look for freebie toys inside and then, try to get my mom to buy a box.
Bronco mini bikes. We had one just like this when I was a kid.
Lil' Indian mini bikes. I had one of these too.
When I was a kid, I wanted one of these and/or a go-kart soooo bad! I got around well enough on bikes, though...
Circa 1967. I saw a minibike on someone's back porch, half covered with other stuff. After a month of looking at it, I gathered up enough courage to knock on the door and ask if they wanted to sell it. I think I paid $75. Don't know the manufacturer, but was nice. Six inch wheels, a jackshaft between the engine and wheel with a little disk brake on the jackshaft. Fiberglass fenders. It was a dull, scratched up red and I repainted it candy apple green. 1st pic is me, 2nd pic is my dad on it.
Hell, yeah! I used to covet a 10-speed bike like one of the older neighbor kids had, but my folks were smart; One year for Xmas, I got a BMX-type that was FAR and away better for the roads we had, and the myriad trails through the woods where we lived. I could go just about anywhere, pavement or no. I never cared about those skinny-tire street bikes again.
Synthetic wheels FTW.
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The green Raleigh International I bought with my own money ( $$$ 
) in 1970 was my pride and joy.
) in 1970 was my pride and joy.
Back then: Neighborhood immortality! 
Now: Some fretting busybody calls child protective services. 
Now: Some fretting busybody calls child protective services.
Tether Cars
I had a gas powered "tether car" when I was a young child. The idea of a tether car was that you attached some sort of line to one side of the car, and the other end of the tether was attached to a spike driven in the ground. When you ran the car, it would run around in a circle on the tether. I never did actually put fuel in mine, and just played with it un-powered. I think that as a little kid, I had no money to buy the fuel. I can barely remember what mine looked like, but it may have been just like this one.
I had a gas powered "tether car" when I was a young child. The idea of a tether car was that you attached some sort of line to one side of the car, and the other end of the tether was attached to a spike driven in the ground. When you ran the car, it would run around in a circle on the tether. I never did actually put fuel in mine, and just played with it un-powered. I think that as a little kid, I had no money to buy the fuel. I can barely remember what mine looked like, but it may have been just like this one.
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