Ertl Pressed Steel Semi Truck

  Today I received a package in the mail from a friend of my family. Her husband used to work for Nabisco many years ago and had this old Cream of Wheat truck sitting in their basement collecting dust. My friend knows how much I love trucks especially semi trucks, she sent me this Ertl Cream of Wheat truck.
  At first I thought the truck was a Nylint toy truck because I used to have one made them with the  Pillsbury Doughboy on the trailer that made noise when I was around 9 years old. I sure miss that toy

   The truck is made out of pressed steel and has some minor condition issues but isn't something I'll lose sleep over. These trucks are hard to come across nowadays since Ertl no longer makes pressed steel trucks.
  The truck appears to be modeled after a 1980s International cabover semi truck. I like International trucks and I especially love seeing cabover trucks because they are very uncommon on the highways today.

Looks like the grille of an International

  This truck will be an excellent addition to my diecast collection.

Side View

A Vintage Thrift Store Find

Fox Body Mustang

  Today I went thrifting again. This time it wasn't the Salvation Army, it was to an independent thrift store. I was looking at the toys, when a Yellow plastic car caught my eye. The car was one of those big indestructible sandbox toys. At First I thought it was made by Gay Toys, now known as Processed Plastics. To my surprise It was manufactured by Testor Toys, the company who makes the plastic model kits. I bought their snap together C-130 Hercules today at the Grand Opening of Micheal's Art's and Crafts. The car is a Testor ToysS series No. 1000. At first I thought the car was a late 70s to early 80s Ford Mustang or a some sort of Chevrolet. Well my first hunch was right, it was a 1979 Ford Fox Body Mustang. I could tell because of the wheels that the toy had on it were the same as a real 79 Mustang. I paid $0.95 for the toy. It will make a great conversation piece.  I'll post pictures when I get my camera charged.