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1950s Tin Friction Greyhound Bus w/ Roof Rack
Model # / Description...
Model # unknown / Greyhound Scenicruiser in light blue and white with roof mounted luggage rack
Tin Toy Bus Manufacturer / Country...
HTTC / Made in Japan
Tin Toy Bus Dimensions and Scale...
11 1/2" L x 3 1/2" H x 3" W
Tin Toy Bus Description, Bus Collector Value ($US) and Notes...
A 1950s tin litho friction powered Greyhound Scenicruiser toy bus. Has a roof mounted luggage rack and destination sign reads, "Express." The headlights are sperate pieces of tin that bulge out from the front of the bus and have little dimples in them.
Reader Comments
My father bought this bus for me when I was a child in 1959. At the time I wanted a toy greyhound that was like the ones then being used which was a full double decker. I got over my disappointment quickly and really loved this version, and used the luggage rack to hold marbles as I played with it, and at the time I thought that there wasn't a real bus that ever looked like this. Many years later I was watching an old movie on t.v and was amazed to see a real Greyhound in this configuration.
I still have the toy sitting on top of my t.v, 50 years later !!!
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