One of a Kind Original (Pink)
Upon request from some viewers on Facebook I decided to try my hand at a new car design and a new color. This is the first pink car I’ve ever created. Since I was changing the color I thought this would be a good chance to change the design a little too. The car is taller, the engine compartment wider to better accommodate headlights, it’s hand-painted, and the fenders have a completely new design as well. From top to bottom, this car is truly unique amongst all my other designs. Since it has a unique quality, and because it’s pink, I decided to up the charity percentage for this car as to make the proceeds go towards Breast Cancer. It’s a wonderful cause and it seemed only fitting.
The History of These Toy Cars ( Where I got the idea)
My grandparents built toy cars for me when I was a child. Whether it was because it’s all they could afford or because they just enjoyed making things by hand, truthfully I’ll never know. It started with a wooden train set my grandmother made for me and later became wooden cars, and even large wooden airplanes. I probably drove hundreds of miles on my knees across the carpet with these toys in my youth and I still have them all today.
With the passing of my grandparents and my father, over four generations of woodworking tools have been passed down to me. I have all their tools but will never have all their knowledge. This is my way of sharing with some of you the joy I received as a child from those same toys. Each of these toys is based on a pattern my grandparents made for me as a child. They are all made with old-fashioned tools, hand crafted, and assembled in my woodshop.
There is no mass-production involved and no way to ever make two exactly alike. Each piece of wood has it’s own story and it’s own feeling. Each grain holds stain differently and as such each toy car or train is unique in its own way. Each are built by me, by hand, and I don’t do mass orders. I build these because I like to and if I did it for a living it would lose the love I have for it. Woodworking is my way of disengaging from the high-tech world and getting back in touch with my dad and grandfather. Each one of these is built on their memories and to the best of my ability to their standards.
PricingI don’t know what to charge for these items, so I’ve set the pricing at one dollar, plus UPS ground shipping. Whatever the final bid is, well that’s what they’re worth to each individual. Maybe they’ll sell for five dollars or maybe they’ll sell for fifty. I have no way to know and truthfully that’s not why I make them.
I started making toy trains a couple of years ago to give to the kids at local community programs that don’t have anything for Christmas from Santa Claus. So far I’ve only managed to make about thirty or so toys that way, but maybe some child will get some enjoyment from them. Over the last two years that has turned into a fairly decent demand for them from family, friends, and people who just see them on Facebook and enjoy hand-crafted toys. Either way, I hope to make more for the kids this year and I thought I’d make a few along the way to sell.
UniqueEach one is a little different. Some have different engines, some different fenders, etc. Each one I sell however, will have photos of the exact item being sold. There are no stock photographs used in my ads. The photos include all the sides of the toy as well as the brand and the serial number and my signature on the bottom. What you see is exactly what you are getting.
Specifics:
Serial Number: #6 – The first two cars were for my son and are still here in my shop. The others are auctioned off or sold online as they are produced.Dimensions: This car is nine and a half inches long from the tip of the front fender to the end of the tail fender. It stands 3.5 inches high and 5.25 inches across the wheel base from outside to outside. Weight is about one pound.
Construction: This car isconstructed of white pine, dried in my shop to resist reshaping and shrinkage, hand-painted, then polyurethaned to give it the shine and to protect the wood from damage.
Colors: The colors on this particular car are:Body: PinkFenders and Hood Ornament: White
Wheels Flat BlackLights: Black and White (front) and Red (back)Bottom: Natural pine with a polyurethane coating.How They’re MadeIf you’d like to see more about the process of building these cars in general, you can find the public album on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150635493885846.384171.572485845&type=1
for these items is calculated for UPS ground to the buyer’s address, with a $2.00 handling fee to cover the box, packing, and the gas to get it to the UPS store. There are no other hidden fees or shipping costs associated with any of these items, ever. So, please don’t blame me if you think the shipping charges are high. Send your complaints to UPS. They set the rates, not me.
These are not factory-built items. They are hand-made and hand assembled. As such they might or might not have imperfections. Most people understand that with hand-crafted items but I thought it probably needed mentioning again. I do the best I can and I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed building them.
Exception to : I’ve set this auction to also allow USPS Flat Rate so the Canadian viewers can bid.
Note to Bidders: If you’d like to know more about this car, you can find the Facebook album at:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150651246700846.386488.572485845&type=1
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