Lionel Prewar 84 Automobile Race Slot Car Standard Gauge Train Accessory Figures. Please refer to sellers other Vintage Train Listings. In a 1978 interview, speaking of trains, Louis H Hertz said: It's a bad mistake to try and look at the development of train collecting over the last decades as if it had existed in a vacuum. You have to put it into the context of the whole contemporary scene; Social, Moral, Financial, and so on to really start to understand it.
These Lionel Manufacturing Automobile Items All Came from a Newark NJ Area Household. On His Vintage Layout, He had Lionel Experimental Trains and Accessories Dating from 1912 to the Great Depression Era. After Years of Being in Storage, Some of the Race Car Pieces are Now For Sale Here.
Item Description: Included in this Group are the following. This Factory Painted Brown figure is All Original Composition Material and All Original Paint. Unusual to Find in Any Condition, This Lionel Brown Figure is in Full Excellent Original Condition.
Also Included is a More Unusual White Lionel Figure. Whether this White Figure is an Experimental Factory Paint Job or a Rare Paint Version is Unclear. This White Figure Does have a Small Composition Chip Out of a Foot. (Please see detailed Photo of This Chip). The Lionel Automobile with a Brass and Sheet Metal Body and 5 Red Wheels has Had Its Body Paint Removed.
The Paint that Remains on the Bottom Inside is a Thin Coat of White Primer. Perhaps the Most Interesting and Perplexing Aspect of this Vintage Lionel Automobile is The Logo Found on the Front Wheel Assembly. This Front Wheel Assembly has a Production Stamped Logo which is a Crescent.
(A Star inside of a Sliver Moon) In the World of Lionel, This Logo Appears to be an Anomaly. This Vintage Lionel Automobile Race Car has A Full Spare Vintage Tire.
All 5 Tires Have Original Vintage Lionel Rubber with Red Overpainting. The Red Paint on the Spokes, Tires, and Gear Shift is a Heavy Vintage Red Paint. The Motor Does NOT Run. Also Included is One Vintage Original Lionel 30 Diameter Auto Track Section with Electrical Hook-up.
One Vintage Original Lionel Auto Straight 14 Single Section of Track. One Cast Iron Orange "Slow" Sign - Vintage Original but NOT Lionel, Probably Arcade Toy Company.
This Lot is a Perfect Stand-Alone Display. Consider, However, The Possibilities of Adding a Lionel Brass 54 or Lionel Brass 7 to Create a Spectacular Transportation Vignette. Please look at the detailed photos for best indication of overall item condition. "A picture speaks a thousand words".