Paul's Classic Car Puzzles

Hi,

I picked these two jig-saw puzzles up at a recent Holdsons factory/warehouse sale, here in Auckland. Both are part of the Kevin Walsh Nostalgia Collection.

They are 1000-piece puzzles, measure 27.6 by 19.5 inches (70 by 50 cm), and are Made in China. One end of the box says Kidicraft Ltd, UK; and Distributed by: Holdson Limited, 386 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland 1026, New Zealand, but there is no copyright date.

K33016 Classic Car Club has a pair of 1950s Jaguar XK sports cars, and a 1960s Jaguar E-Type outside an English pub.

K33022 Summer in the Garden has a lone sports car beside a cottage and church.

There are plenty of other puzzles along the same lines, featuring cars, buses, boats, and trains. You are going to need a large table for these beauties.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Galleon Star Adventurer

I saw this old auction item listed as being by Galleon of Hong Kong.

I thought it was an LP toy.

Who are Galleon? 

In my Mind I'm a Western Hero

 Now, I just don't recall Simon and Simon on TV but I would have loved those walkie talkies! 

"Simon, it's Simon. Over!" Ha ha

Riptide is another show that passed me by. They needed Gordy handcuffs though.

And why stop there! Wild Bill Hickok (is that the right spelling?) gets Gordy cuffs too! 

I guess Wild Bill is in the public domain as well as many other 'Western Heros' in this line. 

Anyone know the TV shows? You got any handcuffs? Any Western Hero stuff? 

Bazooka Joe's Bag

I adored Bazooka Joe bubbly as a kid and I would have kept all my gum and those cool mini waxy comics in a bag like this, strapped to my Raleigh chopper! 

Oddly there's no mention of Joe on this Gordy packaging.

Did you like Bazooka Joe? Did you have accessories like this bag? 

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Postscript

Ed's Skates

Woodsy,

I culled this picture off the Internet. The heavy metal skates slid in-&-out to adjust to the length of your shoe. 

Once you had a good fit ('good fit' is a relative term when talking about these skates), you used the key to tighten the skates so that they didn't slide open. 

Then you tightened the leather straps around your shoes. I had a pair of these as a kid, and BTW...

...they sucked! 😄

Ed

From Vegas Base

Cap, Kit and Kaboodle

 Following on from last months cap talk, here's two great shots ( via Caligeff's auction) of the Action Team UN Officer released in Europe.

Doesn't old Action Man look grand in this complete UN uniform! 

Golden Astronaut Mystery Bits

 These old auction Super Sets are on Worthpoint.

They may well be in readers' collections.

But what are these coloured squares in the craters? Just extra bits? 

Ah, Nutty Bar!

Spotted this jigsaw picture of old British chocolate bars. There's so many fab ones! Any of them your faves readers?

I adored Waifa and Nutty! 

Also saw these old Dr.Who paperbacks. Did you read Dr.Who novels?

Silver Machine

Here's another Worthpoint SpaceX morsel which I've probably blogged before. I was interested in the small chromed LEM with the LP style antenna on top. Is that normal?