Philco AM radio 1/25th model cars

[Motor City]

The 1931 Rolls-Royce is a fairly common radio.  The other two I don't recall ever seeing.  Thanks for posting them, Brian.

Edited November 20, 2024 by Motor City

[Rob Hall]

Of the AMT Philcos, I have the '67 Mustang in that hideous yellow and a light green '67 Thunderbird.  Also have a '68 Galaxie XL in that same yellow, it may be a regular promo and not a radio, though.

For the non-kit/promo based, I have a metal bodied '30s Rolls Royce 2 seat convertible radio that I've had since childhood, about 1/24th (same as the first link Brian posted above)...also have a '63 Cadillac convertible radio--was finished in gold..found at a flea market maybe 30 years ago.  The Cadillac is plastic and not a Jo-han kit/promo tool, but larger...1/24th probably.  I recall seeing these and others in novelty catalogs in the 80s. 

Edited November 19, 2024 by Rob Hall

[drodg]

I have never seen those before.  

[Greg Myers]

I got a red mustang for Christmas.  Still have it and it still works.

[Motor City]

I have never seen a '68 XL in any color other than that yellow, which was not the factory color.  It was available at S.S. Kresge for $1.00.  I wanted to buy it, but Mom was in a hurry to go shopping elsewhere in the mall.  Let me tell you, I paid a lot more for one decades later!

I also have a '68 Toronado in an awful blue color.  It was a Jo-Han tool but marketed by AMT.  That promo friction was only available in one color.  I don't recall what AMT called those loud colors.   

[jokar124]

13 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

Of the AMT Philcos, I have the '67 Mustang in that hideous yellow and a light green '67 Thunderbird.  Also have a '68 Galaxie XL in that same yellow, it may be a regular promo and not a radio, though.

1 hour ago, Motor City said:

I have never seen a '68 XL in any color other than that yellow, which was not the factory color.  It was available at S.S. Kresge for $1.00.  I wanted to buy it, but Mom was in a hurry to go shopping elsewhere in the mall.  Let me tell you, I paid a lot more for one decades later!

  

 

I can confirm that a radio version of the AMT '68 Galaxie did exist, and that it also was molded in the bright yellow plastic with a black plastic radio chassis. I once owned one but sold it at a toy show in Buffalo, NY some time in the mid 1980's for $45. I just wasn't happy with a model that didn't have a detailed interior and that looked out of place displayed with my other promos and built models. Needless to say, I have never been able to acquire a kit or promo of the '68 Galaxie at a reasonable price since!

 

Edited November 20, 2024 by jokar124