regular guy Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Picked up about two dozen Car Craft magazines. From '59 to '62 There are some Auto World ads in them. At that time in Scranton PA They were really into model cars.That's for sure. We just thought Auto World was some new thing. Don't know how much of a connection there is between original Auto World and today's one. Have fun! Will post some of the ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Hey Bob! Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Looking forward to this. Back then we also were very impressed by the catalog. Only saw one a couple of times. What a treasure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 I remember ordering from Auto World back in the early 1980s. Saw an advertisement for them in Boys' Life. Them & Estes Rockets. How times have changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbuildr Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Heck, I'm old enough to remember the original Auto World back then. I used to get their catalogs regularly and also ordered from them regularly. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I've got half of one, dated 1964. Wish I had a whole one. It came from my Dad. I did not know he was into that kind of thing when I was one yr old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styromaniac Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Ive managed to save a few from the trash pile. Theyre a hoot to read..the prices. They kinda document the inflationary spiral... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 That '64, Bottom Row, Far Right, is the one I have part of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styromaniac Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 7 hours ago, stavanzer said: That '64, Bottom Row, Far Right, is the one I have part of. Thats the one I remember best from my childhood...it was like my "wish list" book. I think car modeling might've been hitting its peak right around then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo1303s Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I remember Auto World store on Keyser ave Scranton in the mid 80's loved that place !!! still have a bunch of there catalogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular guy Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 Hi Jim Thank you.Good to be back. Most intriguing item in Auto World Car Craft ads is a 'model cutter'. Specialized hot knife for cutting up your model. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 6/12/2023 at 4:34 PM, regular guy said: Hi Jim Thank you.Good to be back. Most intriguing item in Auto World Car Craft ads is a 'model cutter'. Specialized hot knife for cutting up your model. Have fun! Those "Hot Knives" are still available in a couple of different forms, I know that in my last Micro Mark catalog they had one that was still sold as a Hot Knife, and I have seen them in crafts areas of a couple of different stores that have the same basic thing sold in a woodburning kit that had several different screw in tools and one of them was a metal screw collet for a #11 blade in what was basically a extremely high heat soldering iron and both of them had a disclaimer that you were to only use the first 1/8" of the blade to keep from melting your job into a mangled blob of plastic. They weren't very good at the time they were first sold and they haven't improved over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 And there was no 4-hour delivery of your online order (along with tracking). You mailed the order form with a check and waited 4-6 weeks for the kits to arrive. We have it good today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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