Driving Toys! Mattel Driving School, Matchbox Steer-n-Go and Schaper U-Drive-It

[@ElverGalarga-sp7se]

Man, boomers had some of the best toys. That driving school blew my mind. So precious toy.

[@ToyKingWonder]

I am glad you enjoyed. So many of these toys blow me away, that is why I have to share them! See Operation Orbit as a good example.

[@eu_xn5749]

he deserves to have the boomer tag removed

[@ElverGalarga-sp7se]

@@eu_xn5749 It wasn't in a derogatory way.

[@eu_xn5749]

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[@foureyedchick]

@@ToyKingWonder I remember having a police car and airplane in the 1960s that ran on 4 size D batteries. The police car had real smoke come out of its tail pipe!

[@andrewtanner9985]

I live in England & I’m 59 & I had the exact same one & I loved it! It was my favourite toy! It must have been I’ve been searching for the name of it for years thank you 🙏 now I can try to find one for my grandson

[@ToyKingWonder]

I am so glad you enjoyed!

[@Steve197201]

That U-Drive-It really brings back memories. I used to have one of those back in the '70s and it was my favorite toy. I loved that thing! It's amazing how simple toys were back then, but when you're a kid, they seem almost magical.

[@fpvillegas9084]

This surely brought a lot of fun times for many boys back then. This is the grandfather of Gran Turismo and NFS and all the other driving/racing sims out there.

[@lohikalalaxd4513]

I hate when theres no more games like this anymore ):

[@claudiaalejandrapradinesfa7388]

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[@22crudrakumar81]

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[@TS-1267]

... Grandfather From 10,000,000 B.R & B ( Before Reginald & Babette) They're Very Very Quite Olde... Walking Stick 8:11

[@racegrooves]

4:13 The Steer-n-Go is rather ingenious for the time!

[@muhammadkhaliquemohamadzul4376]

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[@mr.e1724]

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[@ToyKingWonder]

Thank you sir!

[@arcade85_]

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[@chriswright8464]

Cool !

[@neilselman8575]

That’s amazing.....I had a steer and go ......I was disappointed with it at first .....I wanted a scalextric......but once I started it up I was hooked and played it for months .....brilliant toy in the 70’s

[@lilliandonaldsonstaff7075]

My cousins had the Matchbox Steer and Go and I remember spending many hours playing with it. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this.

[@alexandrecorelli7179]

Hi Thank's for this video ! I was a kid in the 70's. I think these toys would have turned me crazy !

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

I used to stare at the steer and go in the Matchbox catalogue. It wasn't to be though, but at least now I know that it was as good as it looked. Thanks for posting.

[@seanwilkinson3975]

I had a U-Drive-It as a kid! I played the hell out of it and loved every single minute. The other two are pretty cool, too, particularly the Matchbox one with the vacuum-formed tracks.

[@ToyKingWonder]

Yes, Sean, the Matchbox one is actually kind of mind bending, The illusion really can fool you into thinking the car is moving. When I was a kid I would see these advertised in like the Sears Wish Book and I could not for the life of me figure out how they worked!

[@terrysommer1772]

Me too

[@rockettcustoms6266]

@@ToyKingWonder The car isn't moving? It sure looks like it is, I mean its turning etc

[@ToyKingWonder]

​@@rockettcustoms6266 Yes, the car stands still, except for moving side to side. The forward and backward movement is an illusion based on the road moving.

[@Ferr1963]

My brother and I had the Matchbox one and apart from the cars we also used the ROCO 1/87 minitanks, with a piece of magnet glued underneath. What memories!

[@dphotos007]

Very cool Toys. I am 55 and I remember seeing them. These are pre RC times. They did had slot cars when these were around. Toys back then were much better than today's toys.

[@galptube211]

Wow, this is just fantastic! I've never thought there was this kind of toys, It was like the 3d real entertainment before video games. Each time had their own magic things, before electronics there was this creative mechanical and analog toys. Lovely :-)

[@Kellerkind80]

It´s like Gran Turismo 0.1 I had this red annoying loud steering wheel thing with this tiny screen as a kid. I loved this thing. As an adult it is absolutely boring. But as a kid I played I am a Busdriver and my little brother is the annoying old passenger who argued with my mother one day cause we were too loud. He always died in a terrible bus accident. That is where the fun comes in.

[@galptube211]

@@Kellerkind80 haha, yeah for sure! That's a nice anecdote, I feel fortunate that I've enjoyed "the last decade" of cool analog toys if can say that way, there was also video games as I'm from the 90s, but I'd never change the magical environment that I was able to create as a child playing with my toys instead of video games. If I had the chance to choose between a 1/18 Bburago and a Nintendo (any version) or PS , I'd had always take a Bburago or so. My passion for diecast collectibles began with the old school toys of my Father that he let me play with, lovely cars made by GAMMA Toys, Schuco, Corgi, Matchbox, Arnold, Tonka, Polistil... , most of them with cool and mechanical features such turning wheels, suspension, horn, gears, etc. That was the toys paradise for me, a bit uncommon in a time of quite modern things too, but those little car toys had me playing delighted through my chillhood, I was careful while playing with diecast replicas as much as I could, knowing that they were not for playing, so most of them had survived... I just couldn't resist driving them by their steering and staring at the dashboard decals. That was such a preciuos experience. :-) Kind regards.

[@ToyKingWonder]

@@galptube211 Dating myself terribly, but I got the FIRST SET of Hot Wheels that his Denver Colorado (OK, the first batch of sets) and my parents got me the original Drag Set with the Firebird and the Cougar. I still have those cars. The Hot Wheels phenomenon was amazing....no one had ever made cars like this that would fly around at those speeds. I would play with them for hours. All based on gravity, talk about analog. And what fun times.

[@ivafranja]

"I've never thought there was this kind of toys" how old are you? Are you new in the world? lol

[@galptube211]

@@ToyKingWonder I bet they were and a lot more sane for sure. I just knew a few old school little Hot Wheels, they were pretty solid. Just cool toys!

[@ronin27k]

For me in 1970 the Steer and Go was the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts, sadly my dream of driving what I thought was the coolest thing I had ever seen would never be realized, no matter how much I asked it was not to be, great memories of those times anyway ty for posting this.

[@ToyKingWonder]

Murray, find one on eBay and set it up and enjoy. You are never too old for something like this.

[@ronin27k]

@@ToyKingWonder Thanks for that, you are right!

[@fmphotooffice5513]

For me the winner is the Matchbox toy, though it sounds you might be needing a new water pump or the bearing on an idler wheel is coming apart. (Fun. Thanks for the video.)

[@MS-yy2dh]

I had the Steer-n-Go as a child. It was a great toy.

[@philo426]

I had a Matchbox version from the mid to late '70s that could be used with any Matchbox or Hot Wheels car.(included self-stick magnets that attached to the bottom of the car).The vac-form driving surface had larger peaks than the '60s version and the steering wheel was thicker but the concept was the same.It also had a pan and tilt feature that increased the driving challenge.Very cool!

[@Darkuni]

Been waiting forever for a U-Drive-It video. I barely remember it from the 70s and wasn't even sure it actually exists! The best I could find was a simple black and white advert. Here it is ... in all its glory! Thank you!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Wow memories ! I also had a steer n go back in the late 70's. It was a challenge in the dark with the little torch light underneath. I rem it used to eat EVER READY batteries and then the motor burned out so i ended up using the road way as a huge frisbee. Thanks for posting

[@yvettepoorter9385]

Thanks, I was wondering if I had only imagined the existence of Matchbox Steer-n-Go. Amazing how the mechanics of the toy in my memory match the original form! I think the rotating landscape has influenced my interaction with the world and perspective on travel! Ha. Very cool to see this.

[@ToyKingWonder]

This was a toy that I would see in the Sears Catalog or other place and wonder, how does that work? There were a few toys like that, and or course, they still retain their magic all these years later. The Matchbox Motorway was another one, which I have but I must get better springs for it.

[@jimmyb1559]

I like the 3rd one the best. The accelerator pedal put it over the top for me!! Thank you for the video.

[@julianwalls1077]

Thankyou for posting I saw matchbox steer and go in 1968 matchbox catalogue I cannot remember seeing them here in New Zealand new in the shops but did see one in a toy auction boxed in 1990s always wondered how it would work as I always wanted one!😀

[@ThomasGrillo]

Ah, so THAT'S how those toys worked. When I go them, I always thought they were broken, or something. Now I wish I still had them. Dang it. LOL Guess I'll head to ebay, and see if I can't find them. Had them back in the 60s, and 70s. Thanks for sharing this.

[@josephcu776]

genius, just plain genius at that time. lovely toy.

[@chrismaddock5790]

The matchbox steer and go looks really inventive! I would've loved one of these as a child

[@magicja]

Forget Need For Speed just play this game all day!

[@Vlad-1986]

Well, it is easier on your PC specs. Play this video with LOTUS 3 soundtrack

[@antiqueelectronica3921]

Great video! Love the fact that they incorporated the real sound of a typical MG/Leyland transmission into their toy!

[@OnCameraCoaching]

Just stumbled across this video....OMGosh I always wondered how this Matchbox Steer-n-Go worked! Saw it for years in the Sears Christmas catalog. Loved and still have many of my Matchbox cars & Trucks but this was too expensive for my Christmas wish list back in the early 70's. Many thanks for the detailed description of how it works and the great camera angles to show all the action. (I'm a video producer) Really appreciate this video and your time to go into the specific details. I finally now know the magic behind this great toy! Thank you Thank you!

[@ToyKingWonder]

You are so welcome and thanks for the compliments!

[@ToyKingWonder]

Check out my video of the Ideal Fighter Jet, you will love that one I bet...

[@davidstarsky6435]

these toys were on another level. just love them

[@CaptainScarlet67]

My Mum and Dad got me this when I was a nipper in the early 70's, and I absolutely loved it. Takes me back, thanks for posting :)

[@ToyKingWonder]

You got it, glad you liked the video.

[@farouqomaro598]

That Matchbox one was really cool.

[@deano2160]

Wow, I had the steer and go. One of those thing that I had completely forgot about but as soon as I saw it great childhood memories came back. I loved that game.

[@scudwerfer]

the MATCHBOX one looks awesome!!!

[@williamzlatos1272]

I believe that here in New Mexico they use that driving toy for their actual drivers test.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Arizona uses the old "Jalopy showdown" game.

[@joesmoe8983]

Lol

[@tjm3900]

I had something similar in the UK in the 60's except you controlled the cars (or motorcycle) with a joystick. Man, I played with that a lot !

[@michaelparylak5649]

Some of these are toys that only "rich" people's kids had back in the day.

[@StargateFan2389]

I am 23 years old and would love to have one of those they look awesome!

[@4di742]

Now u are 30??? Still alive? Jk how r u

[@tint661]

My brother got the Matchbox Steer and go one year for Christmas. We played with it and had fun. Kids today would look at it and laugh.

[@Drew791]

I didn't expect these to be so imaginative and ingenious.

[@gabrielirlanda]

10:37 that is a good angle for a commercial. I didn't know all this stuffs existed, these are very clever. I'd kill to have one of these in my childhood.

[@user-cg7uw9uh6n]

Remember seeing the Matchbox Steer n Go advertised on TV at Christmas early mid 70s. Everywhere had sold out. I got a Scalextric instead and soon forgot about the Steer n Go till just. Looking on ebay I see one's going for £175.00

[@vicky9576]

i had the matchbox steer n go as a child in the late 70's as a gift from an auntie and uncle i loved it , it was the bees knees in its day, can't remember what happend to it though. wish i still had it as i would have passed it down to my own kids now as long as they looked after it. they do pop up on ebay every now and then but cost a fortune. i keep telling myself one of these days i'm gonna get myself one as i nice child hood keep sake nice vid mate.

[@victorvance2573]

First time i hear of these and they seem fantastic!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

I LOVED my Matchbox Steer n go!! It oly came with one scenery disc tho. But it also came with a Matchbox VW Bug with racing stripe. I liked playing in the dark cus the headlights worked so well. I recall the timer/counter worked well and you could always try to better your last score. One of THE BEST toys I ever got For Christmas. :-)

[@skippyripley1239]

This is how my wife learned to drive...& still does . .🇬🇧😳

[@adrianaldabe7489]

That's incredible. As I played with that track was 10, now I have 50years. I still have the car. Live in Argentina

[@fpvillegas9084]

I had DIGITAL DERBY (1979) from Japan. But there's nothing digital about it. The game taught you correct gear choice. I still have it, somewhere. 😁

[@NousProductions]

I had a U Drive it. Loved that thing. Thanks for the memories!

[@tetsucat13]

Wow. A friend of mine used to have the Matchbox drive toy. I absolutely loved it and have been looking for one forever. So glad I've found your channel. I can show friends this every time we end up talking about how great things were when we were kids. Thanks.

[@thecoldheart2012]

Great video and presentation! ... I remember that we had such a "Steer-n-Go" from Matchbox in the kindergarten in the late 70's! But this one there was a later edition from the Matchbox-Superfast-Era with a red Dodge Challenger... I remember playing this one made a lot of fun! ... maybe today those games will never again find there way into a kindergarten, because of the electricity, batteries etc. ... too dangerous for the kids of today... ;)

[@booeyats1]

Thanks ToyKingWonder for this cool video! I had a driving game similar to this but do not recall which one I actually had. I was a child in the 70s born in 1970 so I probably had one of these around 1978-1979. I remember the car was held on on the road surface similar to this with a magnet. Thanks again because I completely forgot about these toys which were amazing!! I am so very happy I grew up when I did!

[@ToyKingWonder]

You are welcome!!!

[@Godfamthem]

The last one is the one I remember! I wasn’t fortunate enough to have one, but I was fortunate enough to get to play it 🎉

[@alfreddill3251]

Thank you for this. Extraordinary!

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

The first one is one I’ve always wanted and was before my time. Just seems like a cool toy

[@jasongoodacre]

Wow, I had this toy as a kid. I absolutely loved it.

[@Twirlyhead]

Matchbox Steer-n-Go reminds me of that out of body experience I sometimes get driving long car journeys: the one when you start to feel that the car is standing still and the world is moving around you (I know it actually is but you know what I mean).

[@Chris.Davies]

One of my coolest toys as a kid was a Matchbox Motorway! :)

[@tahustvedt]

Great stuff. The Matchbox one was the coolest because of the terrain. Makes me want to design something 3D printable like this.

[@gerry5134]

I can remember wanting something like that when I was a kid. That last one is exceptionally good. I wonder did they provide extra moving discs with different roads and terrain. You must have some collection !

[@WysteriaGuitar]

I had the steer and go as a kid and played with it for HOURS and HOURS and HOURS. Great toy.

[@Trishlicious]

I had the U Drive-It toy; it was a blast; it eventually broke then I took it apart and played with the bits left over.

[@morphman32]

I had a Steer 'n' Go when I was a child and I played with it all the time, I simply loved it and I wish I had one now to play with.

[@jeniferallan6693]

I always wanted a Matchbos steer and go when I was a kid. Glad I didn't get one now!

[@Daehawk]

Had a U-Drive_it in the 70's. Loved it and my whirli bird thing so much.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Whirlybird was a heck of a lot of fun =)

[@michaelwalker74]

I remember my brother got the matchbox driving game and we spend so many playing with it. Good memories

[@Sam-ed8kk]

The Matchbox had the most imagination spark with me (3-D terrain, gear shift, brake handle) and the Shopper 'U Drive It' had the best, albeit complex, design and play value. The Mattel was sadly too primitive and would probably been junked in about 1 week post-Christmas.

[@ToyKingWonder]

Keep in mind the Mattel was earlier than the others profiled, likely mid 1950s. The construction is very similar to their Jack in the Box toys (Interestingly, you can find a video of early Mattel on youtube, showing them making the Jack in the boxes). My toy came in must a plain brown box. So kids that were used to the toy technology of the time like enjoyed this. It is a very strange toy, I don't play with it much, as I am afraid if anything breaks on the inside, it would be a very difficult repair.

[@charliefoxtrot-118]

the fact you could take any matchbox car and attach it to the Drive-n-Go is pretty cool

[@robloxfan4271]

They should remake it but with stronger components and an moden layout

[@binarydinosaurs]

Well I never thought I'd see another Steer'n'Go working. I had one in the 70s, the UK version had a fake 'radio' where the batteries lived and you only had forward/backward controls. I played it to bits though, no idea what happened to it. ISTR my main car was a green VW Golf Mk1 though I had pontiacs and other Matchbox cars you could just clip the magnet to. Great memories.

[@WAZAM939]

16:41 what was so funny did I miss something

[@Whyrureadingthat]

lol

[@Aahbozz2]

I think it was a sex joke

[@mmashie]

wtf

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Superb video. Loved looking at these classic toys .shame today's kids wont want to play these instead of xbox

[@ryanbarker5217]

such awesome toys. today you can't even buy a game at full price and have it actually work without patches and updates.

[@anth5122]

Had one of these for Christmas 👍

[@bullzye101]

very very cool .. good stuff ... big thumbs up

[@jamesslick4790]

"A little noisy on 2nd".Describes a lot of REAL cars too! 😜

[@MichaelDavidCilantro]

I had all these and the Matchbox motorway. These were the coolest toys next to slot cars and train sets. I worked for a place called white elephant when I was in school. Everyday after school I stocked shelves in the toy section which was huge, at the end of the month I got to pick 3 toys to take home. I found almost all of these still on the shelf and that was around 1996. White elephant was known for having vintage toys in stock. Sometime in the 70's the owner over stocked on toys and just stored then and brought them out through out the course of the late 80's and 90's. I use to find Redlines new for the same price as hotwheels back then which I think ran for 89 Cents in 96. I love toys D:

[@ToyKingWonder]

+Michael David Cilantro Incredible story, I love it. Out here, we had this place called Andrus Toy Store, which was in kind of a dumpy part of Pomona (which had a lot of dumpy parts to it!). It was in the downstairs of an old frame house. The woman that ran it was an old b!tch, seemed like an old alcoholic, you know the type. Anyways, they had a lot of vintage toys. This was about 1980 and I had not started collecting yet. I wish I could go back in time. My friend bought a brand new, mint in original box, Dick Tracy Copmobile, from about 1962. He got it for the very expensive at the time price of $75.00, but he was a smart guy and knew what he was getting. It was so weird to unbox a toy from back then and run it, brand new.

[@MichaelDavidCilantro]

Thats really cool. Bet your friend scored some cool stuff from her. I am getting back into collecting again and this time its permanent. Way before I ever knew about the U fly toys I was building Model planes and attaching straws to them and launching them from fishing rod string onto my giant Aircraft carrier I already had from another toy set I got. I also use to place magnets in my micro-machines and run them on a train table with rulers underneath lined with metal tracks, I managed to figure out how to drag race my micro-machines. Thanks for the memories and Nostalgia. I had such an awesome childhood even if my parents were never around and I was left at home weeks on end by myself still managed to survive. :D I think a lot of my tin and metal trucks met their doom along with my GIO's in my backyard lol those were the only toys to ever get destroyed because I played with them rough and had a blast. Use to race model cars to for parts, solid metal axils and greased up joints :D

[@ToyKingWonder]

If you like things rolling along with embedded tracks, please check out the huge train layout at the Pomona Fairgrounds. I have a video in my channel called "Fairplex Garden Railroad", I think you will like it!

[@MichaelDavidCilantro]

ToyKingWonder I think I will love it for sure. Anything toy related I'm in love. My Fav movie of all time was BIG :D

[@2001davebowman]

As soon as I saw "Driving School" I remembered having that. I probably thought Steer'n'go was a step up for me so I nagged my Mum and Dad for it, but never got one (boo-hoo!). Thanks for bringing back another long forgotten childhood memory. I love KZbin!!

[@ToyKingWonder]

You are welcome sir!

[@josephwinkler4863]

Back when toys required commonsense and some physics

[@ToyKingWonder]

Very well put. This is why I like slot cars and RC planes versus electronic versions. Don't get me wrong, playing a flight simulator is fun for a little while, but NOTHING compared to building your own plane and flying it...the risk, the breeze out of nowhere, the skill building.

[@josephwinkler4863]

Very true you can learn a lot when you stepped on a rake and the handle comes up and hit you in the forehead Somehow you don’t get the same affect with video

[@iZacq]

​@@ToyKingWonder Is it available for Sale, share link if there is any Thanks

[@ToyKingWonder]

I am not sure when Matchbox started making these, there were a number of different models. One gent told me his actually tilted! I think they started around 1969 perhaps into the late 70s. Yes, they were awesome days, glad I lived through them, and I expose my two sons to as much of the magic as possible!

[@WinslowLeach1974]

I used to have the U-Drive-It as a kid around 1973. I remember the "engine" felt pretty powerful but I was disappointed that the car had zero detail, and that the landscapes were "flat" and you can just drive over anything. Still had some fun with it tho'. The Matchbox Steer-n-Go looks like fun, especially since you can switch cars, I'm surprised I didn't get that because I was always a Matchbox collector, and still am (reg. wheels and Superfasts). Maybe I'll have to hit ebay soon. Great vid!

[@ToyKingWonder]

Thank you sir. I don't know why I didnt bug my parents for this either, I was the right age. I have no idea...I collected Matchboxes and Hot Wheels, and I would drool over the two catalogs and pick out what I wanted next. I also had a handful of Corgis. I would have thought this would have been a natural thing to get. I also never got any of the battery operated parking garages. The one thing I did get was one of the fold up, vinyl "city" play scape, but I was pushing 13 so graduating out of that kind of playtime....

[@PourlephoneProductions]

@ToyKingWonder Yes! The U Fly It I had as a kid was made by Transogram Canada too! Now I have one I bought on eBay (Instructor set, just like I had as a kid) and it's a Schaper. I don't remember if the U Drive it I had was marketted by Transogram Canada, as the box was exactly like yours, but it probably was since I remember having french instructions with it (I am french canadian).

[@geraldmellon740]

I had the Steer n go maybe 1971? And it blew my 7 year old mind. It came with the road that turns here but I think you could buy different ones like a city centre landscape instead of the country one that came with mine.

[@BaDArxz]

Why can’t we have things like this anymore? These look like tons of fun. Oh and before anyone goes “okay Boomer”, I’m 20.

[@rcreapers9372]

BaDArtz ok boomer

[@BaDArxz]

Haha very funny

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Wow the steer n go is awesome

[@UnknownZ3bra]

The one with the spinning platter is awesome I would of loved to have that

[@Barracuda48082]

The tires are squealing around the turns 😆

[@nigelcarren]

Picture the scene, it was 1982 VERY heavy snow, Two days before christmas in Daventry Northamptonshire, on the way back from shopping my mother hit black-ice whilst driving the exact same model of Austin seen in this video. We clipped the kerb.. hit the verge rolled right over and myself, my sister and an Afghan hound and one weeks shopping were momentarily trapped in a very slow washing machine. Once the vehicle had stopped rolling, amidst a mayhem of scratching dog-claws, screaming sister and mother, still falling now burst-open boxes of cornflakes (which were everywhere) tinkled slowly down seemingly off everywhere, I climbed up the rear seats, scrunching Cornflakes (car was now on its side), and opened the door. A laughing 11 year-old me (never been so excited... it was nearly christmas), looked down into the car I could see my mother was more annoyed that the cereals were now wasted than the state of the car, so I reached down and pulled up my 9 year old sister and we both sat on the side of the drivers door (which now faced the sky) and waited for a passing car to wave down, all whilst my mother tried to pick cornflakes from around a now quite comfortable Afghan hound. After 10 minutes two farmers stopped in a van, so, now content that the shopping was 'Probably going to be ok', my mother took the dog and stood outside the car whilst the two farmers rolled the car back onto its wheels, I straightened the drivers door-mirror. Then just assuming that it would start as normal, my mother said "Ok come on we have to get home and get the frozen stuff in the freezer". We thanked 'the farmers' so my sister, the dog and I got back in, the car which started first time and we drove the 20 miles home, without a single mark or dent on either us nor the car... only the Now Hairy Cornflakes were lost. After this, we referred to this car as 'The Tank'. Sorry to go on, and I know this has nothing to do with the toys, but this great video triggered a great memory.... So what did we learn from this? Simple: BUY AN AUSTIN! 🏆

[@ToyKingWonder]

Wow that is an awesome story. My sister drove my Dad's 1966 Buick from 1976 to 1979, as it was our "extra" car. It did not have a very good parking brake. One day after work she came out and her car was gone. She was going to call the police about a stolen car, and my dad said wait a moment, let us come down. So he and I went down to her work, which was a Motorola office complex, heavily forested in front, a long drive up to the building. We looked around and found the car almost a mile away! She did not have it firmly in park, and it slowly went all the way down the drive, crossed a very busy street (backwards, what a sight that must have been), veered off, went backwards down a very long bush and grass hillside, and then continued into a pile of trees. That's it I thought, that thing is totaled. It must have rolled at least a few times. It was so far down we could not assess the damage. So we called a towing service and this guy shows up with a really big truck, with a massive cable and winch off the back. He had to block off a good part of the street to angle it in. He goes down there the long way, as it was so steep, and hooks up the cable. He manages to pull this thing all the way back up this massive hillside. Damage? One small dent in the rear fender. It never rolled over. No scratches. My dad started it up, paid the guy, and like your mom, drove it home! The mechanic went through it, no other damage, he adjusted the parking break. My sister soon afterwards got her 1979 Z/28, but that Buick remained our extra car until 1983 and was still going strong when we sold it!

[@coreymadigan8394]

I own Afghan Hounds. They were very popular in the 70’s and 80’s but rare these days.

[@boataxe4605]

So glad that my dad bought me real go carts!

[@ToyKingWonder]

I had a go-cart too. Point?

[@boataxe4605]

@@ToyKingWonderThe point is that a go cart taught me a lot more about driving than those crappy little steering wheel on a box toy’s did.

[@JamesSckinto]

I received one for Christmas 1970? Greatest toy ever. Don't remember asking for it. But glad I got it. My parents where not rich. (6 kids) I wonder how much they cost in 1970?

[@grandadgamer8390]

Amazing man. Great little toy 👍

[@lilricky452]

I had one of those matchbox MG sedans . Cool car

[@CZ350tuner]

Kids back then had better driving skills than today's Audi and BMW owners......

[@billsmith6884]

I had that MG as a kid, in that shade of green. I found it again a few years ago, but in metallic blue.

[@ToyKingWonder]

That is my original MG that I got when I was very young; my Matchboxes and Tonkas fortunately survived my Great Toy Purge when I was 14....

[@douglasdixon524]

I had something similar to this in the early 1970s. It had yield and stop signs, crosswalks and a gas pedal. It was quite a bit more like a car than this older version.

[@JOELwindows7]

This is your daily dose of Recommendation Driving toys

[@char1737]

that Big Trac brings back so much of my teen years

[@ToyKingWonder]

Look up my other videos, I have one on that toy.

[@sergeilebadev7412]

Hours of fun; (almost) never gets boring....

[@angry-white-men]

I remember we had piles of toys like this and how quickly we'd get bored of them. They had such a limited scope of play.

[@tastemakerguidie]

when tami get off work ; the podcast discussion of who the gorgeous'or end

[@gerrymcguire7521]

I could see a ki today having a blast with these toys