The "Young's" truck is a 1/43 scale 1932 panel delivery made by ERTL as part of a vintage vehicles series. I believe there were 7 different variations - Oil-O-Matic, Winn Dixie, Chicago FD and possibly Harley that I know of. The sun visor and spare tire are nice details. Great find.
@walt rapp posted:Found this truck at a train show. "Young" is my daughter's married last name. The house is a model that I made of their house - perfect to scale.
- walt
Nice truck Walt
@Richie C. posted:The "Young's" truck is a 1/43 scale 1932 panel delivery made by ERTL as part of a vintage vehicles series. I believe there were 7 different variations - Oil-O-Matic, Winn Dixie, Chicago FD and possibly Harley that I know of. The sun visor and spare tire are nice details. Great find.
@Richie C. - how about that?!! I just looked at it as a truck that I found at a train show that happened to have a personal connection to me. Thanks for that informative background information.!!!
I just now looked at the box - it has 'Vintage Vehicle' as the label and it does say 'made by Ertl. I never read any of the stuff on the box but thanks to your comments I just did. On the back of the box is a somewhat big description of it.
walt
Mike, in the 50's, almost every larger city or town seemed to have a Chevy and Ford dealership...after they landed, then came along the used car guy, "Djer!"
Nice cars guys!
@walt rapp Nice find, I would even love to have something like in real life!
@Capetrainman Paul I know, Don't worry as you and Ed know along with many others I have almost as many autos as I do rail cars! I say almost as I just bought some TTX well cars! LOL
@mike g. posted:Nice cars guys!
@walt rapp Nice find, I would even love to have something like in real life!
@Capetrainman Paul I know, Don't worry as you and Ed know along with many others I have almost as many autos as I do rail cars! I say almost as I just bought some TTX well cars! LOL
Mike, you have many great cars and pieces of heavy equipment, trucks, etc. on your layout, as I recall. Once you get settled in your new location, hope you'll start a new layout. Looking forward to seeing it for sure...!
The asphalt contractor just finished striping the parking lot at "Bob's" General Store today...rumors have it "Bob's" will be hosting this years Saturday night car rallies. Bob's is located right across the tracks from "Sunset" Farms. Other than an occasional "moo" from the resident cows or a whistle and fumes from a freight train passing by, Bob's parking will be a great place for the car buffs to show off their prize wheels this summer...
The lot striping guy finally showed up at Djer's Auto Sales to help him organize his mixed inventory of imports, GM, and Ford! The sign guy is working on a new shingle to hang over the front entrance...business is very brisk...even convertibles are selling early in this season...
Looks great Paul, The striping guy did a wonderful job. I see with the verity of autos the place is going to be the hotspot in town, heck might even catch the pizza guy there! LOL
Mike, thanks...I believe the pizza guy is walking toward the green Buick with the hood up...the driver had a no start and the Ford wagon can't seem to get the jump accomplished...so the group ordered pizza! This is the pizza guys first delivery to "Bob's General Store," the site of this summer's car rallies...stay tuned...
Great looking scene and General Store, Paul.
Nice job on the layouts. I try to just have 1/48 or 1/50 scale cars and trucks.
Great job Paul, I knew the Pizza guy would show up, but I wasn't expecting the guys on the Harley's unless they were fallowing the pizza guy! LOL
Thanks, Mike...the pizza guy sure gets around and loves the car rallies! It appears the "Vette" guy ordered the mushroom and pepper this time around...lol...
All the car lot aficionados here have enticed me to try my hand as well. Here is a photograph I took for on my Blackwater Canyon Line thread where I was asking for ideas for building placements and whether the Atlas Wheeler's Auto Dealer would fit in my proposed town. We decided something like this would work. Hmmm...mostly GM products here though the owner parked his Studebaker right beside the under construction showroom. More to come.
@Mark Boyce posted:All the car lot aficionados here have enticed me to try my hand as well. Here is a photograph I took for on my Blackwater Canyon Line thread where I was asking for ideas for building placements and whether the Atlas Wheeler's Auto Dealer would fit in my proposed town. We decided something like this would work. Hmmm...mostly GM products here though the owner parked his Studebaker right beside the under construction showroom. More to come.
😁👍Nice to see you build a dealership in your town'.. That looks like quite a facility. Did you build it Mark'..? Every town needs one or two auto lots, For instance my new layout will have two dealers and a heavy truck outlet as well.... Lots of construction coming up in Ponderville... Here's a few shots of recent progress....
This what you get when one retires and down sizes from a full basement and a garage and a half to a Sunroom and sheds.. AND, going from 15'X 30' to 4'X 16' O Scale'...😏 and starting over...(LOL) I recon it beats having nothing at all. At least that is what I'm told'...😁
season room. New insulated roof, windows, insulated walls, celling, carpeting; electrical power racetracks, outlets, switches, and carpeting, blinds... The layout will be smaller, however, I will be comfortable...Well worth the expense'... This design has no underneath wiring. No crawling on the floor required...
Ted, thank you! It looks like you have a great new place to display lots of vehicles!!
Actually, this kit is basically a snap together like the old Plasticville kits. I did not realize that when I bought it. However, that made it easy to do a mock-up to see how it might work out.
It will need a complete scratch built interior which will be fun. Here’s a closeup of the cars I staged in front to see how much space it would take.
@Mark Boyce posted:Ted, thank you! It looks like you have a great new place to display lots of vehicles!!
Actually, this kit is basically a snap together like the old Plasticville kits. I did not realize that when I bought it. However, that made it easy to do a mock-up to see how it might work out.
It will need a complete scratch built interior which will be fun. Here’s a closeup of the cars I staged in front to see how much space it would take.
Mark, that is a great little kit. With your skills you won't have any trouble dressing it up'.. Have fun.. I look forward seeing how this turns out'...👍🤓 Nice little collection you have there...
@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:Mark, that is a great little kit. With your skills you won't have any trouble dressing it up'.. Have fun.. I look forward seeing how this turns out'...👍🤓 Nice little collection you have there...
Thank you, Ted!
@Mark Boyce posted:Ted, thank you! It looks like you have a great new place to display lots of vehicles!!
Actually, this kit is basically a snap together like the old Plasticville kits. I did not realize that when I bought it. However, that made it easy to do a mock-up to see how it might work out.
It will need a complete scratch built interior which will be fun. Here’s a closeup of the cars I staged in front to see how much space it would take.
I'm sure this will be another stunning display from the workbench of @Mark Boyce! Have you started looking for a sign yet or thought of a name?
@T-Bone1214 posted:I'm sure this will be another stunning display from the workbench of @Mark Boyce! Have you started looking for a sign yet or thought of a name?
Here is what comes with the kit.
Cute, but that's not what I'm going to use. 
In keeping with my loose theme of the Blackwater Canyon Grade of the Western Maryland, and since the scale model of the actual Thomas, West Virginia station is across the layout, I had thought of naming it for something in the real location. Not knowing what dealers may have been there in the 1950s, I thought of using a theme from the only remaining dealership still located down the hill in downtown Butler, Pa, Butler County Motor Company. So, since the Blackwater is in Tucker County, WV, I could use Tucker County Motor Company. Oh wait! Folks may expect it to be a Tucker dealership. That may not work. Or maybe it will. I'll keep pondering the name as the build progresses. 
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