Recently, I picked up an interesting set of vehicle cards.
World on Wheels Card No.2
They were published in 1953-54 by the American company Topps in a 160-card set under the title "World on Wheels". They later added 20 more cards, and featured it as a 180-card set; I guest these have blue+black printing on the back and are rarer and more valuable.
The sets included a fairly eclectic mix of vehicles, including passenger cars, sports cars, race cars, buses, commercial vehicles, and military vehicles.
I acquired 17 sports car/race car cards. I haven't finished scanning them, but I thought I'd show off a few of them.
World on Wheels Card No.23
World on Wheels Card No.110
World on Wheels Card No.38
World on Wheels Card No.43
World on Wheels Card No.35
World on Wheels Card No.30
Wednesday 22 October 2008
Collector Cards - World on Wheels
Labels:
1953,
American,
American racing,
Automobilia,
collectibles,
Collector cards,
racing history,
Topps,
vintage toys
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3 comments:
Paul,
Very cool. Don't kill me, but I think these would make awesome drink coasters!!! I imagine their too expensive however to use in such a disparaging way. :-)o
I have a photo of the Cummins Diesel Indy racer here. You'll note the non-resemblance.
--chuck
Chuck
Actually, there are a few different Cummins Diesel Indy Racers.
The one one the card is the 1952 version, and the one in your photo is the 1950 version.
There is even a 1931 version!
Cheers!
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