gumby & pokey's car ~ the flying dutchman

i made a major gumbyland score this weekend :D ~

i found the car that gumby & pokey had several of their adventures in! when they came up against the blockheads in 'even steven' or discovered dinosaurs in 'hidden valley' it was in this car ~

it's called the flying dutchman & it was made by remco toys back in the 60s ~

& i just happened to find one mint in box yesterday ~

i've been looking for a good one for gumbyland for literally years ~

they do come up on ebay but in varying levels of condition & price ~

since it's quite large in the box shipping is also a cost consideration ~

i just got lucky & found one here locally ~

every boy wants a remco toy... & so do girls! ~

mr dad was just as excited as i was to find it ~

original price $10.94 ~

it takes 4 D batteries to operate ~

& has a cool working headlight ~

set the controls ~

there's a handle with line connected to keep control of it that probably came in handy using it in gumby's original stop motion adventures ~

instructions ~

another fun addition to gumbyland!

even steven & hidden valley ~

& vintage sav-on ad.. toxic loved her local sav-on store! ~

bren

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Comments

[Pam]

WOW!!! What a score! You must have been so excited when you found it! I'm curious, if you don't mind telling me, how much did it cost you? This is the first time I have ever left a comment on a blog or whatever this is called and I admit that I know nothing about them or how they work but I just had to tell you how excited I was for you! Happy hunting in your future! Pam

[ghost]

hi pam,
i paid an astoundingly reasonable $45, on ebay the shipping cost alone for such a large item would've been half that.. i've seen these on ebay going for upwards of $300 so it was well worth the wait :)
thanks for commenting!

[Dan Tate]

Somewhere I had read that the Remco Flying Dutchman car was based on a real car. Have you read or found anything on that?

[ghost]

dan, i had not, but i wonder if there might be anything about it in the gumby imagined book? i'll have to pull that out & read up :)

[Dan Tate]

FYI..I have two of these cars..not as nice as yours. But researching the item revealed it is a fairly accurate model of a 1904 Spyker Open Touring Car. Spyker (Spyjker) built cars and aircraft in Holland..hence Remco's "Flying Duchman" name.

[ghost]

thanks for the info, dan! my hubby really loves this old car too & is very interested, very cool :D