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Vtg Japan LINEMAR Pan American 4 Friction Motor Passenger Airplane w/ Box ca50s

$ 94.51

Availability: 10 in stock
  • Material: Pressed-tin
  • Year of Manufacture: 50s
  • Vehicle Make: ?
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
  • Condition: Box is in good/fair condition; plane is in very good condition, but props are bent and out of shape here and there, plus move erratically or not at all when wheels are pushed along horizontal surface. Cheaply made and 70+ years of sitting in a box when not being played with by children will do that.
  • Vehicle Type: Commercial Airliner
  • Brand: Linemar (Division of Louis Marx Toys)
  • Features: with Original Box
  • Aircraft Family: Pan American
  • Vehicle Year: 50s

    Description

    A 17" X 5" X 4" box with an illustrated lid contains a pressed tin lithograph four propeller Clipper-style passenger commercial airplane with painted tin motor covers. Made in Japan by
    LINEMAR
    , a division of
    Louis Marx Toys
    , in the Fifties. Box has obvious shelf wear and tears. Plane is 14½" long with a wingspan of 16½". Plane is marked with 1950s
    Pan American
    logos on fuselage and tail. Friction motors are part of the wheels and move freely and are suppose to rotate the propellers . Although all four interior prop shafts move, propellers move erratically or not at all due to wear to small rubber discs that cause the propellers to rotate. Being cheaply made and 70+ years of sitting in a box when not having children play with it, will do that. Plane's body shows only slight wear and is in very good condition.