 
Vintage Fisher Price Little People #718 Tow Truck and Car Complete/EXC+++-NR MT! (A)
Here is a RARE find---a Vintage Fisher Price Little People #718 Tow Truck and Car play set. This is the first one of these I have ever seen in over 13 years of buying and selling these vintage toys. Manufactured between 1969-70, this set is complete and in EXC+++-NEAR MINT condition.
After the winter we've had this year, I feel like I need to have a tow truck on retainer:) I can't tell you the number of times I ended up stuck in a snow drift or in a deep ditch! Here's a friendly, ALL WOOD tow truck driver who loves his job to the point that he bounces up and down in his seat. His truck still makes a clicking sound as he drives to the scene of the accident. In addition, the "flasher" on the top of his truck turns as his vehicle moves forward and backward. The tow truck itself features a wood base and wheels along with a plastic towing arm that raises and lowers with a touch of a finger. At the end of the towing arm is a towing hook that is made out of metal and bent into a loop. According to Brad Cassity in his book, Fisher-Price Toys, A Pictorial Price Guide to the More Popular Toys , this "hook" was omitted in 1970 due to safety concerns. However, Mr. Cassity noted that he had never seen one of these sets MIB without the hook. He did disclose that he did sometimes see played-with vehicles with no hooks. In all likelihood, concerned parents probably had remove the hook. Based upon the above information, I'm surmising this set was produced in 1969 since it still has its intact towing hook (loop).
The red/white plastic, single seater car came equipped with a "C" hook that the tow truck could latch onto to tow the vehicle. The wheels on this car were plastic with white plastic hub caps. The driver of the vehicle was an ALL WOOD, straight bodied yellow boy with a groove carved around his lower body. He wore either a yellow or blue cap. This particular driver sports a blue cap and an interior metal bolt. He has "weathered" numerous accidents throughout the years but still appears to be in NEAR MINT condition. Not bad for a guy who's pushing 45 years old!
Here's your chance to commemorate this memorable "snowy" year! What a conversation piece for your home or office! This would be a FABULOUS set for a rabid Fisher Price Collector. Due to the presence of the metal hook, I would not recommend it be given to a small child.
This set weighs 6 oz. UNWRAPPED. My location is Lafayette, IN (47905). I intend to send this inside a small box via First Class Mail.
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