Phil R Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I bought this strange car recently. It 's 4-12" inches, made of slush metal(pot metal), and has rubber wheels. The guy told me it may be Manoil or Barclay. I found it on photo search but the links led to Ebay and I couldn't find any information. Does anyone know anything about it(Joe, help). At any rate, it makes an odd addition to my space car collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Sorry, Phil, I've drawn a blank on this one. Has yours been repainted? It looks to be in very good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil R Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hey, they're Atomic cars, Joe. The paint doesn't hold up. Just like reentry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Nice! I've seen it sold as both Manoil and Barclay before, and I've seen similarly designed Atomic Gas trucks that are certainly Barclay. My donut would be on Barclay. She is a beauty - kudos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi Phil - did you ever learn more about this car? I was digging into some info on a couple of slush cars & ran across this Atomic car. http://www.slushtoycars.com/Slush_Toy_Cars/Exhibition_Louwman_museum,_Den_Haag_2015.html The above is a link to an exhibition last summer in the Netherlands. I tried to link to just the photo, but it was only a thumbnail. Yours is in a few shots - grouped in what (I think) is a miscellaneous section. One of the pics (about midway down) shows your car & a placard that lists BEST TOY & NOVELTY FACTORY, FUTURISTIC, MANOIL, TOMMY TOY (?), MID-WEST METAL NOVELTY MFG, & SAVOYE PEWTER TOY CO. I tried digging a bit with those headings & couldn't find anything more with your specific car. Regardless, I think it rules out my thought of it being Barclay. The good news is that there is an email link for more info - worth a shot if you are still searching for info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 On 8/12/2016 at 1:59 PM, Phil R said: I bought this strange car recently. It 's 4-12" inches, made of slush metal(pot metal), and has rubber wheels. The guy told me it may be Manoil or Barclay. I found it on photo search but the links led to Ebay and I couldn't find any information. Does anyone know anything about it(Joe, help). At any rate, it makes an odd addition to my space car collection. bump for Phil - "Astro Mfg" might also be a thread to tug on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonydroid Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 These Barclay retro cars are very cool, hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil R Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Thanks, Kirk. I see that there is another car similar to mine. It's amazing how innovative the designs of some of these slush vehicles were then, over 80 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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