The bright yellow and durable plastic Tonka Trucks that come to mind are a far cry from the company's original toy lineup.

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Watch antique trucks get second lives in a series of toy resto YouTube videos. Restorers take rusted, old Tonka trucks and restore them to perfection.

Another place to find vintage Tonka trucks is the Chicago 1994 Antique Toy & Doll World Show Sunday at the Kane County Fairgrounds, North Avenue and Randall Road, St. Charles.

1949: Tonka produces trucks based on GMC styling cues. 1955: Tonka reveals its first pickup truck based on the Ford F-100. 1956: Mound Metalcraft officially changes its name to Tonka Toys. 1961 ...

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By the 1960’s Tonka became the largest builder of toy trucks in the world, producing eight million a year, which exceeded the combined output of the American auto industry. [KSTP-TV] ...

The yellow Tonka Truck. Instantly recognizable by any child of decades past, that big metal beast would always make you popular around the sandbox. There were no blinking lights to dazzle, no noise… ...

I loved Tonka trucks when I was a kid and still have one in my office. I even visited the Tonka factory a couple of times on field trips in the 1960s and 1970s. We don’t produce Tonka trucks in ...