When I was of elementary school age, I received an Ideal Motorific Racerific Wildcat for Christmas in 1967 or 1968. The Motorific cars were powered by two AA batteries and had interchangable bodies of varying scales or a chassis could have a 64 Mustang or Barracuda body or a Lincoln or Cadillac body. Later, probably for a birthday, my folks bought me a Motorific torture track set that you could by from DX gas stations after purchasing eight gallons of gas for $2.98 again in the mid to late 1960s.
I played with my Motorific set for years until I grew older, broke many pieces and eventually put the set on the shelf and that set moved from my parents house to my house and for that last 30+ years sat on a shelf in my basement. I also had an Motorific Action Highway set (with trucks) but it disappeared years ago.
Mom passed in late 2019 after a long slow decline, 2020 was the year of Covid and staying home. In the last year I have been collecting a few Studebaker parts for the eternal project so when I felt like working on the Lark, parts would be there.
I also started to pick up Marx deluxe level toy trains, I've picked up a few Marx E-7 diesels, ready to run and junk that I put back together in running condition. I have built a couple of train layouts to pass the time.
But back to Motorific: I started buying odd lots of track and repairable cars to amuse myself and reassemble my original Christmas set, replacing things I broke decades ago before I learned how to take care of things. I now have a small fleet of 1964 Mustangs that take up a lot less space than the real things.
I played with my Motorific set for years until I grew older, broke many pieces and eventually put the set on the shelf and that set moved from my parents house to my house and for that last 30+ years sat on a shelf in my basement. I also had an Motorific Action Highway set (with trucks) but it disappeared years ago.
Mom passed in late 2019 after a long slow decline, 2020 was the year of Covid and staying home. In the last year I have been collecting a few Studebaker parts for the eternal project so when I felt like working on the Lark, parts would be there.
I also started to pick up Marx deluxe level toy trains, I've picked up a few Marx E-7 diesels, ready to run and junk that I put back together in running condition. I have built a couple of train layouts to pass the time.
But back to Motorific: I started buying odd lots of track and repairable cars to amuse myself and reassemble my original Christmas set, replacing things I broke decades ago before I learned how to take care of things. I now have a small fleet of 1964 Mustangs that take up a lot less space than the real things.
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