Description: One of the most unusual Marx toys I've ever found is this amazing mechanical Automatic Car Wash Garage by Marx. It contains a combination car wash and garage equipped with swinging doors front and rear. It also has 2 cars and a oil and gas wooden building.The toy has hardly been played with and in NM+/Mint condition. It comes complete with the original box which is missing the side panel. This unique toy is really different from anything else I've seen. It was designed with the ability to automatically enter, exit and reenter a building over and over. No other vehicle that I'm aware of will automatically reenter a building once it has left. It was originally available only as a Sears Roebuck catalog exclusive for one year and then discontinued., so extremely rare to find this toy. The directions are printed directly on the box, . The cars are not original to the toy. The lithography on the tin plate garage, or Lubritorium, Turn it one way and it's the Mid-Town Garage. Turn it the other and it's the Minit Car Wash. Inside the building one wall shows two men washing cars and working the plumbing. The opposite wall shows the garage side with a serviceman changing an engine. The realistic lithography may have gone too far when a "typical" garage nudie calendar was included on the inside wall (see photo). Clear Plastic cover has some scratching . Measures 9 x 6 x 3 “ circa 1950-50’s The color box has an unusual cover illustration for a children's toy. It shows a car exiting the wash. Several attendants dry the vehicle, however one of them is more interested in the car's owner than the car. The back panel has a schematic set of illustrated instructions along with graphics showing the car entering and exiting the garage. The name of the toy, manufacturer name and address, and logo were attractively printed on both side panels. Comes with small bonus wooden gas & oil station .
Price: 399.99 USD
Location: Huntington Station, New York
End Time: 2024-07-23T23:53:28.000Z
Shipping Cost: 20 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Marx
Material: Tin
Vintage: Yes
