The Surprising Value of the Cruver Olds

The Surprising Value of the Cruver Olds
A very rough looking old plastic toy car is worth major money. Too often, people dont realize what they have and throw these cars away as junk because they look so bad. They dont know the year, the car, the scale, or its worth.
The 1949 Cruver Oldsmobile promo is a 1/25 plastic scale model, 4-door sedan manufactured by the Cruver gepany of Chicago, Illinois. They were made only in 1949 after which the gepany went out of business. Early in the 1970s these cars sold for in the $400 range as a collectors item. I purchased one in "good" condition in 1976 for $250 thinking I made a great find. I kept it until 1995, selling it for $175. The advent of geputers brought about a price reduction because they became much easier to find.
The car originally sold at what was then known as dime stores: 5