auto racing cards

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

I think his 1975 Jenkki card from Finland is a real good option. The image is neat, and it is still affordable. There is one currently listed on eBay for $250, but that is high. A Lauda Jenkki card sold at auction for $58 in May. Even though the title of the listing is 1974, that is actually a 1975 release. That Jenkki set has some neat F1 drivers that can be had fairly cheap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265683188051?hash=item3ddbf3b953:gBAAAOSwr7JiaRy 7

I have been wrestling with whether or not I really want to pay up for a Lauda Vedettes card. Not that I want to see the entire economy collapse, but I do have some dry powder if the economy does hit a recession and sanity returns to card prices.

I don't like the image of him blocking up his ears. I may like you just wait and see if the Panini comes back to earth. The 1974 Keisa does nothing for me.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Oh one more I forgot to post. I THINK this is her first card but who knows.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't like the image of him blocking up his ears. I may like you just wait and see if the Panini comes back to earth. The 1974 Keisa does nothing for me.

I agree with you completely on the Keisa card. I try to stay away from images in which the driver is helmeted or action shots.. That is an issue with some of the early F1 options from the 1950s and '60s.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

I agree with you completely on the Keisa card. I try to stay away from images in which the driver is helmeted or action shots.. That is an issue with some of the early F1 options from the 1950s and '60s.

Yeah most of the Fangios until Top Flight are like that. There are some awful Jackie Stewarts.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Yeah most of the Fangios until Top Flight are like that. There are some awful Jackie Stewarts.

I like Fangio's 1958 SADA. It is a big image of just him and can still be found for under $100.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

I like Fangio's 1958 SADA. It is a big image of just him and can still be found for under $100.

Thanks, there is one on ebay, I am on it.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Kurri17

Love those, especially the Andretti and Petty. Have never seen any of them though, so they're all cool. Racing-wise I have been into the early '70s Fleer drag racing issues, but love seeing the Indy/NASCAR stuff.

I'd have to dig them out but I know they are much newer that 70's drag racing, but those are the only drag racing/ NHRA cards I own.
I've been a fan of drag racing for many many years but unfortunately very little is aired up here anymore.
I do have a really cool photo of Big Daddy Don Garlist that my parents picked up at his museum many years ago as well as a couple 1/24 funny cars/dragsters of John Force and I believe Eddie Hill?
I collected, when they first came out, 1/18th Muscle Machines, but they never really caught on I guess you could say?
I thought they were pretty cool and I believe I have around 12-15 of them?


Great thread, Peter and Eddie. Thanks for the pics and info.

[Kurri17]

[QUOTE=irv;2238074]I'd have to dig them out but I know they are much newer that 70's drag racing, but those are the only drag racing/ NHRA cards I own.
I've been a fan of drag racing for many many years but unfortunately very little is aired up here anymore.
I do have a really cool photo of Big Daddy Don Garlist that my parents picked up at his museum many years ago as well as a couple 1/24 funny cars/dragsters of John Force and I believe Eddie Hill?
I collected, when they first came out, 1/18th Muscle Machines, but they never really caught on I guess you could say?
I thought they were pretty cool and I believe I have around 12-15 of them?

I am mainly a fan of '70s/'80s drag racing as far as anything collectible goes. I don't know why this pic below came out so dark (it seems a lot of stuff that has been left in my fotki has done this?????), but this card is one of my favorites. I'm sure I would love the Garlits photo, that's cool. I have been to his museum and pretty much all of my phone storage is taken up with the pics and videos from there. I don't have any of those newer, well, newer than the '70s issues, just have never run across any in person here. I collect some of the funny car/dragster/pro stock model kids from that era as well, kind of a sickness. Anyway, nice to hear of your interest in drag racing.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Thanks, there is one on ebay, I am on it.

Happy to help.