CIRCUS TIME: First Aid For A Vintage Toy Tableau Circus Wagon - Pt 1

I had put off posting anything regarding this wagon until I was satisfied that this project was finished, and I will say it's finished enough!

Back in January of this year, this wagon came up for sale on fleaBay and the seller claimed it to be nearly 100 years old but didn't identify it's manufacturer. It was clearly one of the early circus wagon kits but from who?? It's not in any of my Wardie-Jay catalogs which date to at least the immediate Post-War years - which would make it around the 80-year old mark. Okay, close enough to establish it as 'nearly 100 years old'. Of course, it could also have been perhaps a '50s era kit. Oh well. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's a couple of photo's taken directly from the fleaBay listing as to what it should have looked like:

Here's how it arrived!

Upon closer inspection, none of the major components were actually broken, the wagon essentially disassembled itself during shipment. That would mean that I would basically be re-building the much of the kit. In the next installment we'll take a closer look at some of the re-building efforts.