Dad’s Collectibles Has Various Vehicles, Other Model Toys
Hendersonville, NC – Dad’s Collectibles helps people shift gears into yesteryear, with miniature transportation vehicles triggering memories. Nancy Pew and Mark Ray’s shop at at 221 N. Main St. specializes in quality die-cast scale models of classic autos, motorcycles, trucks, tractors, emergency vehicles, and airplanes. There are cranes, earth movers and other construction equipment. There are also banks, sailboats, model train scenery and other accessories, and even Breyer model horses. Models range in scale from 1:8 to 1:160. A large model of the Titanic is an eye-catcher. These toys are often limited editions with serial numbers.
For instance, Dad’s has a NASCAR 1965 Ford Galaxie like the one Indy star A.J. Foyt drove. This is among merely 500 that Foyt autographed. The scale is 1:24. The pre-1971 University of Racing Legends is “one of our hottest product lines,” co-owner Mark Ray said.
Once a racer himself, Ray admires Foyt as a “diverse” champion. Foyt is the only driver to win the Indy 500 (four times), NASCAR’s Daytona 500 (in 1972), the 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Foyt won 14 series titles (mostly in Indy cars in U.S. Auto Club) in the Sixties and Seventies. Foyt turned 79 on Jan. 16.
