Do you remember your first?

So my question for everyone today is: Do you remember your first die-cast car?

I not only remember it, I still have it. Matchbox Hairy Hauler

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I have fond memories of sitting on the basement floor while my mom typed up college dissertations for extra cash. It was the early 1970's and not everyone had access to a typewriter, and personal computers were more than a decade away. While she would type I would watch Speed Racer on a little black and white TV and play with the couple of cars I had, making the stories come to life.

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It's battered and the engine scoop is broken. The canopy has a crack in it and the wheels have long since lost their chrome, but it's still in one piece.

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