VINTAGE WOLVERINE CLOCKWORK TIN JET ROLLER COASTER. FULLY WORKING W/ORIGINAL BOX

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HERE I AM OFFERING ANOTHER ONE OF MY VINTAGE MODELS/SETS/TRACKS. THIS
"JET ROLLER COASTER" MODEL WAS/IS MADE BY WOLVERINE SUPPLY AND MFG CO. ONCE BASED OUT OF PITTSBURGH, PA., USA. THIS MODEL IS RED AND BLUE IN COLOR AS I DO HAVE A GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW "JET ROLLER COASTER" ALSO LISTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS
"JET ROLLER COASTER" MODEL NUMBER:
28A
IS 100% ORIGINAL AND 100% FULLY OPERATIONAL. THE TRACK 100% ASSEMBLED AND ALL ONE NEEDS TO DO IS TO PULL IT OUT THE END WITH THE TAB TO FULLY EXTEND IT. IT IS MADE FULLY OUT OF TIN AND IS A PLEASURE TO WATCH SUCH A SIMPLE, BUT, COOL MODEL IN ACTION!
NOT ONLY IS THE TRACK IN PERFECT SHAPE CONDITION WITH NO RUST, CORROSION, TWEAKS, BENDS OR TWISTS,  THE BASES CLOCKWORK DRIVE IS STRONG AND YOU EVEN HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIN CAR AND THE ORIGINAL BOX INCLUDED. THE BASE WILL ALLOW THE MODEL TO CONSTANTLY RUN (CONTINUOUSLY/NON-STOP) OR YOU CAN USE THE LOCKING LEVER SO IT DOES ONLY A SINGLE RUN/LAP.
THE COLORS- RED AND BLUE- POP REALLY NICELY AND THE CONDITION AND SHAPE OF THIS ENTIRE SET IS IN ALL AROUND VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT OVERALL SHAPE/CONDITION. ALL OF THE GRAPHICS ARE DONE VIA TIN LITHOGRAPHY, SO THIS MEANS THAT THEIR HERE TO STAY! THEY ARE ALL STILL SHARP AND POP REALLY NICELY ON THE TINY TIN GRAVITY CONTROLLED VEHICLE..... THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE BASE.
THIS WAS USED PRIMARILY BY MY PARENTS AS AN ITEM TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED WHILE WE WERE VERY LITTLE. THIS
"JET ROLLER COASTER" MODEL WAS MADE AND BROUGHT HOME AT AROUND THE TIME OF MY BIRTH. PRIOR TO THIS "JET ROLLER COASTER", WE HAD THE ALPS "OVER THE HILL" MODEL. THIS WOLVERINE MODEL IS BY FAR A STRONGER AND BETTER CONSTRUCTED MODEL. IN FACT, MY MOM TOLD ME THAT THIS WOLVERINE MODEL RETIRED THE ALPS MODEL WHEN MY DAD BROUGHT THIS MODEL HOME! THIS IS THE SECOND "JET ROLLER COASTER" WHICH I AM OFFERING AS THE FIRST MODEL SOLD OFF.
AS I MENTIONED ABOVE, YOU DO HAVE SOME VERY SLIGHT AND FEW SIGNS OF PLAY WEAR AS THIS WAS USED OVER A HALF OF A CENTURY AGO AND I AM NOT REPRESENTING THIS AS NOS (NEW OLD STOCK) AND THE WEAR IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH IT'S AGE..... IT LOOKS FAR YOUNGER THEN IT IS AND STILL WORKS PERFECTLY!
HERE'S HOW THIS "JET ROLLER COASTER" WORKS....
TO OPERATE THIS, YOU SIMPLY PULL OUT (OR SLIDE OUT) THE TRACK AS IT IS DESIGNED TO DO SO. WHEN YOU REACHED IT'S FULLEST EXTENSION THE TRACK WILL "LOCK INTO POSITION".
THAT'S ABOUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO ENJOY THIS MODEL!!
THIS "JET ROLLER COASTER" HAS AUTOMATIC NON-STOP ACTION (WELL NON-STOP UNTIL THE CLOCKWORK DRIVE IS SPENT THAT IS...) AS WELL AS A SINGLE OPERATIONAL DRIVE. ONCE THE BASE IS FULLY ASSEMBLED, YOU THEN WIND UP THE CLOCKWORK DRIVE TAKING EXTRA CARE NOT TO OVER WIND IT. I STRESS THIS AS THESE OLDER CLOCKWORK DRIVES ARE VERY OLD AND FRAIL. IF YOU WERE TO OVER-WIND IT, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THAT THE SPRING COULD BREAK, SO ONCE AGAIN, I DO STRESS THAT EXTRA CARE BE GIVEN WHEN WINDING THESE ITEMS UP. I ALWAYS UNDER WIND THESE ITEMS SO AS TO PRESERVE THEM.
WHEN WINDING THIS UP, I WOULD HANG ONTO THE TWO (2) ARMS WHICH ROTATE TO COLLECT THE CAR WHEN IT TRIGGERS THE LOCKING KEY (THESE ARMS LOOK LIKE THE LETTER "H") AND RELEASES THESE ARMS INTO ACTION. YOU'LL SEE THESE MOVE SLIGHTLY WHEN YOU BEGIN TO WIND IT UP. BY PLACING A HAND ACROSS THE TOP OF THE BASE IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO NOT ALLOW THIS SECTION TO SWING AROUND WHILE YOU DO WIND IT UP.
ONCE YOU HAVE WOUND THIS UP A FEW TIMES, YOU'LL GET TO A COMFORTABLE LEVEL OF RESISTANCE FROM THE CLOCKWORK SPRING AND THEN YOU'LL KNOW WHEN A SAFE LEVEL IS REACHED.
ONCE WOUND UP, YOU SIMPLY PLACE THE BASE DOWN ON A FIRM AND LEVEL SURFACE AND THEN PLACE THE CAR TO THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRACK (AGAIN WHEN THE KEY IS PLACED TO THE LEFT) AND POINT THE CAR SO THE REAR OF THE CAR IS HEADING DOWN THE INCLINE (TOWARDS THE BASE).  RELEASE THE CAR AND GRAVITY WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. WHEN THE CAR REACHES THE BASE, IT WILL STOP AND RELEASE A TINY TRIGGER WHICH IN TURN WILL RELEASE THE ARMS (OR THE "H") WHICH WILL CAPTURE THE CAR AND THEN ELEVATE (LIFT) IT UP TO THE PIVOTING TOP SECTION OF THE TRACK. IT WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN AND WILL THEN RELEASE THE CAR ONTO THE TOP SECTION OF THE TRACK. THE ARMS (OR THE "H") WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN UNTIL IT REACHES THE LOCK AND THEN IT WILL STOP AND AWAIT IT'S TIME TO BE ONCE AGAIN RELEASED. OR IF YOU SO DESIRE, YOU CAN ADJUST THE LOCKING ARM SO IT WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL YOU MANUALLY RELEASE IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE CAR, BY USING IT'S WEIGHT AND GRAVITY, WILL START TO ROLL AND THE UPPER SECTION OF TRACK WILL PIVOT FORCING THE CAR TO GAIN SPEED AND MOMENTUM.  IT WILL FLY OFF OF THE TOP SECTION OF THIS TRACK DOWN ONTO THE LONGER BOTTOM SECTION OF TRACK. WHEN THE CAR CAN GO NO FURTHER FORWARDS, IT WILL REVERSE IT'S DIRECTION AND START ROLLING BACKWARDS BACK TO THE BASE (HERE, YOU ARE AT THE EXACT PLACE WHERE YOU BEGAN)..... HENCE COMPLETING ONE FULL CYCLE.
I DID TAKE SOME PICTURES OF THE CAR WHILE IN MOTION IN VARIOUS PLACES ON IT'S TRIP OR LAP .....
THE ORIGINAL BOX IS HERE AND HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS. THIS BOX IS MADE OF A THICK CHIPBOARD AND IN TIME, THIS MATERIAL BECOMES BRITTLE AND CRACKS LIKE GLASS. YOU HAVE THIS ON A FEW PLACES AND YOU ALSO HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF VINTAGE TAPE HOLDING IT FROM GETTING ANY WORSE. YOU ALSO HAVE THIS CRACKING ON MOST TO ALL OF THE SEAMS AND ONE OF THE FOUR END PANELS HAS GONE MISSING.
THIS BOX WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS WHY YOU DO NOT FIND MANY OF THESE BOXES STILL AROUND AS THEY LITERALLY BREAK INTO DOZENS OF SMALLER PIECES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST!
I DO TAKE PRIDE IN MY ITEMS/MODELS THAT I OFFER HERE IN THE E-BAY WORLD. I DO HAVE OPTIONS AND I CHOOSE TO OFFER ONLY THE VERY FINEST THAT I HAVE AVAILABLE.
PLEASE TAKE A GOOD AND THOROUGH LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AS THEY DO BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY DESCRIPTION AND DO A FAR BETTER JOB OF SHOWING YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING FROM ME VS. MY WORDS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DESIRE ADDITIONAL PICTURES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME VIA E-BAY MESSAGING AND I WILL DO THE REST!
THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW STORE FOR ME HERE ON E-BAY, BUT, I COME WITH A WELL OILED AND POLISHED TRACK RECORD! I AM CURRENTLY (NOT ON THIS ACCOUNT ... YET!!) A GOLD T/RATED P-Seller WITH OVER 8 YEARS OF THIS STATUS BACKING ME. I SPECIALIZE IN PRIMARILY THE AUTOMOTIVE FIELD AND I CONCENTRATE WITH/ON PORSCHE, BENTLEY, AUDI AND "
PORSCHE DESIGN
" ITEMS/ACCESSORIES.
I HAVE A UPS ACCOUNT AND MOST OF MY OFFERINGS HERE SHALL BE SENT THAT WAY. I PACK EACH AND EVERY ITEM MYSELF AND DO SO AS IF I WERE RECEIVING IT. ALL OF MY DOMESTIC SHIPMENTS WILL BE INSURED FOR THE SELLING PRICE. I ENTER THE SHIPPING DATA DAILY INTO BOTH E-BAY AND PAYPAL. THIS VINTAGE WOLVERIENE "JET ROLLER COASTER" MODEL
WILL BE SENT VIA THE USPS AND WILL BE FULLY INSURED.
FOR MY INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS, THIS WILL BE SENT VIA EBAY'S "GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM" (GSP). IF YOU AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUYER HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH USING THIS "PROGRAM" PLEASE READ THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS SECTION. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE PAST I HAVE HAD RUN~INS WITH SOME SCRUPULOUS BUYERS WHO, BY THEIR VERY NATURE, DO NOT PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS AND MAKE UP THE RULES AS THEY GO ALONG. BY UTILIZING EBAY'S GSP, IT HAS CERTAIN BENEFITS AND DOES OFFER SOME PROTECTION TO "WE THE SELLERS"FROM FOLKS WITH THIS ATTITUDE/OUTLOOK.
PLEASE NOTE
THAT EBAY WILL HAVE TO INSURE THIS PARCEL FOR ITS SELLING PRICE. AS SUCH, IT MUST BE DECLARED FOR ITS SELLING VALUE. YOU CAN NOT DECLARE AN ITEM FOR .00 AND THEN TURN AROUND AND INSURE IT FOR 0.00, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST NOT POSSIBLE. HERE, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TAXES, DUTIES OR ASSESSMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE LEVIED OR ACCESSED FROM ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AT THE TIME OF, OR PRIOR TO THE, DELIVERY HEREOF. SO PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THIS ON YOUR END!
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS, I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU PASS ON THIS ITEM AS I DO NOT NEED ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL BUYER WHO DOES NOT TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT, YET TAKES THE TIME TO LEAVE BADLY PLACED FEEDBACK DUE TO THEIR IGNORANCE!
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS, PLEASE READ THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS SECTION, AS IT DOES APPLY TO YOU.....
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THIS IS A NEW AREA FOR ME (HERE ON E-BAY) AND I DO TRY MY BEST TO DO AS GOOD AS I CAN. THIS HAS BECOME A FULL TIME BUSINESS FOR ME AND I REALLY ENJOY DOING IT. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO TILL IT BECOMES A BURDEN AND I CAN NO LONGER ENJOY IT. I WILL BE ADDING TO THIS STORE WEEKLY (OR TRYING TO) AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE THAT I DO EXACTLY WHAT I SAY AND DO SO IN A VERY TIMELY FASHION.
THIS WILL BE OFFERED IN THE BUY-IT-NOW FORMAT. I HAVE DOZENS OF OTHER TECHNOFIX, ARNOLD, SCHUCO AND MARX ITEMS. I WILL BE ADDING SOME OF THESE EVERY NOW AND THEN, SOME LIKE MY "LOOP THE LOOP" ARE DUPLICATES. SO PLEASE, KEEP ME IN MIND AS IT IS MY INTENTION TO ADD AT LEAST ONE MODEL PER EVENING UNTIL SUCH A TIME WHEN I FEEL THAT I AM BURNING MYSELF OUT. THIS PAST WEEK ALONE, I SOLD
A FEW OF MY NEWEST LISTINGS , SO IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME TO GET AHEAD HERE! BE SURE TO CHECK ME OUT OFTEN AS YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT SEE THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL WHICH MIGHT JUST FILL THAT VOID IN YOUR PERSONAL COLLECTION!
THIS IS A TRUE ONE-OF-A-KIND OFFERING IN THIS COLOR BY ME AT THIS TIME AS I HAVE A GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW WOLVERINE "JET ROLLER COASTER" MODEL LISTED AT THIS TIME ELSEWHERE IN MY STORE.
THIS IS WHERE I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN READING ALL OF THE ABOVE.
I HAVE JUST ADDED THE "STORE" FEATURE THAT E-BAY OFFERS WE SELLERS TO USE (AT A FEE OF COURSE) AND THIS IS TO ASSIST YOU, THE BUYER, TO VIEW ALL OF MY OFFERINGS. IN ORDER TO VIEW MY LISTINGS IN A CONCISE AND ORDERLY FASHION, ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO LOCATE THAT SMALL "
RED
" DOOR A TOP THIS PAGE. THIS IS LOCATED JUST BELOW MY SELLERS ID AND FEEDBACK TALLY. ONCE LOCATED, A SINGLE LEFT CLICK ON IT WILL IN TURN "
OPEN
" THE VIRTUAL DOOR TO MY STORE HERE ON E-BAY!
IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE YOUR SEARCH FURTHER, ONCE YOUR IN MY STORE, TO THE LEFT YOU WILL SEE A "SEARCH" BAR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE JUST MY MODEL CARS, JUST TYPE IN "MODEL CAR" AND JUST MY LISTED MODEL CARS WILL POP-UP. ... IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SOME LP'S ... YOU GOT IT ... TYPE IN "ALBUMS" . I THINK YOU GET THE GIST OF THIS NOW!
I HAVE A LIST OF CATEGORIES THAT WILL ASSIST YOU IN STREAMLINING YOUR SEARCH AS WELL. A NEW CATEGORY HAS BEEN ADDED WHICH IS "VINTAGE/ANTIQUE TOYS", BE SURE TO CHECK THIS OUT!
ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS ON THIS USED, BUT LOVED, WOLVERINE MODEL 28A "JET ROLLER COASTER" VINTAGE CLOCKWORK MODEL WITH IT'S ORIGINAL BOX
AND FOR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE GIVEN ME IN THE PAST......
JOE
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
PLEASE NOTE
: THAT I AM CURRENTLY TESTING THE EBAY'S "GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM" (GSP). IF YOU, AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUYER, FIND THIS TOO COSTLY ... PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY VIA EBAY MESSAGING, PRIOR TO MAKING THE PURCHASE HERE ON EBAY AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHICH METHOD OF SHIPPING WOULD BE PREFERRED (AND POSSIBLY LESS COSTLY FOR YOU).
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS
..... ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE: I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE  FOR ANY TAXES, TARIFFS, IMPORT FEES, DUTIES OR MONIES WHICH MAY BE ACCESSED (AND/OR OWED) BY OR TO ANY FOREIGN OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT(S) AT THE TIME OF, OR PRIOR TO THE DELIVERY HEREOF.