Truck restored with Tonka Town Orange paint and original dozer

Tonka Town

After collecting and restoring toys for over 30 years, I decided to open an eBay store specifically dedicated to my favorite brand of toys, Tonka. 

Our goal is to serve as your "one stop shop" for Tonka replacement parts and we want to help fellow restorers get more Tonkas back on the road.  We specialize in 1949 - 1965 era parts and absolutely LOVE those round fendered beauties of the mid-50's!

I have been trading on eBay for 11 years so you can see I'm not a rookie on eBay.  This store, Tonka Town, specializes in Tonka replacement parts and occasionally we will offer complete Tonka Toys for sale (some restored and some original).  As we say in the heading for our storefront, "any similiarity of our reproduction Tonka parts to genuine original Tonka parts is purely intentional - that's our goal!"

Since making our first sale of a bag of 25 rivets on February 22, 2006 we are pleased to say we have completed over 13,200 transactions on eBay and in June 2006 we were designated as a Power Seller (which means you meet the following criteria: over 100 feedbacks, over 98% positive feedback score and sales of at least $1000 per month for three consecutive months).  We would like to thank those of you who have embraced Tonka Town as your favorite source for Tonka parts and appreciate your loyalty.  We were designated a Power Seller at our earliest eligible date!

You should bookmark Tonka Town as one of your "favorites" and eBay will send you an email whenever we list new items.  Additionally, we periodically send out an email announcing new items to those who have signed up to receive our emails.

The "Rapid Delivery" in our store logo is more than just a slogan; we ship the same day you pay. If you pay with PayPal, we ship as soon as they notify us it is paid.  Read some of the feedback we have received about our fast and inexpensive shipping and the quality of our parts.

We have received feedbacks such as "Fastest shipping in my seven years on eBay; this is how it is supposed to work!" and "Smooth and easy transaction; I'll be back again and again" and "Quality parts and the FASTEST shipping I've ever seen....Thanks!!!" and "eBay's best source for Tonka parts!!!!"

And if you haven't yet tried our custom matched Sherwin Williams acrylic enamel automotive grade spraypaint in cans in original Tonka colors, you definitely should give them a try.  Read what one customer wrote about using it: "I am finally getting around to using the paint I purchased from you a while back.  I must admit to being skeptical about using spraycan paint.  I had some of this paint mixed up in Dupont Centari (acrylic enamel) a few years back.  I have just gotten to the point where I hate to mix the paint and clean the gun and the mess.  So, what I am saying is your paint is great.  It is a great match and a real pleasure to use. I will be buying more from you in the future. It is much easier than mixing and cleaning with equal results."  We have used it ourselves and know you will be very pleased with the ease of application and the results!  There is no wasted paint from mixing too much for a spraygun application and no messy cleanup of your equipment! In two years we have sold over 1,100 cans of Tonka paint on eBay and most of our customers are repeat buyers who love the paint!

Also, we are proud of our customer loyalty as evidenced by the many, many repeat buyers we have had.  We have sold Tonka parts to eBayers in all 50 states including Alaska and Hawaii as well as many repeat buyers in 16 foreign countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Mexico and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Collecting and restoring Tonkas is truly a worldwide phenomenon and I think Hasbro should bring back the old Coca-Cola commercial with lots of people on a mountainside holding hands and singing, "I'd like to buy the world a Tonka." 

If you don't see the item you need in the store, please feel free to email me and ask about it - I have several different suppliers and can get most parts for the 1949-1965 vintage Tonkas.

You might want to click the "View this member's Reviews and Guides" link at the bottom of this page to learn some secrets to restoring toys which I have written.  If you think they are helpful, please click the "yes, it was helpful" box.  You may vote for each separate article.  I am pleased to say that my Rust and Paint Removal article has been read over 32,765 times and all four of my guides have been read over 53,800 times and have helped move us into the eBay "Top 1,000 Reviewer" category.  We are currently ranked 115 worldwide; not bad out of 182 million eBayers.  Hopefully we can break into the "Top 100" one of these days.

Thanks for visiting and I look forward to doing business with you!