For sale is an early 1960s PRESSED STEEL TONKA CEMENT MIXER Model No 620 and ORIGINAL BOX from the Tonka Toys Incorporated, Mound Minnesota. This vintage toy Cement Mixer was probably made around 1964. This distinctive pressed steel toy truck with plastic parts has its original paint with scratches, scuffs, and small rust spots consistent with its age. Truck has its original wheels and front grill. All wheels with rubber whitewalls turn freely. The mixer is marked “Tonka”. The truck’s original box is in excellent condition. Cement barrel moves round when the truck is pushed by the sprockets attached to the wheels. The cement mixer truck measures 13 1/2 inches long, 6 1/2 inches wide, by 8 1/2 inches tall. A first rate collectible Tonka toy which displays well with the box.
In 1946, Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, Minnesota to manufacture garden implements. However, their building’s former occupant, the Streater Company, had made and patented several toys. The three Mound Metalcraft founder were not interested in the the toy business they thought toys might make a good sideline to their other products. However, after the company began selling metal toys, toys soon became the primary business. The toy’s logo was derived from the Dakota Sioux word tanka, which means “great” or “big”. In November, 1955, Mound Metalcraft changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated. The logo at this time was an oval, showing the Tonka Toys name in red above waves, honoring nearby Lake Minnetonka. See the logo on the door of the truck.
