Originally Posted by 5x7

I went to a hobby shop (Penn Valley in Lansdale PA) and they had entire wall in the free flight and RC section of Pactra Cans, large and small. The owner was a distributor as well as someone who bought the contents of hobby shops going out of buisiness so the place was overflowing, even into the basement of the store. Unfortunately the owners wife died then the owner a few years later and the shop closed so I don’t what happened to them.

Originally Posted by A Fish Named Wallyum

I used to buy vintage kits from them. They were one of my favorite late night eBay stops. Ask my wife. Or our mailman. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by John Brohm

New Mack well. Great guy. Was always impressed with his display cabinets full of vintage Estes kits. A couple of examples he shared -

Originally Posted by Ltvscout

I bought craploads of OOP kits from Penn Valley via mailorder in the late 90's. That was before they discovered eBay and prices were unbelievably cheap.

Some old timers here might remember Mack Yocum. He lived in Lansdale and knew the owner well. Mack owned Yocum Ford in Lansdale. He sold the business in 2016.

Originally Posted by jeffyjeep

I bought a lot of OOP kits from Penn Valley also.