Articles about cars
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The Mini Dinky Story
The Mini Dinky range was introduced by Meccano (owned by Lines Brothers at the time) in 1967 or 1968 in 1:65 scale. They were made by subcontractors in Hong Kong to compete…
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Hong Kong Dinkys
Image: HobbyDB In early 1964, Spot-On were designing six new models for their range, all based on contemporary U.S. cars; unfortunately at the same time, Tri-ang, the parent company of Spot-On, were…
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Dinky Small Auto Set (The 35 Series)
The 1953 US Dinky Toys catalog pictures a small red racing car that many collectors might not have seen before. In fact there are other cars in a little set. These were…
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Dinky Toys Chrysler New Yorker
In my opinion one of the nicest automobile castings that Meccano France produced in the 1950’s was the 24 series Dinky Toys Chrysler New Yorker convertible, based on the 1955 model of that well…
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How French Dinky Became Spanish
In 1964, British toy manufacturer Lines Bros was the outright owner of both British Meccano / Dinky Toys and Meccano France / Dinky Toys. Although there was limited sharing of completed toys and tooling, the two companies…
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Dinky Small Auto Set
The 1953 US Dinky Toys catalog pictures a small red racing car that many collectors might not have seen before. In fact there are other cars in a little set. These were…
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Dinky Toys Alfa Romeo 1900
1959 was a momentous year for me, in my early days of collecting Dinky Toys. I was 14 and totally hooked on buying every new one I could afford, so I…
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Dinky Toys’ Limited Venture into Tinplate
Dinky Toys were introduced around 1933–1934, by Meccano Ltd., at that time a very well-known English toymaker, based in Liverpool. At first, there were just a few models, of trucks, cars,…