Articles about commercial vehicles
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Dinky Supertoys 930 Bedford Pallet-Jekta Van
Meccano Liverpool had a good relationship with the Bedford truck company, and many Bedford models were reproduced by Meccano. The January 1960 issue of Meccano Magazine contained an advertisement for…
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Dinky Supertoys Foden Tankers
This article covers the history of the Dinky Supertoys Foden tankers which were released in four versions. The Dinky Supertoys fuel tankers that appeared later with beautiful period advertising of…
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A Second Life for the Dinky 33C/570 Simca Miroitier Cargo
Sometimes a model arrives on the workbench and you instantly know: this one’s going to be a challenge. That was exactly the case with the Dinky 33C/570 Simca Miroitier Cargo.…
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Dinky 917 and 940 Mercedes Benz LP 1920 Trucks
I was born in 1970 and for the first five years of my life, my parents and I lived on the fourth floor of an apartment building in Fort Lee,…
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6 UK Dinky Toys repackaged by Meccano Paris for the French market (1950–1951)
To supplement the limited number of French models available at the time, Meccano Paris imported the UK Dinky Toys 14C, 27A, 27C, 561, 562, and 571 into France between 1950…
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Coles Cranes on Display
After a suggestion by fellow collector Jan Werner for a group photo of my recently completed collection of Dinky 972 Coles Crane variants, I decided to share one by writing…
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Dinky Dublo 066 Bedford Truck
Dublo Dinky Toys were announced by Meccano Ltd. in late 1957, and appeared in stores in 1958. The series were in 1:76 scale and were intended to work with 00-gauge Hornby Dublo railways. This article…
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586 Citroen P55 Camion Latier
Jul 1961 — 1965 Back to Commercial Vehicles White on blue, blue hubs Jan Willem Blackstone