Articles about racing cars
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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 Thunderbolts
These two silver record cars are the same vehicle, but Dinky Toys finished them differently over time, one pre-war and one post-war. The car was called the Thunderbolt speed car and was owned and…
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100 Series Competition Cars
In 1955, Meccano Ltd introduced a new series of Dinky Toys English sports cars, which would prove highly popular, very collectable, and much loved. These would be the 100 series, which at first were…
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My Ten Worst Dinky Toys
It is common for us collectors to look back on our favorite Dinky Toys, as I did elsewhere on this site with my own “top ten” list. Not so happily…