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 managed to acquire quite a few that year.
One of my favorites has always been the French produced 24j Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sport. A superb diecast model, nicely painted in the proper red for this car. Dinky renumbered their models later on so this one became 527, and at some point came also in blue before being cancelled in 1963.
One more photo with its box... amazingly, after almost 60 years, the original box is practically like new and still crisp.
The French factory shared the molds, so English Dinky also produced this Alfa as number 185 from 1961–63. This version came in yellow with a red interior (or red with white interior).
Photo credit: Karl Schnelle
Both factories made this great 1900 for just a short time, which is a bit strange because many Dinkys in the 1960’s were made for years and years!