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4 hours ago, Amishtat said:

The only thing I hadn't seen before was this. I have an unrequited soft spot for the real things (I came achingly close to having one for £15 just after my 17th birthday) so I'm a little surprised I hadn't already got one. The chap selling it told me it was the last of his childhood toys, which seemed rather sad in a way. Or it might have been twaddle, for all I know, he wanted a fiver and that seemed fair. It's had at least one repaint and is now  in line for another but it won't be this colour scheme. 

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That's in fine condition, that will restore beautifully. I do hope his story was true as well.

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5 hours ago, Amishtat said:

The Dodge has been a fixture of the same chap's table for the last six weeks or so to my certain knowledge and it was only a matter of time before it came home with me. It's a fair bit rougher unfortunately. As in, I've literally only just noticed the B-post has been stoved in.

Remove the B-pillars to give it the OE look?

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2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone seen one of these before?

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Not mine sadly

Never in real life. It was one of the vewry last Spanish Dinkys along with the Scirocco and Alpine(?). All those Spanish Dinky castings only lasted a a short time and became Pilens after Dinky collapsed - the Pilen castings of all are much easier to find. Here's a currently cheap Pilen Fiesta:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194201808066?hash=item2d37546cc2:g:XSIAAOSwLjxgkA40

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22 minutes ago, barrett said:

Never in real life. It was one of the vewry last Spanish Dinkys along with the Scirocco and Alpine(?). All those Spanish Dinky castings only lasted a a short time and became Pilens after Dinky collapsed - the Pilen castings of all are much easier to find. Here's a currently cheap Pilen Fiesta:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194201808066?hash=item2d37546cc2:g:XSIAAOSwLjxgkA40

I'd already watchlisted the Pilen Fiesta, found the Dinky after seeing this, which I bid on (and lost)

Image 1 - Dinky / Airfix Citroen Visa  No. 504  SEE FULL DESCRIPTION

Image 31 - Dinky / Airfix Citroen Visa  No. 504  SEE FULL DESCRIPTION

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23 hours ago, High Jetter said:

I'm new to this thread, but had Corgi & Dinky's in the 60's / early 70s, also a brand that seemed superior - Spot-On. Maybe covered before on here?

Oh yes, there are plenty of people here who had Spot-Ons, or still have; and even some who are too young to have had them new but have collected some used.  I had quite a few from new, including at least three mk3 Zephyrs, all of which were roundly abused by primary-aged me.  I still have a couple.  One of the things that placed them a cut above Corgi and Dinky was the constant scale, which the others didn't have.  They also tended to be quite heavy and chunky.  Oh and priced at a level beyond Corgi and Dinky too!

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5 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Oh and priced at a level beyond Corgi and Dinky too!

They still are! I have the sum total of one which I bought years ago probably from a jumble sale 'cos it was a Beetle.

Don't know if @High Jetteris using a phone or PC but the search function allows you to search the topic, there have been some nice Spot Ons posted previously 

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8 hours ago, barrett said:

Never in real life. It was one of the vewry last Spanish Dinkys along with the Scirocco and Alpine(?). All those Spanish Dinky castings only lasted a a short time and became Pilens after Dinky collapsed - the Pilen castings of all are much easier to find. Here's a currently cheap Pilen Fiesta:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194201808066?hash=item2d37546cc2:g:XSIAAOSwLjxgkA40

Thanks barrett, you've answered one of those completely inconsequential yet vital questions I've always wanted an answer to, i.e. what make was the lovely little wine coloured diecast Scirocco I had when I was about four or five (early 80s). Having googled a Pilens that looks like the one I had.

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On 7/1/2020 at 1:19 PM, Datsuncog said:

Probably should mention this acquisition from last month, too...

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I was utterly, utterly obsessed with this book when I was about ten or eleven. It was in our local library, and I used to borrow it every few weeks.

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Reading it again now, it's surprising to see how little info there actually is - the overview of the entire company takes up less than a page. And there's a huge amount of doubt - various catalogue illustrations are shown, with the disclaimer "it is not known if this model was ever actually available".

But then how could you ever have found out, in 1983? Talking to people you met at swapmeets was all you could do, back then. We're pretty spoiled now, with hundreds of images of pretty much any given model only a click or two away.

Fair play  to Graham Thompson, for acquiring all of these and cataloguing them in those pre-digital days.

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But there's a good amount of info on each model, though.

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Some shown in colour, to give an idea of the variations.

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This was the one I dreamed of finding: the VW Variant estate.

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Or the Commer van:

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And oh, that caravan...

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I've mentioned this before, but I lived and breathed Spot-On for quite a few years, boring the arse off pretty much everyone I met about them... the only two I ever had were a trashed Cresta PA and an even worse Morris 1100, both found at a jumble sale c.1994.

I doubt I'll ever have a Spot-On collection of my own, but this is a great book to have again to relive that youthful passion...

 

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