eddyramrod Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I think that needs a new diff and front wishbones! danthecapriman, morrisoxide, FakeConcern and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Sainsbury's have these 8 packs of Hot Wheels, £18 a pop though There are also some new MB 5 packs on the 2 for £15 deal, nowhere near the Tesco price though Split_Pin, Datsuncog and AndyW201 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Dinky Humber hawk that landed today. I like this it's in just the sort of condition I prefer. Used but not knackered. Nice little casting, pity Dinky didn't put an interior in it. It has got suspension though ! danthecapriman, FakeConcern, AndyW201 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisoxide Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Yesterday I went to Doncaster Racecourse Antiques fair and bought these. £2 a pop for these two. That Zephyr has eluded me for years. Then £1 a pop for this lot. But the creme de la creme is this Vedette! I folded at £8 for this flimsy plastic wonder. MiniMinorMk3, andrew e, AndyW201 and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 My Humbers are a mixed bag, police version has interior and occupants Formerly green one does not Split_Pin, MiniMinorMk3, FakeConcern and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Mine has no interior either, but it does have number plates! ETCHY, morrisoxide, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 That's a Coventry plate too, how apt! FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 You’d like to think it’s based on a press car eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I can go one better on the Humbers I have an early one when you didn’t even get glazing. So no interior to get wet in the inevitable Coventry deluge eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Wasn’t Corgi notable at the time for having glazing and an interior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 If anyone wants to add to their diecast collection, I'm listing 40+ models on a roffle. eddyramrod, AndyW201 and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 22 minutes ago, sierraman said: Wasn’t Corgi notable at the time for having glazing and an interior? Yes at launch in 1956. Kicked Dinky into touch. sierraman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 From The Great Book... hennabm and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 19 hours ago, bunglebus said: My Humbers are a mixed bag, police version has interior and occupants Formerly green one does not Nice to see the Police one, that has my completist personality twitching & Ebay may be looked at later... I wonder why they didn't model the top of the range Super-Snipe instead of the Hawk ? FakeConcern and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 3 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I can go one better on the Humbers I have an early one when you didn’t even get glazing. So no interior to get wet in the inevitable Coventry deluge Oooh now that is interesting, it says Prov Patent on bottom of mine so I assumed it was early but sounds like yours is even earlier ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 5 hours ago, FakeConcern said: Mine has no interior either, but it does have number plates! Those number plates look brill ! FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Tesco have new 5 packs in, and the £5 deal is still on andrew e and AndyW201 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 hour ago, ETCHY said: Oooh now that is interesting, it says Prov Patent on bottom of mine so I assumed it was early but sounds like yours is even earlier ! I understood it was the suspension ‘technology’ that was submitted rather than the castings themselves, hence ‘PROV PAT’ (or ‘BREVETE’ for French production) was applied to bases from 1960 and continued through. This is why Hong Kong production Dinky (the inherited Spot Ons) did not. Interestingly, Chinese reproduction in recent years under Atlas distribution all stated ‘PROV PAT’ as well and just reproduced the submitted numbers. Perhaps in honour, perhaps in confusion - as there was no need as the max 20 years had passed. FakeConcern and ETCHY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Those mechanical ones had an oil hole on the base I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Having an amateur @Jon moment with this Welly Renault 5 I brought when I was supposed to be getting dinner supplies, I blamed the continental language barrier to the Mrs and she just scowled and snatched the rock hard French stick in my other hand 😂 RoadworkUK, Jon, AndyW201 and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 10 hours ago, FakeConcern said: Mine has no interior either, but it does have number plates! Can I ask would those number plates have been original to it or has somebody added them ? Is it something you can buy to add to toy cars, I quite fancy doing that if possible ? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 They are not just ‘toy cars’ They are a lifestyle. Your home will become a shrine The Gazelle range by Adidas is worn as part of the sub-culture Days out become events to experience the wild variations of body odour and halitosis in equal measure andrew e, Split_Pin, eddyramrod and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Those mechanical ones had an oil hole on the base I think? Yes. So you could over-fill with light oil that would then spray about and get up to the glazing and cloud the windows from the inside. A style later adopted by Cheech & Chong danthecapriman, sierraman and FakeConcern 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 hour ago, andrew e said: Having an amateur @Jon moment with this Welly Renault 5 I brought when I was supposed to be getting dinner supplies, I blamed the continental language barrier to the Mrs and she just scowled and snatched the rock hard French stick in my other hand 😂 MiniMinorMk3, andrew e, flat4alfa and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 42 minutes ago, ETCHY said: Can I ask would those number plates have been original to it or has somebody added them ? Is it something you can buy to add to toy cars, I quite fancy doing that if possible ? Cheers I don't know for sure but I'd think they were added by a small child, when I was a kid it was possible to buy sets of those sort of number plates, tax discs, running in stickers and all sorts of other stuff. I did it an I expect many others did too. Now you can get similar from model shops and ebay etc. I agree they look great. eddyramrod and ETCHY 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Funny enough one of my Hawks has the Running In sticker And one has appropriate plates Split_Pin, MiniMinorMk3, AndyW201 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Today the Corgi Mini Pickup got some primer, also in the pic you can see that the wheels disolved in cosmic soda! I think someone ( @flat4alfa maybe?) warned me this could happen with some wheels. The Dinky HA Viva I got the other day missing it's bonnet is now sporting one I painetd satin black ( a bit more shiny than I wanted). I think is quite a good 60s period look I'm thinking of putting some racing numbers on it as well One of the Spot On Zephyrs is now black and is going to be re built with repaired original parts while the other one will get some repro bits and be a Z Cars Zephyr again Remspoor, ETCHY, andrew e and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: They are not just ‘toy cars’ They are a lifestyle. Your home will become a shrine The Gazelle range by Adidas is worn as part of the sub-culture Days out become events to experience the wild variations of body odour and halitosis in equal measure Funnily enough that last line reminds me of the many militaria shows I used to attend. Oh how my long suffering other half enjoyed accompanying me to those..😆. I think trips to model shows/swapmeets may be her next treat 😉 I just told her that & she's sobbing quietly.. flat4alfa, eddyramrod and AndyW201 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 2 hours ago, ETCHY said: Can I ask would those number plates have been original to it or has somebody added them ? As explained above, this sort of thing happened FakeConcern, andrew e, ETCHY and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 2 hours ago, FakeConcern said: STALKER! I picked these up too, they didn’t have the Cairo map in stock 😂 Remspoor, AndyW201, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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