Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some of the many 1959 Cadillacs by Vitesse that have passed through here.

Pink

Red

Turquoise

Silver

Pink again

Metallic Green

Metallic Blue

Metallic Red

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's a couple of the earliest Corgi Minis with the disc type wheels.

Blue is the Morris version and Red is the Austin version

They have different bonnet badges.

Also the bases have Morris Mini-Minor or Austin Seven cast into them. You can spot it just just were the cars touch the paper.

A couple of my boxed ones with an early Red Austin on the right. The left red and the blue have the sculpted wheels, which can also be seen on the wicker work car. The Metallic red has the vane type wheels, also seen on the rally car.

[flat4alfa]

12 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

Also at my local car meet, there was a chap selling some miniature tat

Hot Wheels PACKIN PACER !

From 1977. 

What is it packing?  A rear engine, that's what.  

And what with those trumpet exhaust pipes, I'll bet it made a right din

 

Gave too much for this one a few years ago, it was a bidding war.  Back before eBay died on its arse

[MiniMinorMk3]

Time for some stuff from lot 379.

This no name tin plate friction drive looks like an Adams Probe to me.

Another Dinky Taxi joins the fleet.

Wolseley Six-Eighty police car.

It's lost it's sirens and aerial.

Base has no name, but it is obviously a Morestone/Budgie. A quick bit of research and it is an early Morestone version. Supposedly rare to find in mint condition, thus people are asking a fiver for knackered ones on Ebay.

Vintage Budgie Toys 246 Police Patrol Car diecast toy

Next is teh green Mercedes that a few have asked about.

Even after a wash it s still grubby, and comparing it with the Polistil Land Rover, I think it is 1/25th scale

Only an R number on the bottom for identification. Also friction drive is loose and seized.

Finally we have this super piece of Italian toy making

It's amazing how the stickers have lasted seeing as it is not boxed.

There's barely a chip in the paint.

The interior is clean.

The only real faults are the missing spot lamp on the roof and the missing piece of front bumper.

[Split_Pin]

That Landrover is ACE.

[MiniMinorMk3]

There was a nice selection of mainly 1/36 Corgis in Lot 379.

Nice older small scale Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Coupe.

It has a few scratches.

Clean tan interior and gold steering wheel.

A Mercedes that has lost its gun site. Also quite a lot of wear on the chrome.

Left hooker.

It's a 240D with intact tow hook.

Bright green Polo.

Budget cut front lamp and grille sticker.

Does have opening doors and open rear hatch.

A nice red 924 

Again cheap skate decals for details, but then rear window is ribbed for extra sensation.

It also opens.

Mk3 Escort obviously had a bigger budget with separate lights and grille on the front...

and red lenses on the rear.

This one is almost mint.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Last of the big Corgis from Lot 379 included

Corgi liveried Porsche Audi Can Am car

It's in great condition.

Very nice AMC Pacer.

Ian Ogilvy's Jaguar XJ-S

This is an original version with the red interior and black C-pillars.

A pair of Buicks.

Bronze is a Kojak version.

Stavros is shooting the gun.

Cop Car Buick is in much better shape.

Very clean all round.

Also it looks like Stavros might have leant on the right side of the roof on the Kojak car.

Finally a pair of Jaguar XJ12-C Coupes.

This car looks red in the pictures, but it is metallic pink.

Clean engine bay

Tan interior and black wheel.

Coast Guard has red seats

Worn chrome again.

Also missing horn from roof.

 

[bunglebus]

Boot sale buys

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Last of the big Corgis from Lot 379 included

Corgi liveried Porsche Audi Can Am car

It's in great condition.

Very nice AMC Pacer.

Ian Ogilvy's Jaguar XJ-S

This is an original version with the red interior and black C-pillars.

A pair of Buicks.

Bronze is a Kojak version.

Stavros is shooting the gun.

Cop Car Buick is in much better shape.

Very clean all round.

Also it looks like Stavros might have leant on the right side of the roof on the Kojak car.

Finally a pair of Jaguar XJ12-C Coupes.

This car looks red in the pictures, but it is metallic pink.

Clean engine bay

Tan interior and black wheel.

Coast Guard has red seats

Worn chrome again.

Also missing horn from roof.

 

Nice Corgis man. I like how they've went with a proper Jaguar steering wheel and not the generic one.

[bunglebus]

Hot Wheels 1959 Cadillacs

This thing

Matchbox Dinky 1959 Cadillac 

Hot Wheels 1959 Chevrolets

Seerol 1959 Rolls Royce 

Guisval 1959 Mercedes SL

 

[AndyW201]

Another one from 1959, Anglia 105E,

[bramz7]

Paid too much for the Focus (don't even like them, obviously caught in the moment) but pleased with the other two. Annoyingly the older Hot Wheels were mixed in with a lot of much newer ones. 

[eddyramrod]

@MiniMinorMk3 that's Bobby Crocker in the back of Kojak's Buick.  Stavros was significantly tubbier (and was played by Telly Savalas's brother George).  Great haul though, well bought!

[bunglebus]

Not too much of great excitement to write home about today, and I make no apologies for buying this hilariously bad attempt at a Renault 5 Turbo

Darda Porsche was a good score

Someone else found a transparent Majorette recently? Has a base like a ..... (the budget version, brain fart)

Welly have really upped their game lately, pretty decent rendition of a 1302 Beetle

I thought @flat4alfa might be able to make use of some Matchbox Powertrack bits

I never leave a Hondarora behind, probably got more of these than the transporters they go in now

I thought one of you wouldn't mind reimbursing me £3.00 for this Schuco Tigra

Best boxed buy was this though

Red hubs!

I also picked up a boxed Model A van, I know there are 11 billionty variations but I quite like the slightly limited run ones like this

This was a pre-arranged collection, a whole £2.00 for a boxed Gulch Stepper (Dodge Rampage) dated 1986 when I was being nine

Lastly, I again thought one of you might want this for the 50p it cost me

[Datsuncog]

56 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Has a base like a ..... (the budget version, brain fart)

Novacar - never seen that version of the Nissan Terrano!

[bunglebus]

15 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Novacar 

Thank you, my mind was going

"Edocar"

It's not Edocar

"Edocar"

IT'S NOT BLOODY EDOCAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Edocar"

[eddyramrod]

If nobody else fancies that Tigra, could you put it in my next box please?

[sheffcortinacentre]

8 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Last of the big Corgis from Lot 379 included

Corgi liveried Porsche Audi Can Am car

It's in great condition.

Very nice AMC Pacer.

Ian Ogilvy's Jaguar XJ-S

This is an original version with the red interior and black C-pillars.

A pair of Buicks.

Bronze is a Kojak version.

Stavros is shooting the gun.

Cop Car Buick is in much better shape.

Very clean all round.

Also it looks like Stavros might have leant on the right side of the roof on the Kojak car.

Finally a pair of Jaguar XJ12-C Coupes.

This car looks red in the pictures, but it is metallic pink.

Clean engine bay

Tan interior and black wheel.

Coast Guard has red seats

Worn chrome again.

Also missing horn from roof.

 

It's crocker not Stavros in the back of kojaks Buick.

[FakeConcern]

Toy fair at Worthing today was massive and crowded as I've ever seen one despite lovely weather and boot fairs being on the go.

First buys were from my usual Spot On seller

This unusual VW Variant Spot On Copy

Has opening boot and bonnet (which ever way around they are} but I've not psyched myself up to open them yet!

I need to dig out the Fastback models I have to go with it

Quite a nice Spridget

Nice to have the screen and a driver...

He had a few bits and bobs so I bought the Anglia shell with grill and P1800 missing bonnet and boot for cheap

My fave seller had these for 50p each spars & reapers

And then this 

Hong Kong Dinky is a Spot On in disguise right?

I like opening bits

This little Inter Cars Fiat in its box had unfortunately lost the bonnet, but I felt sorry for it £2 if anyone fancies it

Last a new seller had these three Tomte toys for £10

I already have a Pug in a different colour, but not seen the Land Rover or El Camino

Also a pretty tidy Mini Magnifique missing a headlight and tyres for £5 and an almost complete set of Camaro/Oldsmobile Golden Jacks wheels for £3

Rear bumper is intact which is unusual

paint not bad at all, I need to dig out the some tyres

Not sure on my favourite buy today out of the VW, the Impala and the Midget.

[bunglebus]

The type 3!

[Split_Pin]

12 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The type 3!

I knew you'd say that!

[FakeConcern]

21 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The type 3!

 

8 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I knew you'd say that!

So predictable...

[FakeConcern]

59 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The type 3!

I think you're right

I still can't get the boot/tailgate to open

Under bonnet/boot detail is poor in the Spot On copy compared to Dinky & Politoys

Anyone know who made this?

Found one the same sold on ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365568413549?_skw=spot on vw variant&itmmeta=01JV0M1Z57NGXB5XB0BWP258PE&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1c4d8ztJC0PHpiv%2Fi2CB3RNkJSlsxNdonaBtKE%2BcFUBKgbV%2FPCTmrSEpQPHHPKZRh5zDVkr%2By04Pr6tIkFJ7iRt9mRmwiA9uCvYjtEwUo2d%2Fs658Q5suCEpMd53QZdYYGmZ5HOEKgxZsCMhZ3kEg%2Bsc2fg89d6Sk4CuxE4ul5bRsVhN77wX1oltbrwTIcJidJOEu98szPJ4NNZ81fgIeTnoXNS9YCVMRPFov68KtPTp2XCvLgAK1BHu5uowKxTxJzI7muU21ZlRXBqIzAOgj4DE0oYMdXVNsfOcVJerlhyGpA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-jyh5TYZQ

Also a genuine one sold

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376194057370?_skw=spot on vw variant&itmmeta=01JV0M1Z571VR0PB6QA3C7VCHK&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eL7HcNOALmzwcSjoqPu%2FyrMHSyPukcwqzSi1V18YG4ZoZraKUH8bUsboAJiV0MDIbmIMClZzmcRvytQ%2B2wceOM56Jf1%2Boete7NImWBmsEhHRsKLUl6ko7ZsnTEKzo6F%2FqKWYMpwkllTj%2Bik7XI419gm9N6qhtEFOlSnKbecnCqmj%2Bll0m8Aqlo5cyAodRn1WzDKJqL0qUA0Xwrn9IkBJZm2GX%2BXTv2LzJOp4jcg%2Fxxas3PLVVMyC32Hqx9Eh6%2FbRI5Ebh3VvvkPmwKdLQYlEDVJpmUyvH10i5CyvH08DkG7g%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-jyh5TYZQ

 

[bunglebus]

14 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Anyone know who made this?

Maybe a kit? Looks hand painted including the base

[Noel Tidybeard]

i do believe the polo with sticker grille is not cost cutting as it was released 1st like that then gaining a cast face after

i wonder if there was a notion to do an aldi 50 version like polistil did with the 1/25 model

[Tenmil Socket]

On 10/05/2025 at 22:22, FakeConcern said:

So which Spot On toy car would you choose?

I had to watch American Graffiti again as I didn't really remember that bit. It's so much better than I remembered it being.

I bunked off school to see it in Bromley Odeon with my best friend, when we told our English teacher the next day he said we should have seen The Exorcist that was on at the same time.

I think we made the right choice!

 

To be honest I’m not fully clued up on them but I’d probably say some type of saloon such as the Zephyr?

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

@MiniMinorMk3 that's Bobby Crocker in the back of Kojak's Buick.  Stavros was significantly tubbier (and was played by Telly Savalas's brother George).  Great haul though, well bought!

 

14 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

It's crocker not Stavros in the back of kojaks Buick.

It must be almost 50 years since I watched Kojak and Stavros was the only other character that I could remember.

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Best boxed buy was this though

 

Red hubs!

 

Excellent find. The last time I picked up one of those I took it straight to Vectis for them to sell.

[Tenmil Socket]

Oh hello…

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

 

And then this 

Hong Kong Dinky is a Spot On in disguise right?

the Hong Kong Dinky is not actually a Spot On but...

Dinky Toys, made in Hong Kong by Hong Kong Industrial (HKI) – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group

Quote

However given the importance of the toy industry in Hong Kong between the 1960′s and 1980s it is not surprising that Dinkys were also made here. And indeed between 1965 and 1967 six model cars were produced for Dinky Toys in Hong Kong for the lucrative U.S. market. Originally intended to be produced by Spot-On, but re-branded as Dinky Toys when the Spot-On parent company (Tri-ang) bought Meccano Ltd, they were built to the usual Spot-On scale of 1:42. All six cars were American vehicles (2):

57-001 Buick Riviera
57-002 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
57-003 Chevrolet Impala
57-004 Oldsmobile 88 *
57-005 Ford Thunderbird
57-006 Rambler Classic

* Steve posted this comment: Regarding the six original Hong Kong Dinky Toys, Dinky advertising literature listed 57-004 as a Dodge Polara Convertible. This model was apparently never released although it was illustrated in the catalog. At some point the 57-004 product number debuted as the Oldsmobile 88 instead.

 

14 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Also a pretty tidy Mini Magnifique missing a headlight and tyres for £5 and an almost complete set of Camaro/Oldsmobile Golden Jacks wheels for £3

Rear bumper is intact which is unusual

 

Your rear bumper is missing the little corner bars.