Corgi Toy copies from Portugal

 

This lovely Renault Floride arrived today. I had been intrigued as it appeared pretty much identical to Corgi's 222 model

This is actually model #1 from Metosul, a Portuguese manufacturer. They appear to have copied Corgi and other models, rather like Auto-Pilen did, but didn't give the models extra features other than beacons or transfers and aerials. 

I can only see one difference in the casting and that's the addition of windscreen wipers. The base is almost identical.

Other Corgi copies are the Renault 16, Citroen DS, Mini-Cooper and Volvo P1800 which I shall try and obtain in the not too distant future.

Here is a list of all the models I have found so far which seem to have been available from the 1960s to the late 1980s. You'll see that they tended to make variations of existing models rather than create new castings and the others that Corgi did not produce will probably be Dinky or other copies. The VW Beetles have no windows yet still were included in a 1980s catalogue. Must be a Dinky copy, then!

No.	Model	Colour	Interior
1	Renault Floride	blue	red
1	Renault Floride	red	green
1	Renault Floride	white	red
1	Renault Floride	white	green
2	Citroen DS	white
2	Citroen DS	silver
2	Citroen DS	red
3	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	olive
3	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	white
3	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	red
4	VW Beetle	pea green
4	VW Beetle	pink / grey
5	VW Beetle	dk green
5	VW Beetle	lt green
5	VW Beetle Police	black / white
5	VW Beetle Police	blue / grey
6	VW Beetle Police	dk blue / white doors
6	VW Beetle Brigada de Transito	white
7	VW Beetle GNR	dk green
8	Morris Mini-Cooper	black / white
8	Morris Mini-Cooper	red
8	Morris Mini-Cooper	red / white
9	Mercedes-Benz 200	white
10	Mercedes-Benz 200 Amsterdam Taxi	yellow / red
10	Mercedes-Benz 200 Taxi	black / white roof
10	Mercedes-Benz 200 Taxi	black / green roof
10	Mercedes-Benz 200 Fire Car	red
10	Mercedes-Benz 200 Police	blue / white doors
11	Volvo 1800 Police	black / white
11	Volvo 1800 GNR	all white
12	Rolls Royce Silver Ghost	silver
13	Mercedes-Benz 200 Alguer	black / green roof
14	Renault 16	grey
15	Renault 16 Taxi	black / green roof
17	Volvo P1800 Police	green
18	Volvo 1800	silver	red
18	Volvo 1800	black	white
18	Volvo 1800	white	brown
18	Volvo 1800 GNR Brigada de Transito	white
19	Rulote Caravan	grey / lt grey
19	Rulote Caravan	white / blue
20	Citroen DS Amsterdam Taxi	yellow / red
20	Citroen DS Taxi	black / green roof
21	Citroen DS Aluguer	black / green roof
22	Citroen DS Police	black
23	Leyland Atlantean Bus	red / white
24	Peugeot 204	white
24	Peugeot 204	silver
25	Mercedes-Benz 200 Saloon	black
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Canvas Truck	black or dk green grey or dk green canopy
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Canvas Truck	lt blue / red canopy
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Canvas Truck EGT	dk green / dk green canopy
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Canvas Truck EGT	dk green / white canopy
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck BSB	red
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck Fire	red
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck SONAP Fuel	red
26	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck	green / white
28	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck SACOR	green / white
30	Mercedes-Benz 200 Police	white / black panels
31	Peugeot 204 Taxi	black / green roof
32	Peugeot 204 Aluguer	black / green roof
33	Leyland Atlantean Bus STCP	green / brown
34	Leyland Atlantean Bus SMC	yellow / white
35	Leyland Atlantean Bus Transul	blue / red
36	Leyland Atlantean Bus GAZCIDLA	red / white / blue
37	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Truck EGT	dk green / dk green canopy
38	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Truck Military or EP	dk green / dk green canopy
40	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Truck Military r Police	dk green / white canopy
41	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Truck JAE	lt brown / grey canopy
42	VW Transporter (1:66 scale)	white / black
43	Citroen DS	white / black roof
44	Leyland Atlantean Bus STCP	brown / pale brown
45	Leyland Atlantean Bus Carris	orange / cream
46	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck GALP Fuel	orange / black / white
47	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Mabor Van	white
48	Citroen DS Fire Car	red
49	Peugeot 304 Break	white
49	Peugeot 304 Break	blue
49	Peugeot 304 Break	red
50	Peugeot 304 Break Fire Car	red
50	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Correios Post Van	red	(later)
51	Mercedes-Benz 200 Emergency 115	black / white doors
52	Mercedes-Benz 200 Bombeiros Commando	red
53	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Transport Truck	red / red canopy
53	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Transport Truck Bombeiros	red / red canopy
54	Mercedes-Benz 1113 Tanker Truck Bombeiros	red
55	Peugeot 304 Break Policia	black / white doors
56	VW Beetle Police Sweden	green / white
57	VW Beetle Bombeiros Commando	red
58	Peugeot 304 Break JAE Munipale	orange
59	Peugeot 304 Break Police	black
60	Peugeot 304 Break Police	blue
60	Peugeot 304 Break Bombeiros Commando	red
61	Citroen DS GNR Brigada de Transito	white
62	Alfa Romeo Giulietta GNR Brigada de Transito	white
117	Volvo P1800 Police Sweden	green / white