Thursday, 1 April 2021
Corgi Toys @ 60: The Beautiful Bentley Continental Sports Saloon
Monday, 1 March 2021
Corgi Toys @ 60 : More S Models and a little Coach
303S Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster Open Top
The second edition of the open top car, now with suspension and a driver from March 1961.
This is available in five colour combinations:
blue with the 303 white interior
blue with new yellow interior
white with new yellow or brown interior
silver-plated with brown interior
silver-gold finish with brown interior
These had free-spinning smooth or shaped wheels. Later editions had cast wheels. A very scarce edition was produced with wire wheels.
A driver was added but early models did not have one.
Above is a very scarce early edition with free spinning smooth wheels
Then it gets shaped wheels but still no driver with the old 303 interior cars.
Now a driver, yellow interior and a stripe are added to light blue and, white editions.
There is also a silver issue with shaped wheels and a brown interior, not illustrated here. Later cast wheels appear on the silver editions and very rare editions with wire wheels and a golden-silver shade of plating are also issued. More about those in a few years' time!
304S Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster Hard Top
Available in March 1961 with suspension.
This was available with a silver-plated body and red top or a more scarce white body with red top. Each would have stripes added to the bonnet and boot and can be found with free-spinning smooth and shaped or cast wheels. There was also a very scarce edition with wire wheels.
A distinctly gold-coloured plating is also known.
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Land Rovers Series II 1962- 1970s Different castings
Following my recent articles on distinguishing some of the rare Land Rovers, I have had a number of further queries and so I decided to try and cover in one go the main differences that you will find in the Series II editions which ran from 1962 to the 1970s.
The rear window
There are two main types:
1: With frame, flush fitting with the rear of cab
2: Indented
The vent lever / hinge
Registration plate area
The top of the radiator grille:
Headlamp rims
The roof 'plate'
No. | Colour | Vent | Window | Regn | Grille | Headlights | Plate | |
406 | S | yellow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
GS | 22 | farm green | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
416 | S | RAC blue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
416 | S | RAC blue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
500 | khaki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
351 | S | RAF blue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
438 | dp green | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
GS | 17/19 | red | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
357 | khaki | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
438 | dp green | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
GS | 17/19 | red | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
GS | 2 | brown | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
438 | dp green | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
GS | 2 | brown | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
GS | 7 | green shaped | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
438 | met turquoise | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
438 | me apple | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
GS | 7 | green cast / W | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
GS | 8 | white cast / W | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
GS | 15 | blue | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
GS | 19 | dk blue | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
438 | Quake-up | met green | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Sunday, 21 February 2021
Blue or green?