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08 Jul

Good Old Moggy

Posted by Andrew Wood in Corgi, Diecast models

If, like me, you were born in the mid 50s the Morris Minor was so much part of the background to everyday life, small businesses used the van and the pickup, the school taxi lady had a Traveller with wood round the back of the car and a particular type of often eccentric and older person had the convertible. It was always seen as the odd version of the Moggy.

For me though it is now the nicest of the Corgi Morris Minors, especially this one with the hood down, made in 1988 and in a good box this one can be yours for £11.99 by following this link: http://little-wheels.net/products/23239

06 Jul

Corgi 1:64 Scale Trucks

Posted by Andrew Wood in Corgi, Diecast models, Trucks

Corgi has been making a very good series of truck models for many years now. This one comes from the excellent Superhaulers range in 1:64 scale which present liveries which are very familiar to us from Britain's motorways.

It is one of 20 or so which are being added to the Little wheels shop over the next week or so. You can own it for £10.99 by following this link: http://little-wheels.net/products/23260

04 Jul

Lovely old Greyhound Bus

Posted by Andrew Wood in Bus, Coach, Corgi, Diecast models

This is a model of a Greyhound Bus from the USA. It's made by Corgi and is a Yellow Coach 743 built in the 1930s exclusively for Greyhound Lines.

These old US buses & coaches are very stylish and iconic, Corgi made a fair range of them back in the 1990s, this one was produced in 1994 in 1:50 scale. I've two versions of this in the shop just now and another two on eBay.

This one can be yours for £14.99 if you follow this link: http://little-wheels.net/products/23073

05 Apr

Corgi 211 Studebaker Golden Hawk

Posted by Andrew Wood in Corgi, Diecast models, Little Wheels

Mettoy launched the Corgi Toys brand in 1956, the year I was born - which maybe explains why I've always been so fond of it. They began with six British saloon cars, good solid fare like Rover, Austin & Hillman. These cars were in stock colours for the real cars, sensible greens greys & beiges.

They quickly learnt that boys wanted something a little more exotic in their toyboxes and began to use not only brighter colours but more exotic cars, ones we didn't see every day on the British roads. In February 1958 they launched their first of many American cars - the Studebaker Golden Hawk. it was interesting of Corgi to choose an oddball maker like Studebaker but typical of their quest for innovation and engineering novelty

There are three versions of the Corgi Studebaker Golden Hawk. The first two in 1958 were a freewheeling version in blue with gold painted side flashes and the white mechanical one with the friction flywheel motor. Both had windows but no suspension or seats.

Later in 1962 it was given the S treatment receiving seats and suspension and also becoming truly golden, being vacuum plated in gold or with a painted gold finish, both with white side flashes.

Rootes Group in the UK were heavily influenced by Studebaker in the styling of their Audax family of cars - the Sunbeam Rapiers and Humber Sceptres of the early 60s have several design cues from this car, the central square grille with the small grilles to the sides, the line of the front wings and the wrap around rear window with the reverse slope on the C pillar all reflect the American car.

It was an excellent call by Rootes.

27 Mar

Featured item - Corgi Trucks; Seddon Atkinson; 8 Wheel Rigid Cylindrical Tanker, Mackeson

Posted by Andrew Wood in Corgi, Trucks

Isn't this a fine truck? Full of beer too - although I don't know if anyone drinks Mackeson any more, I Googled it and according to Wikipedia it is still made, but I've not seen it anywhere for years. I remember it as a sort of weaker sweet tasting Guinness type beer, once recommended for pregnant women - how times change..
No matter, this lovely old Atkinson is available in the Little Wheels on-line shop for £17.99 with free UK shipping and £5.45 to ship it anywhere else in the world. http://little-wheels.net//products/19793




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