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27/09/2021 11:59 am
This diecast came out in 1956, about the time Corgi began making cars with windows. Mine has a few chips but is in pretty good shape overall. I bought a repro box to go with it.
27/09/2021 12:17 pm
Wow - you never see one of those in the US: a CIJ! 😍 I think I have one JRD around here somewhere!
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27/09/2021 12:47 pm
@karl Could be CIJ week for me - I have 5 more.
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27/09/2021 1:05 pm
For a model made that long ago, it looks pretty good. I was curious about the tires. Why are they white?
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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27/09/2021 2:26 pm
@ed-davis In the 1950s before two-part or printed tires, some of the European makers used white tires to represent whitewalls. Dinky (both UK and France) did this a lot. See the DeSotos below. Maybe they thought kid's play would darken the bottom tread?
27/09/2021 2:30 pm
For a model made that long ago, it looks pretty good. I was curious about the tires. Why are they white?
Great question! Many post-war European diecast cars had white tires. I assume it was easier or cheaper to source, plus some old old cars had white tires! Here are 2 Teknos from the 1950s!
