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22/09/2015 2:17 pm
Does anyone have any Eccles models (toys)?
I have a list from his 1974 list and 1981 list. All were probably made in lead. He got 60 dies for prewar slush molded toys and made many toys (models) each. And three "cast iron" toys in lead also. His first name may be Ron, but I am not sure. I don't know if I had any but I had several originals from before and a few after WW II.
The three "cast iron" toys were Austin Coupe and Panel and a Huber Steam Engine. Most of the slush toys were cars and trucks, but two aircraft, two trains, several military vehicles, two farm tractors, a dragon and an elephant (both with wheels). And two sizes of the Pickwick Nite Coach (bus), one of my favorite bus designs. It had two levels of seats but only one aisle. You had to step up or down to sit down. I think they were face-to face seats that were made into beds for travel by night. A very efficient design. I never saw a real one but many models were made in all scales including one in the 1980's (very large and very expensive, I did not buy one.)
22/09/2015 7:03 pm
I have one that might interest you. (pic)
Packard 2-door convertible, just over 12 ounces of metal
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I also have a somewhat similar Kaiser, smaller at about 9 ounces, but with a different identification.
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Good luck with your search. And enjoy!
David H
22/09/2015 7:27 pm
Ron Eccles? I read again, Peter, your questioning reference to
Ron Eccles. I'm not sure that he is the same builder, but the products of Eccles Brothers Ltd. of Burlington, Iowa, have a similarity. The President of Eccles Brothers is Ron Eccles. The firm seems to deal primarily with metal reproductions of 1930s and 1940s metal soldiers, primarily of Manoil origin. Here is one unmarked 6 ounce piece that I think is an Eccles Brothers product.
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23/09/2015 12:56 am
Great toys, David. Glad Peter asked! 🙂
23/09/2015 11:04 am
Must be the same guy. I am not into lead army figures.
We need more info on all toys cars, etc. from 1885 on. I subscribed to Antique Toy World magazine (ATW) for about twenty years. Gave most of them to NATMUS. Each issue would have ads for auctions that often showed toy cars but never the scale, only the length. But some of them were close to 1/43 scale. We should try to find info on these first toys in "The" scale (most common scale), Three inch models (toys) are seldom a consistent scale, only near 1/64.
23/09/2015 12:06 pm
Interesting retro toys David - thanks for posting.
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Nottinghamshire England UK