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Topic starter
28/12/2021 3:50 pm
Dinky 148 was made from around 1962 to 1967. It had spring suspension but no opening features. The model is mint but I wish the box had fared better.
28/12/2021 10:59 pm
That box is still in great shape. Mine are all dented in and the clear cellophane(?) yellowed... 😎
Harv Goranson and Harv Goranson reacted
29/12/2021 12:12 pm
Harv, that's another nice reminder of how much affection many of us still have for the Dinkies of that era. Quite a "Plain Jane" rendering of the '61 Ford, but very attractive for all that.
I have the basic green one plus the police and RCMP versions. Unfortunately when I acquired them. getting some of the old Dinkies back on the shelf was a kind of a nostalgic sideline to my main collecting, so I wasn't going to pay big money for mint & boxed and was happy with quite rough "pre-loved" specimens - and it shows!
At least the Mounties are still there, good, reliable chaps that they are. even if their radio communications may be problematical.
Of course, as you know, I have never allowed good taste or respect for an original model to inhibit my urge to mess around with them, so when I saw this pic of a Galaxie convertible in a book
there was no stopping me. OK, so you hate rear wheel spats, and you hate continental kits, but give me some credit, I did knock together a half-decent 2-tone interior. And all done in the best POSSIBLE taste (apart from the Dagmars, obviously).
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
29/12/2021 5:20 pm
@graeme-ogg Graeme, If that's a Dinky conversion, you could've fooled me. Look outstanding.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
29/12/2021 5:51 pm
Oh, goody, I fooled you. Yes, it is of course the Dinky Fairlane (with some help from the parts bin and some Plasticard).
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
Topic starter
29/12/2021 7:03 pm
@graeme-ogg I probably should have posted the cop car versions when I posted the green one - here are mine.
29/12/2021 7:14 pm
Ah, no scrappy old "pre-loved" rubbish for you, I see. Very tidy.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
Topic starter
29/12/2021 7:34 pm
@graeme-ogg Have the boxes too. But, if I were starting to collect Dinky Toys today, I think I would just get the scrappy ones. Then my granddaughter could play with them in whatever manner she chooses.
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