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03/05/2009 12:31 pm
PICS Foden Army Lorry ...................
This Dinky Toy is from the mid to late '70's and has been in my collection for 30 years. I decided to take it along on an outdoor shoot. What impressed me was that the amount of play in the axle mounting when the vehicle was traversing rough terrain. One thing to note is that it is in 1:42nd scale and not the weedy 1:50th scale that is usually associated with model trucks. The model # is 668 and features opening cab doors, drop down tail gate and removable tilt.
Cheers Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
03/05/2009 12:49 pm
Good one! I really like the movement in the axles. Fine photos, too.
03/05/2009 2:07 pm
another Dinky from the same era [pics for Chris and Christoph]!
Picked this large vehicle up in 1981 when going to school in Copenhagen, DK. I would take the bike and check out every little toy store within 20 km for old obsolete Tekno. I had given up on the Dinkys of the time, due to the speedwheels mostly. But I could not pass this one up. Got Chris' Foden at the same time (same version, no special for DK)!
DINKY Superior Cadillac #288, made in England, ~1976
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Topic starter
03/05/2009 2:16 pm
Nice one Karl - I bet that Cadillac is the same size as the .....
Foden lorry! 
Both were advertised as being 1:42nd scale.
This Ambulance was an impressive model and earlier versions had working lights.
Cheers Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
03/05/2009 2:31 pm
Very, very close; Foden = 19cm and Caddy = 15cm - Big Stuff!
03/05/2009 2:57 pm
PICs Thanks Karl. What means "Falck"?
Is it "Ambulance" on Danish?
Here are mine modified Dinky. I like the passenger on the stretcher (Its just a model....)
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Take care!
Christoph
Topic starter
03/05/2009 3:06 pm
Christoph my guess is .................
Falcon. If I remember correctly Clive Chick mentions that this was an insurance firm that provided emergency services in his Tekno articles in MAR many years ago.
Cheers Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
Topic starter
03/05/2009 3:09 pm
Thanks David - I knew that this location would be just the place for this model.
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
03/05/2009 3:26 pm
Falck is the Danish emergency service
Tekno had Falck insignia on many of their fire and ambulance models. Dinky did a few besides the Cadillac just for the Danish market - I have the Land Rover Fire Appliance, ERF Fire Tender, Ford Transit Fire Van, and Merryweather Marquis Pumper. The was also a Range Rover in metallic red which I no longer have. All of mine came to me by way of M&S Richardson many years ago.
BTW, I had the Foden Army Truck too. Like a lot of models, it was cut from the collection during one of my periodic cleanouts.
03/05/2009 5:42 pm
Correct. Falck is the largest private ambulance company in Europe.
03/05/2009 7:22 pm
Thank you everyone!