(Pics) Maybe a 1949 Frazer

Sure looks like a Frazer to me, especially in the front. It is very cool. As a kid that must have been awesome to have. Heck, I think I’d be thrilled with it now, I love this kind of stuff.

Mike, I love the photo with the car in a realistic setting. Looks like an outtake from Who Framed Roger Rabbit!

I have a model of a 49 Kaiser that looks just like the gold car. I believe Buz had two colors of that model at the Chicago show. I love the windup toy Mike.

I think it looks more like a 1948 Dodge coupe, as seen here with this Conquest model.

Both of the models are 2 doors, unlike the Frazer, and the grill and the parking lights on the edge of the grill are dead on.

Both the Frazier and Dodge fit the timeline.  Because Tekno made a copy of this toy Schuco, I did some research on these.  The Schuco does say Made in US Zone – Germany on the baseplate which was 1945 to up to perhaps 1955.   Also, another collector reported that the Schucos were introduced in 1951.  So that makes sense!

My Tekno copies (2 different versions: Miraco and Gyro):

Full story: https://www.maronline.org.uk/the-very-first-tekno-cars/

Thanks for showing us your Schuco, Mike!  I had a chance to buy these Tekno in the 1980s, but back then, I did not like their toy-like appearance.  Later, I decided to pick them up to be a completist and paid a lot more Kroner for them!

To me, this looks like a stylized 47 Pontiac mostly for the Silver Streak on the hood.

@bob-jackman Yep. The central "waterfall" trim on the hood would suggest a Pontiac.

Such great photos plus Tekno copied it, so I had to pass this Schuco on to a different audience:  https://www.maronline.org.uk/another-mirako-car/

Thanks, y'all!

Thanks, Karl ! Techno did reproduce this one just the same and both are pretty cool items. I believe I still have my red Schuco version of this one, too. You can imagine what astonishment and delight a small kid would have when this one ran around the coffee table without going over the edge.