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20/09/2016 4:59 pm
The Internet is no where near as good as books, booklets, Magazines, etc.
I have a slush model of a 1930's Huppmobile but I could not remember the year. Slush toys do not have much info. printed on the toy. But I was playing with toy cars in the late 1930's. So when the internet came along, I tride to find pictures of 1930's Hupps. I found lots of pictures but many had the wrong year. (Many pictures of the same year car called it several defferent years) No consistancy. A good book of 1930's cars would be much better. But I don't have my orginal toy so I bought another many years ago. The tag said "1934 or '35 Pierce Arrow, Barclay?" It is by Barclay, and probaly 1937 but I am not sure. The grille vertical V shape with lots of little squares on both sides.
21/09/2016 3:32 am
Pete, your little car is always fun to identify, but nearly impossible to be totally sure. Look at these:
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My favorite identification source for these is the O'Brien series of COLLECTING TOY CARS AND TRUCKS. But I have to keep reminding myself that these are dime store toys, not models. Bumpers, tail lights, and other appendages are hard to cast, especially in slush metals. It also helps that I have a friend who is an expert in these; he wrote for years in the O'Brien series.
PS- Advertising prints are a great source, as they were often where the toy manufacturers got their inspiration.
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