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28/04/2017 11:23 pm
Unusual Greyhound Bus (pic).
Can anyone tell me approximately whay year this Greyhound bus could be found on North America highways? Very unusual double decker.This is a 1/43 scale model by Retro 1-2-3.
29/04/2017 12:17 am
That is a very cool bus model...
Here is a similar one from 1930.
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1930 Greyhound Nitecoach by Pickwick
and this one
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29/04/2017 12:24 am
Thanks Peter for the info. I would love to have this model but out of my price range. Apparently only 100 produced.Ebay 382047953857.My mistake. Just discovered not 1/43.
29/04/2017 12:45 am
Further inverstigation into Retro 1-2-3...
I'd never heard of this company and the bus model posted here piqued my interest. So, the natural thing to do was to go in search of Retro 1-2-3. I found plenty of references to this company but, nothing in our scale. Here is a similar model. This one is 32 1/2 inches long, no scale given. Though I did find photos and info on other models produced by this company. Most are large scale 1/12 and 1/10 and all are very expensive, from $700 up to $2500. They specialize in pressed steel models, very highly detailed. I found an ambulance, paddy wagon, cement mixer, another bus and one car, 1948 Tucker which sold on eBay a few years ago for $1200, it was noted as being 1/8 scale.
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29/04/2017 2:14 am
Pic; 1928 Pickwick Motor Coach Night Coach
Ken you will find your answers with the link below.
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/p/pickwick/pickwick.htm
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29/04/2017 4:16 am
Thanks Jacques for the interesting link. A very in depth history of the Pickwick company which later merged with Pacific Greyhound Lines in 1929. It would appear that the Pickwick company was instrumental in forming North American bus services across the USA in the 1920's.
29/04/2017 9:02 am
Good one, Ken! And something looked very familiar about it, so I turned to my "oldies." (pic)
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Back in my old cast iron toys, I found this nearly forgotten Hubley bus from about 1932. This is an unrestored, played with, original.
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Just for comparison in size, here it is with a red 1:43 T-Bird.
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Ken, thanks for your post; it brought back to life one that I had forgotten... well, almost forgotten.
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Just in case someone has more interest, here's some information:
Hubley manufactured a less detailed series of slushcast Nite Coaches, 2 ? in., 3? in, and 4? in. long. The 3? in. version featured the fastback Nite Coach, the other two the stepped roof coach; their prices range between $50 and $400.
And I also found this bit:
Luckily a modern Woodstock, Illinois toy company, Retro 123, manufactures a 32 in. long version of the first Nite Coach, the stepped roofed Alsacia. Originally available in Pickwick livery, only the Greyhound version remains in stock as of this writing. A bargain at $895. (This seems to be the 1:8 scale model that Ken refers to in starting this discussion. Looks like a very fine model.)