Automobiles/ Trucks 1/43-1/50 scale let’s see them

Now with some light weathering.

Richie C. posted:

Now with some light weathering.

Richie. Nice 

old switcher and Studebaker

Ray great pic if you haven’t posted this in SWSAT you should 

That's funny Pat, I have the same Chevy in green, with the exact broken bumper ends...........

lee drennen posted:

Ray great pic if you haven’t posted this in SWSAT you should 

Yes...good idea, thanks

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

That's funny Pat, I have the same Chevy in green, with the exact broken bumper ends...........

Ted, 

Typical Chevy whether in real life or toy!   

I have a Chevy and its one issue after another from day one!   

OK Forum Members on this Thread...I have a mystery car for you.  The pictures below show a 40's ish car, 4 door sedan that has been take over for advertising by "Sara's Cookies".  Its a rather nice model, all 4 doors open and it has a full interior.  Its reasonably heavy and robust and has rubber tires on the wheels.  It is the correct scale as best I can approximate it by comparing it to others that are marked.  NOW - here is the question.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR THIS IS?  I have been all over the car body and underneath and there is not a single logo or decoration that reveals the type of car.  Its a mystery.  Any and all help would be most appreciated...hey its raining hard here in Texas so maybe some of you guys have the time to take a look and make a guess.

Thanks for the help

Don McErlean

Don, haven’t identified the car yet but i’ll start the bidding as a Dodge. here’s a  ‘46 Dodge truck which has a similar front end and grill work to your second picture. 

Don McErlean posted:

OK Forum Members on this Thread...I have a mystery car for you.  The pictures below show a 40's ish car, 4 door sedan that has been take over for advertising by "Sara's Cookies".  Its a rather nice model, all 4 doors open and it has a full interior.  Its reasonably heavy and robust and has rubber tires on the wheels.  It is the correct scale as best I can approximate it by comparing it to others that are marked.  NOW - here is the question.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR THIS IS?  I have been all over the car body and underneath and there is not a single logo or decoration that reveals the type of car.  Its a mystery.  Any and all help would be most appreciated...hey its raining hard here in Texas so maybe some of you guys have the time to take a look and make a guess.

Thanks for the help

Don McErlean

Don I believe this is an English vehicle.

Jerrman- Thanks by looking at some of the cars others have posted I thought Dodge was a good start. 

Allegheny- Wow am English vehicle , well that is certainly possible. Many of their cars looked remarkably like ours and are most certainly a mystery to me

thank you both for your thoughts 

Don McErlean 

Don, I think this a generic model of a late 30s car.  No specific brand model. this type of toy was typical of 1930s toy manufacturers, of car and motor cycles and air planes.... All metal products and sturdily made.....

Don, I think Allegheny is on to something.  That rear body styling is classic for a British cab.  While the telephone number format appear American/Canadian (and, I got no web hits for the name or number). 

Notice the 1950s example and the 1960s/1970s Beardmore designs in this Hackney Carriage (Wikipedia)  topic.  The grills are a little off from your model but the rear lines, tires (tyres), and hubcaps are spot on.  I got no hits for 1940s hackneys but photos of a 1950s Austin show a similar rear design.

Your model is really great looking and it's neat to have a full interior not to mention that all doors open.  Nice.

Tomlinson (I love a mystery) Run Railroad

That isn't any dialing format for the States I've ever seen. It needs 4 trailing digits. 40s-50s, letters proceeding numbers was common, but the 7 digit total was the same. 

I found a vintage AMT 57 Chevy mini model. Except there was a 68 Stingray inside the box and the chrome was missing 

I'll cram something in there for a kustom.  The back will be easy; Mako-ish. The front I'm thinking fog lights and or an aluminum heat sink grill (fins) as filler.

UPS truck was among a young renters old toys. He parted with it without much remorse.   A friction wind up. Worn side lettering, but cool toy.

I also spotted a Corona Beer truck in about 1/64. That may take a serious haggling to nab now, but I gotta. 😈

Don McErlean posted:

OK Forum Members on this Thread...I have a mystery car for you.  The pictures below show a 40's ish car, 4 door sedan that has been take over for advertising by "Sara's Cookies".  Its a rather nice model, all 4 doors open and it has a full interior.  Its reasonably heavy and robust and has rubber tires on the wheels.  It is the correct scale as best I can approximate it by comparing it to others that are marked.  NOW - here is the question.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR THIS IS?  I have been all over the car body and underneath and there is not a single logo or decoration that reveals the type of car.  Its a mystery.  Any and all help would be most appreciated...hey its raining hard here in Texas so maybe some of you guys have the time to take a look and make a guess.

Thanks for the help

Don McErlean

Don, I entered the telephone number into Google. It gave me a crooked bitcoin site.

Allegheny posted:

Don McErlean posted:

OK Forum Members on this Thread...I have a mystery car for you.  The pictures below show a 40's ish car, 4 door sedan that has been take over for advertising by "Sara's Cookies".  Its a rather nice model, all 4 doors open and it has a full interior.  Its reasonably heavy and robust and has rubber tires on the wheels.  It is the correct scale as best I can approximate it by comparing it to others that are marked.  NOW - here is the question.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR THIS IS?  I have been all over the car body and underneath and there is not a single logo or decoration that reveals the type of car.  Its a mystery.  Any and all help would be most appreciated...hey its raining hard here in Texas so maybe some of you guys have the time to take a look and make a guess.

Thanks for the help

Don McErlean

Don I believe this is an English vehicle.

Don,

I believe is a loose rendition of a 1939 - 1947 Austin Six, Eight or Twelve

The Austin 12 is a large four-door family saloon that was produced by Austin. It was launched in August 1939 and was produced until replaced in 1947 by the similar-sized but larger-engined Austin A70 Hampshire. For much of this period, however, it was provided only for military and government use.

Check out the rear side window, it has the same shape as the models. 

I'm not certain but the model may be by Dinky.  See the 1939 -1940 see the attached brochure 

Front looks most like Pontiac. I'm sure they made a humpback too.

other than the grille and suicide doors it is similar in some respects as a '39 Buick

Humm ... the Buick even has the split windshield that the model has.  Was that just a model maker's touch for added strength?  Of course, as one of us has suggested, the model could simply be "generic" to the period.  Still a cool model.

Allegheny posted:

Allegheny posted:

Don McErlean posted:

OK Forum Members on this Thread...I have a mystery car for you.  The pictures below show a 40's ish car, 4 door sedan that has been take over for advertising by "Sara's Cookies".  Its a rather nice model, all 4 doors open and it has a full interior.  Its reasonably heavy and robust and has rubber tires on the wheels.  It is the correct scale as best I can approximate it by comparing it to others that are marked.  NOW - here is the question.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR THIS IS?  I have been all over the car body and underneath and there is not a single logo or decoration that reveals the type of car.  Its a mystery.  Any and all help would be most appreciated...hey its raining hard here in Texas so maybe some of you guys have the time to take a look and make a guess.

Thanks for the help

Don McErlean

Don I believe this is an English vehicle.

Don,

I believe is a loose rendition of a 1939 - 1947 Austin Six, Eight or Twelve

The Austin 12 is a large four-door family saloon that was produced by Austin. It was launched in August 1939 and was produced until replaced in 1947 by the similar-sized but larger-engined Austin A70 Hampshire. For much of this period, however, it was provided only for military and government use.

Check out the rear side window, it has the same shape as the models. 

I'm not certain but the model may be by Dinky.  See the 1939 -1940 see the attached brochure 

 

Don,

Earlier today I ran across this and I believe it could have been actually a 1936 Oldsmobile Series F Sedan.

The split window on the model kept bugging me and that's helped me zero in on this vehicle.

I found the exact model of the toy car!

It was made by Superior Toys