What is this all about? More importantly, what a inspired, brilliant idea. I have a spare Hornby clockwork frame that works..now to find a tin bus! I already have two projects on the workbench, why not a third? Looks simple enough to do. Wheres those tin snips?
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Perhaps a Kovap bus? These are replica Kellerman buses, made in Czecho Slovakia or one of the two republics, as they are on their own now.
BTW Kovap has a nice tractor range, with a gear box. Good quality toys, not that expensive. Tin plate, only the wheels are plastic (not sure all of them). Again, clock work is fine and that gear box is nice to play with, it has a reverse, a neutral and three forward.
It even idles like a real tractor engine, great!
Kieffer
Kieffer
I really appreciate the additional information as I was trying to sleuth who made this as the concept seems one of a kind. Wow! The tractor sounds really cool. Could you post a picture of it? I'd love to see it.
Bruce
Bruce, your one is a Japanese, Yonezawa, 1950's.
The picture isn't that great, as it's from a unhandy copy that didn't fit really in my scanner...
Pics from the Kovac, I'll give it a try, might be some later as mine is in my workshop.
another one. Masudaya, Japan 1950
I think 'electric car' is a bit misleading, it looks like the toy is clockwork
...and another two.
Above is from 'occupied Japan', beneath is a Marusan.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures. I'm an old timer and so is my scanner.
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