Dinky of the day.

Jacques -- a famous French car and a beautiful Dinky model. I have never seen on in that color before...thanks for showing us! Terry

Wonderful model,
wonderful car ! A design which if you take the view
from
the front bumper to the rear of the front doors is almost identical to the 1933 - 34 Ford Model 40,
known better to us old Hot Rodders as the California Kid,
or ZZ Top ' s Eliminator.Who was influenced by who ? Chris Warr.

I do not know the car you are talking about but if there is an influence,
it must come
from
Budd.Budd supplied presses,
tools
and machinery to Citro

Come on Chris ! !: -
): -
) The Traction was so ahead of its time in every aspect of its design: bodywork,
mechanical,
aesthetical,
road holding qualities,
etc,
etc...It is not fair to imply it did copy any other contemporary car ! The US Cord was also a front wheel drive,
but produced in much fewer numbers
and not meant for the masses...For the record,
Ford produced its first front - wheel - drive car,
the Taunus 12M in Germany,
in the early ' 60 ' s,
almost 30 years later...Cordially,
Jacques H.

Hi all,
Technically the Citroen was way ahead,
but visually..........? [img] http: / / i276.photobucket.com / albums / kk15 / starni999 / CTA_zps54dc752f.jpg [/img] [img] http: / / i276.photobucket.com / albums / kk15 / starni999 / 34F_zpsbf7c1709.jpg [/img] Chris Warr.

Due to the abscence of a chassis - the Traction was one of the first car ever to sport a unitized body - the car was much lower than all the others
and actually,
you would ' climb down ' instead of climbing up in it.Visually,
about at the same time Chrysler came out with the more aerodynamic Airflow design which was a failure,
because people were not ready yet for the bold new styling trends.Peugeot,
in France,
has had better luck with the 402,
302,
202 identical styling,
although mechanically speaking these cars were still light years behind the Traction...Fortunately,
in 1955,
Citroen came up with the stunning DS19: But this is an other story...

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Great suggestion,
Jacques.Now the only problem is: whom ?

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Thank you,
Jacques,
indeed an icon of D - Day,
70 years ago today ! In my opinion the Jeep can be considered to follow as the second icon in this turning point of WWII: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Jeep_Montgomery_Churchill_11_June_1944.jpg [/img] Churchill visiting the Normandy beach six days later,
on 12 June 1944,
although George VI tried to disencourage him to do so.Here together with Montgomery in the Jeep on the beach.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_0117.jpg [/img]
And here the three Dinky Toys versions of the 1940s / 50s,
From
left to right USA export no.669,
French no.80b / 816
and British no.153a / 672.

[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 80BP.png [/img] Dear Jan,
I am sorry but there is a small mistake in your post above.Your jeep is the earliest 80b made
from
Novenber 1957 - 1958 80bp 1958 - 1959 had a plastic driver,
ridged hubs,
black smooth rubber tyres.It has been re - numbered 816 in 1959.816 - plastic driver (same as on GMC),
ridged hubs,
black smooth rubber tyres,
towing hook.816 - until 1964 driver,
concave hubs,
black ridged plastic tyres,
towing hook.The base plate of all the previous is stamped 80B.828
and 829 - have a foldable windscreen,
the base plate of the later issue is not stamped 80B.Plastic missile launcher
or 106mm recoil less gun.1412 - Jeep de d

Thanks for your comment Jacques.In fact I meant the three basic
and early Dinky Toys versions.Of course all of them have several variants
or related off - springs in later years.Kind regards,
Jan