Packing pieces

Six 105a Garden Rollers in a trade box [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 105a_Roller.jpg [/img] Dave

Not the most complicated,
or sophisticated,
packing piece but nevertheless part of the picture as a whole.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 958_Packing_Piece.jpg [/img] Dave

Hi Dave,
Lovely boxes there.See you ' re suffering
from
the curse of the Garden Roller,
the broken handle.it ' s a miracle the other 5 look good,
I see about 1 in 20 that still have both.Chris Warr.

The packing piece,
helping to keep the French no.890 porte - char in place in the box: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / dtf890_insert_IMG_0337.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_0342.jpg [/img]

Gentlemen Following on with Jan's first post that included the 571 Coles Mobile Crane, the following is another version of the packing pieces used for the 571. Bruce PS Jan I cannot believe that your most fascinating thread remained in limbo for four years without one member adding to it. How was that possible?? It is marvelous that Chris and Dave are providing valuable contributions. Bruce

Bruce, it's thanks to you and some other very welcome and esteemed recent contributors that the forum/site is in a new revival phase now, and we are very grateful for that! Please go on picking up old posts which hardly had any attention in the past years! (and some which really do deserve some more attention). I had a look at my Esso Pump Station and found some differences with yours which are worth while showing here in my opinion: So, my example has the box version which has no picture but just blind sides with the Dinky Toys brand printed. Besides, as the insert is concerned, it curiously lacks the recesses necessary to keep the pumps set in place! Kind regards, Jan

Jan - Very interesting. The price of 4/6 dates your example between January 1956 to April 1959 and May 1961 to April 1962. Although it does not have the italic printing for DINKY TOYS I am inclined to think your example was made between May 1961 and April 1962 when perhaps costs were becoming an issue. Of course it could also have been en error in that the manufacturer of the boxes/inserts forgot to include the recesses for the pumps. Kind regards Bruce

The regular blue striped lid box for the no. 972 Coles 20-ton Lorry Mounted Crane is provided with two packing pieces. One base for the model to rest in, and one rather complicated, articulated, stapled piece for holding the model and the movable jib in place. Remarkable is the free and visible logo cut-out for the rear decal of the crane house. This way of packing also goes for the German promo of ca. 1962, of which I show some pictures below. Kind regards, Jan

Two solutions for keeping the 571/971 Coles Mobile Crane in place compared. The initial one on top, the later one below.

1423 Cabriolet Peugeot 504 Photo by courtesy of QDT.

A very rare packing piece.