Trade Boxes

Seeing the wonderful photo of Bruces Bedford CA trade box inspired me to open a new thread.I have an extensive collection of trade boxes which I have acquired over the years and I have a nice example to kick this off: Six 673 Daimler Scout Cars which I bought as a full box about five years ago, this is quite a difficult box to find and should contain the earliest scout cars which do not contain a driver.Dave

Dave Very nice boxful.I know
from
past postings that you have quite a collection of trade boxes,
so it will be nice to see them here.Terry

While waiting for Dave to provide us with more trade boxes
from
his collection,
here is my trade box with three examples of 25w Bedford Truck.You will see that two of the three have the uncommon black front mudguards.The box
and one black mudguard model was won at an auction conducted by Wallis
and Wallis on 18 November 1996 with six other Dinky Toys.(
The model is the example at the front,
of the photo of the box
and contents.
) The auction did not have a photograph so I purchased it ' sight unseen '.You can imagine my absolute delight on unwrapping the contents of Lot 337
and to discover the 25w had black front mudguards,
and no doubt belonged to the trade box in the same lot.Bruce [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_7633_640x578_440x397.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_7672_640x441_440x303.jpg [/img]

A box of 30hm Daimler Military Ambulances.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 30hm_TB_3.jpg [/img] These were export items primarily for the USA,
in reality the British Army never used the Daimler ambulance as it was not four - wheel drive
and totally unsuitable for cross - country use.Dave

[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 23b.png [/img] Probably one of the rarest tradebox,
this one is printed in German.Some were also printed in Spanish.

Never seen that 23a Racing Car trade box,
did it contain the English 23a
or the French version ? Here is a 161b Mobile Anti - Aircraft trade box.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 161b_TB_3.jpg [/img] Dave

An almost full box of sack trucks without the dividers.Box dated January 1949,
priced at 9d (nine pence) each.The box only came with a single Sack Truck,
so were there any casting differences ? [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 1070528b_800x600.jpg [/img]

Further info on the above;the sack truck trade box never had dividers,
they were wrapped in tissue paper.Dave

I have had a couple of queries on the 673 Scout Car trade box
and here is some more info: The time line for the Dinky Toys Scout Car is as follows: New in November 1953,
no seat holes,
no driver,
sold out of a trade box of six.Like mine.Mid 1954 sold in individual yellow box,
no seat holes,
no driver.Late 1954 sold in individual yellow box now with driver.Box marked ' With Driver ' 1961 discontinued.As can be seen all these changes happened within one year.There was never a trade box containing models with drivers.Three of the rarest Dinky Toy trade boxes are the 673 Scout car,
the 480 Bedford van ' Kodak '
and the 157 Jaguar XK120 as these were only issued for a few months.the one shown abve by Jacques is incredibly rare as it is very old.Dave

Thanks for that Dave.I thought they might have been treated the same as the small aeroplanes,
Tempest,
Shooting Star,
etc.Any casting differences ?

I don ' t know of any casting differences but there are two colours,
the vast majority being blue
and a much rarer green version.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 107a_TB_3.jpg [/img] Dave

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