140b and 156 Rover 75 Saloon (1951-59)

Hi all, Pleased to add the violet blue / cream version to my Rovers.......... s276.photobucket.com/user/starni999/medi...zps41c181d9.jpg.html ] s276.photobucket.com/user/starni999/medi...zpsce46fcf2.jpg.html ] Chris Warr.

Here are my two Rovers with the two - tone green version which arrived today.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 156_Rover_756_Saloons.jpg [/img] Dave

Very nice....to me,
the Rover was one of the few Dinky ' s that really seemed to look good in the two - tone colors.Others seemed a bit contrived to me,
and some were just hideous color choices...yours Dave looks great ! Terry

Thanks Terry Adding to what you were saying,
I think the Austin Devon in funny Pink
and funny Green was an odd choice.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 152_Austin_Devon.jpg [/img] As can be seen I own one but I am not sure if I really like it.Dave

Hi Dave,
a great addition this is (
accompanied by the others that you received today
).Once I had this two - tone version too,
but it was rather poor
and I was in the course of upgrading my collection.So when a friend offered the almost mint cream one below,
I did not hesitate
and bought it
from
him for a very friendly price
and I sold the poorer two - tone one soon
after.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / dte140b.jpg [/img] Since I have been waiting for an excellent
AND affordable example to come along,
but somehow it didn ' t.You managed to find one,
and a beauty ! I do not really like the majority of these ' gay ' two - tone British saloons either.The only exceptions are this one
and the Morris Oxford in green
and cream.But...there is no accounting for tastes ! Besides,
it saves a lot of money,
because they tend to be rather expensive.Kind regards,
Jan

Jan --Very nice Rover...the cream color really looks nice on that car. This little discussion on the two-tone colors and the like or dislike of them prompted some long ago memories for me. As most of you may know, I was an ardent Dinky collector at a young age, and by 1958, I had met another collector and friend and for a few years, we got all that we could find and afford. But around 1959-1960, all of a sudden the old Dinky's we were used to seeing, with the single colors and 1950's color pallete, disappeared, and instead we had not only these two-tones, but also all the new models released in newer colors....lots of pastels, pinks, and other selections. It was about this same time that Dinky also introduced windows. For me, as a 15 year old, it was somewhat of a shock. I had grown up with the older, lovely, 'golden era' cars and colors, and was used to no windows, etc. This, coupled with me entering high school, resulted in me stopping collecting for many years; I didn't resume much at all until about late 1980's. Fortunately, I had kept all of my earlier Dinky's...they were waiting for me all boxed and packed away.So even today, my interest in Dinky's really ends around 1959-1960, and it has made a convenient cutoff point, as I do not need to chase models after that. And I still much prefer the models from post war up until that point. Terry

Hi Terry,
that is exacly the reason why the 75th anniversary Dinky Toys calendar
and wallet that Dave Busfield
and I produced for the DTCA - five years ago already - bears the subtitle: ' The first 25 years '.Kind regards,
Jan [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Wallet1jpg.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Wallet3.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Wallet2.jpg [/img]

Terry,
you could not have summed up my thoughts on 1950s Dinky Toys any better.It was my era of collecting
and I love the purity of those models.This is why they occupy about 80 % of the pages in my book.Dave

All cream cyclops.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / image -20140715 -4.jpg [/img]

Here are my Rover 75 sisters.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Rover_75_12.jpg [/img] The shades in the two - tones green: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Rover_75_4 -20140715.jpg [/img] Three different ceilings: 1
) smooth [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Rover_75_11.jpg [/img] 2
) with a transversal reinforcement: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Rover_75_10.jpg [/img] 3
) with a transversal reinforcement + ROVER 75 [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Rover_75_9.jpg [/img] Cheers

Super green ones !

Thank you Townie