23h, 234 and 209 Ferrari Racing Car (1953-64)

Nothing unusual about my two Ferrari Racing Cars, but thought it might be fun to show the old and the new.......Like some of you, I suppose, I gradually endeavor to replace some of my old, original Dinky's, that have been well used over the years, for a newer, much nicer version. I do like to keep the older ones, as that is where the memories are. In this case, I got the original Ferrari Racing Car around 1956 or so, and shortly after, I was having fun racing it down our concrete driveway, against my good Dinky friend, and his open wheeled racing car. Most of you know that I normally am very careful with my toys, even as a young boy. In this case, fun won out over caution, and we did have lots of fun with that competition.As you can see below, the older Ferrari is quite worn, with tread almost totally gone from the tires, and liberal chips and scratches covering it. So this past year, I decided it was time to get a nicer display version, so I found an almost mint one of the same vintage. I always enjoyed this car, and Dinky made a pretty good model of it, even if the color is not very authentic. Regards, Terry

Hello Terry My Ferrari only shows very minor wear as can be seen. The yellow does not seem to attract more chips than elsewhere. The model that is very susceptible to chipping was my 254 Austin Taxi in yellow and green. No matter how careful I handled my model, chips mysteriously appeared with chips being equally shared between the green and the yellow! I have to photograph the old girl so will post this later. My 419 has considerable chipping but only one side with the other side having smaller chips. I was extremely cautious playing with my Leyland being one of my favourite toys that when the first chip happened I was devastated! I can still remember the event - I was putting away my toys as we were going out and instead of taking two trips, I thought I could manage with just the one - the Leyland slipped, and fell onto the floor and the rest is history. (No carpet in those days - just linoleum!) Here are two pictures of my 419. Kind regards Bruce (150) #566