965 Euclid Rear Dump Truck (1955-69)

Dear fellow DTCAers, Browsing through some older Auto in Miniatuur magazines these days, I found the accompanying photos in issue 1999:4 page 19. The comment is that a Dutch collector found the green version (shown on the right) on a swap meet and he says to be certain that it is not a repaint. He, nor anyone else, has ever seen anything but the familiar yellow one. Of course the readers were invited to comment. But I have not seen any comment since this publication, so I think it would be useful to pass this question over to this forum. Could an authentic green one have been produced? When asking this I have in mind the Diecast Collector Obscure Corner contribution in issue 76 of February 2004. There, a real one is shown on page 83 with although apparently restored a dark greenish finish. Could this green Dinky Euclid have ever been a special miniature model order for a firm using original green Euclids in the past? I look forward to your comment! Kind regards, Jan Werner

I have some problems uploading an image file, I'll try again: If this does not work, please help or explain! Kind regards, Jan Werner

I have used the 'Select image file to attach' and selected my 965. Let's see if the image loads:



Click on the {IMG} box to position Try preview. doesn't show the picture or error. Note the limit is 800x600 or 250KB. My first attempt left the image at 265 l even though resized to 600. Will relax size to 350 kbyte.

Well, let's have another try, this picture is 600x658 pix and 196 kb:

Hurray, this worked! So this picture belongs to my initial posting. Note that the inside hubs seem to be un-painted. Kind regards, Jan Werner

Hi Jan this is a preserved Euclid R15 Dump Truck that I came across earlier this year at an exhibition. I am assuming that the colour of this vehicle is authentic to the original and it just happens to be very similar to the one in your photo.

Trying again to add the pic

Thanks David, now I remember this one of yours, it's in my documentation too. The pic is far better than the one published in one of the earlier magazines. And now we hope that there is a demonstrable relation between this one and the model presented in this thread! Kind regards, Jan Werner

According to Guy Girod's Encyclopedia, it is possible that Liverpool made a few trials green 965. It is worth noting, though, that the real Terex were more 'pistachio green' than 'lemon yellow'. Jackh

Some nice background information regarding the colour and some other developent aspects of this model in a quote from a letter by R. Mitchell from Gwynedd, in Diecast Collector, issue 80 of June 2004, page 24: 'I worked at Blackwood Hodge in Northampton for three years in the Export Packaging Department. All the workers, including office staff, were told that the 'men' from Dinky were coming to take photos and measurements from one of our Euclids, with the intention of making a Supertoys model. Three different versions of the Euclid were brought into the large parking area for them to ponder over and take pictures and they chose the most up-to-date Euclid to model. All the staff and engineers were ushered into one of the big assembly hangars, where every worker was presented with a pre-release model, as a present from management, but with an added bonus, a special Blackwood Hodge emblem lapel badge inside the box - I still have mine. As a matter of interest, the Euclid colour, a sort of canary green, was difficult for Dinky to copy. They made three journeys to try out the early models, in the end. They got the Blackwood Hodge paintshop to mix the colour and supply 45 gallon drums of paint to the Dinky assembly line ...'. Kind regards, Jan Werner

My Euclid being evaluated by its future owner, Ro'ee, 21 months...most probably DTCA member No 1000 and then some...(img/)

Hello Jan - I have never seen a 965 in a green scheme,
however,
what you have said may explain why one of my boxed 965 Euclid has a green spot on one end ! The picture below is not the best but it does show the green spot on the English only box end.Bruce [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 9651514_800x707.jpg [/img]