501 - 505 and 901 - 905 + 941 & 942 Foden types 1 & 2 (1952-1964)

I don ' t think I have any rare
or unusual Foden ' s,
with the possible exception of the early Flat Truck with Chains version,
but I just love the Flat Truck with Tailboard items.Something about that small tailboard just seems to finish off the truck,
and to me,
make it look even longer than its brother,
the Flat Truck.Here are my two Flat Trucks with Tailboard...an early one along with the later version.
And has been mentioned,
the real trucks were never painted these bright colors,
but how we all love them today ! Terry [img] http: / / i929.photobucket.com / albums / ad133 / thardgrave / Dinky % 20Foden % 20Trucks % 20versions % 201 % 20and % 202 / DinkyFodenflatwtailboardearlysidenp_zpsd9d08346.jpg [/img] [img] http: / / i929.photobucket.com / albums / ad133 / thardgrave / Dinky % 20Foden % 20Trucks % 20versions % 201 % 20and % 202 / DinkyFodenflatwtailboardlatersidenp_zps98f52503.jpg [/img]

Is this one original or a repaint ?

My gut feeling, without handling it, is that it is a repaint Dave

Looks very much like a repaint. What I do, when in doubt, is to smell the paint. The old Dinky Toys paint has a distinctive smell (for my nose that is!) Repaints do not have this smell. The shine of the paint can help as well. Just hold a 100% original and a doubtfull model next to each other and compair the shine. It helps if the colours are thesame. On your picture the paint looks a bit dull. Kind regards, Rob

Rob I am very pleased that we have another 'Nose' in our group, as I always consider that Dinky Toys and their Super brothers have a very distinctive smell that is unique to them! I have known this ever since Christmases past have brought forth a Dinky or two. So, apart from checking screws, rivets, and the whole bells and whistles, just use your nostrils! Thanks Rob! Bruce

Rob, good of you to smell the difference! That is exactly what I miss nowadays, even with the mintiest/boxed over half-a-century old models: that overwhelming merry and promising smell of card board, rubber, metal and fresh paint of a new Dinky present! Perhaps my smelling is not optimal, but my smell-memory is! Kind regards, Jan

Bruce and Jan, I think some of us are lucky to be able to smell the difference!! ?Kind regards, Rob

Hi all, When I made some piotures today, I had to include one rare Foden. It is a 501 first type wagon in red with a pale grey body. A more common red wagon with a fawn body and a grey wagon with a black chassis are pictured alongside for comparison. I hope it is visible on the picture that the pale grey body is much lighter than the other two bodies. I bought the red/pale grey Foden direct from the first owner in his carpenter workshop many years ago. He thought he got it as a Christmas gift in 1948 or 1949. At the time when I bought it, I think it was my eight Foden and I realised its rarity much, much later. I have seen only one more red/pale grey wagon at the Sandown toy fair some years ago.Kind regards, Rob

Great Foden set, Rob, we'll eagerly await the rest of the breathtaking parade! Kind regards, Jan

Lovely Rob.....Fodens are always great to look at, and yours are truly special, and so fun to see those rare colors that I have never even seen before!Best regards,Terry

Hi all, Decided to put these two 502 Flat Trucks in this thread in stead of the wheel variations thread. These two Fodens both are a difficult find, but the red hub version is very rare. In fact I have only seen this one, that I bought from a well known Dinky Toys specialist dealer at Sandown Toyfair. Kind regards, Rob

Hi Rob, Wonderful! Just goes to show that no matter how many years you collect and make lists of these another one you never saw before always turns up. I wonder how many variations there were that have now simply disappeared as only a very few made and they all ended up in the dustbin? Chris Warr.