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

I agree Chris Rob keeps coming up with wonderful surprises Dave

Compared with Rob's these Fodens seem so very ordinary and unsurprising, but I just love these photographs: Kind regards, Jan

Have a look on these US catalogue pages, dated 1955 and 1957 respectively ... ... and see the chronological dissonances! Some Fodens still have their 1948 appearances, even with the herringbone treaded tyres. Were these pictures used lacking up-to-date print examples or ... could our American friends confirm that these were still officially available in the States, and not the contemporary 2nd type versions (I remember Terry buying early post-war models as new at the end of the 1950s). Kind regards, Jan

HD must have imported large quantities of Dinky and had stocks left over when the second type cabs were issued. These american catalogues are interesting because they show what was and not what should have been. Jacques.

Hello Jan, Wonderfull pictures! Shows I can learn a lot from you in making superb pictures as we discussed in Houten! And thanks also for showing the US catalogues. Proves once more that sales from stock can be some years later than the actual production stop of a model. Kind regards, Rob

To all--This topic of the older Foden's still appearing in the U.S. catalogs in the mid-1950's is a most interesting one. As a young collector in 1958, my friend and I also noticed that the current catalogs showed this different Foden style cab. At that time, we were very inexperienced. Unfortunately, we never thought about writing H.Hudson Dobson, and asking them about this, but I can tell you that none of the older style Fodens ever appeared on the lists of Dinky's for sale, nor did we ever see them in any of the toy stores that had displays. We were totally puzzled about this! In fact, I did not even see an older style Foden until about 20 years ago, when I finally decided to pursue collecting Fodens, and finally acquired one. About that same time, I also bought the Richardson's first book, 'Dinky Toys and Modelled Miniatures', and of course, that gave all the information on the earlier and later production of Fodens. My personal thought is that it was a mistake in printing or setting up those catalogs, but if so, it was not a one shot deal, as it continued for some time. I certainly did not see any of the older style Fodens here, so I tend to doubt that H.Hudson Dobson imported a whole lot of those older ones and thus showed them only..............but I certainly do not know the full story, and there may well be another explanation, but at this late date, I doubt we will ever know exactly what happened. Best regards, Terry

Jan-- Like you, I also really enjoy taking photos of my Fodens....they are just so photogenic, and make such wonderful subjects. Here are a few of my favorites. Best regards, Terry

Jan and Terry I must confess to being very much a Foden fan, although the wallet has precluded many purchases. However, I would like to share with you my Fodens, although I certainly cannot emulate the photography of Terry! The first is my 501 1st Series wagon in the early colour scheme in dark blue. Kind regards Bruce (150)

I love the cabs on both the first and second versions, something about the actual style, the detail, and the execution make them just stunning and what a tribute to the diecasting art. Here are a few of my favorite cab closeups......enjoy!Best regards,Terry

The Fodens shown here have been nothing short of fantastic. It would make an incredible display if we could get them all together on one table, I think a good visit would be for all of us to go to Oz and see Bruce. Dave

Dave You all would be welcome - except all these beautiful specimens are in California! (My dark blue wagon which is stuck in-between the Fodens submitted by Terry has been the only submission of mine to this thread - I think!!) So far! My collection of 1st and 2nd series Fodens has been considerably culled over the years to just a dozen, although I have had a total of 82 pass through my hands since 1993 - and only one that has been with me since 30 March 1956! Kind regards Bruce

Some of my favourite 1st type colours: The satin brick red 501 has been my favourite since August 21 1983 when I bought this one on the Amsterdam AMC Fair, from John Teychenne of London. And I love this deeper green 502, an acquisition of June 4 2011, bought on the NAMAC Fair, Houten, from Les Duplock, of Epsom, Surrey. Both of them are not rare at all, still they are my absolute favourite 1st type Foden colours, and both with the nice early fishbone tread tyres! Kind regards, Jan