25x and 430 Commer Breakdown Lorry (1949-64)

Just arrived from across the pond, Dinky 430 Commer Breakdown Truck with windows and blue cast hubs. Good nick except someone tried to fit working lights to the jib, and painted it over badly. Think it is quite uncommon.

Hi Townie.I lik very much this little truck;Here are mine: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Commer_Breakdown_8 -20140130.jpg [/img] Richard

Hi Richard,
would I be right in saying your two red / grey ones have plastic hubs (
certainly the blue,
but I can ' t tell
from
the photo the red ?
).I note Ramsey only mentions the windows with the plastic hub
and not the cast.Treaded tyres too :S :S not smooth like earlier versions.

Yes Townie.Both have plastic hubs
and windows.the base plates are different: Shiny black paint for the red hubs Commer
and satiny for the blue hubs Commer.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1860.jpg [/img]

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The width of the tyres is also different.Richard

Yes mine has a gloss bottom.I have it down as a Commer Superpoise.

Nice variety of Commer Breakdown Vans shown ! I have the early couple only,
some pictures: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_7966.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_2198.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Christies_2000_10_p40_340.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / dte25x_w_RAC_p -20140131.jpg [/img]

Splendid Jan ! what a beautiful photo of the Commer scale 1 !

Yes it is a Commer Superpoise MkII
from
the early 1950s.I used to have one on my charge when I was stationed in the Outer Hebrides at the Royal Artillery missile range at South Uist.Ours was a Suprpoise Q4 with four wheel drive
and the back was a large bolt - on Radar Repair Vehicle we used it as a static workshop alongside the three radars for which we had responsibility.I took it for a road test
and its annual check with the vehicle mechanics once a year.We had a few drinks in the NAAFI when it was 21 years old - any excuse ! ! it only had about 1000 miles on the clock.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / FV13209_Commer_Q4_Radar_Repair.jpg [/img] I remember it fondly it was easy to drive but incredibly slow by today ' s standards.Dave

Here is the civilian version of the Commer Superpoise MkII.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Commer_1952_Superpoise.jpg [/img] It is
from
a Commer (Rootes Group) leaflet dated September 1952.As can be seen Dinky produced a realistic model of this popular post - war truck.Dave