407 Ford Transit Van 'Kenwood' (1966-69) & Hertz.

Hello everybody.This Ford came in this morning ....... to visit its family already in my cabinet :lol: All are very happy to welcome the new brother !Euh !!!! I mixed the photos a little ! sorry for that up side down presentation !! :blush: :blush: Yours friendly.Richard

Hi Richard, the collection is obviously thriving. Your postman must be very tired and stressed, delivering not only a lot of Chistmas cards but a lot of Dinky Toys as well ! So now you have the last Panhard SNCF version both with convex and concave hubs, and the Ford 'Kenwood' with and without white roofs, as I understand ? Congratulations ! Kind regards, Jan

Yes Jan, you understood well ! Thank you for your kind words. In fact, my postman is a postwoman and she is very happy with my packets because they have less and less work because of internet ! Meanwhile, I gave her a good christmas gift ! She is less sad ! Cheers Richard

A nice selection of Transits there. I

Hi Fred. 2 answers tonight with photos : base plate and number plate. No marks on the seat for the policeman driver. For the rack, I will compare tomorrow with my police versions. Friendly yours. Richard

Salut Richard, I had never heard about the blue roof Transit, it must be something very rare, I have been through the Vectis previous auctions but there is not any there. Was there a run made of them or are they flaws on which the white has been forgotten ? Is the base plate black or dark grey ? The registration MTB 217 F is for Lancashire in 1967. It was also used for the ref. 205 Cortina Rallye. Jacques.

Thanks for the pictures, Richard. I see your one is later production too. Interesting that it doesn't have a hole in the driver's seat. My one has a hole, and also slots in the load area floor between the wheel arches (where the rack on the Police version would fit). The interior is also a lighter red than on my Kenwood with white roof. Does your body casting have a protrusion inside the roof at the back, where the radar gun would be on the Police version? I'm not sure I've explained this too well, and I'm having problems with photos at the moment. I have seen the blue-roofed Kenwood mentioned a few times, so I'm sure it's a run rather than an error, but it appears to be quite scarce. I saw one in a display at Beaulieu Motor Museum earlier this year.

Salut Jacques. Between both transits the all light blue is the rarest but common. You often can find one on e-bay. It is mentioned, in 'L'Argus de la Miniature', in the Dinky french club encyclopedia and in the 'guide Dinky Toys anglais' de JMR and in the 'DINKY TOYS & MODELLED MINIATURES' of Mike and Sue Richardson (page 169) Here under, some photos comparing both Ford. The upper Fords is the white roof. No hole in the driver seat. Same floors The inside roof of the 'all light blue' shows the marks for the police Ford Transit. Better view with the next photo : That's all folks ! Richard

Photo by courtesy of Richard H. There is an other detail which has been added for the Transit fire engine, the recess B. It must have been added at the same time as the speed trap boss A to attach the yellow plastic ladder and bells rack. According to Mike R. the promotionnal Transit reads 1,000,000 Transits made for Ford Motor Co. This means that the Transits were not made by Ford, then who made them at the time ? I thought that they were made in a Ford factory (closed now) in Southampton. Is there a picture to confirm this text ?

Thanks for all those great pictures Richard! My one has the same casting as yours, but a later interior. Yesterday I was watching Dickinson's Real Deal on TV (quite by chance), and there was a selection of old boxed toys including a blue-roof Kenwood. The whole selection went for

Fred, Thank you for these extremely rare pictures and the information about the label. Richardson was wrong there. If you are the very lucky owner of this van would you please make me large pictures of it for the Dinky Toys Encyclopaedia. So far I have only the picture from the GBDT with permission of Mike. Has the van got jewelled headlights ? This is not obvious on the picture. Can you please get in touch with me at dinkycollect@free.fr Thanks and regards. Jacques.

Hi all, I thought that what Mike R was saying was that the 1,000,000 promo transit model was made by Dinky for Ford. No doubting the real vans were made in Southampton, I worked there too as a contractor, Chris Warr.