622 Foden 10 ton Army truck (195464)

These are Ray's pictures of his smooth cab roof Fodens.

many thanks for putting the pictures on for me.

A stunning result, Chris, your Foden DG Army Truck. A Dinky that never was, unfortunately. But now there is a unique one, yours! Kind regards, Jan

Here under my last Dinky which arrived this morning from Nederland. It has a smooth roof and its box shows the Hudson Dobson sticker ! It travelled a lot !! Kind regards Richard

Nice one Richard! Is there an Inspection Stamp on the inside of the box lid, and if so, can you share it with us? I am endeavouring to find out the period the 622 with the smooth roof was in production before the die was corrected, or added. Many thanks! Bruce (150) 20201107/1210/0208

Dear Bruce, The photo below shows what I found in the cover of the box. Does it mean april 56 ? Kind regards Richard

Yes, it does! Terry

Richard In the words of my old mate Terry, 'Yes it does', although it may also be wrong! The stamp could be a case of a reversal of numbers, '654' or June 1954. From the Inspection stamps I have acquired, I have 31 details for the 622. Of these there are three in my list for 622 without any roof ridges. All these have the stamp bearing an April 1954 date, GO 454, GO 4 54 and GU454. One of these details came from a fellow DTCA member, Chris1. What I think has happened here, is the inspector, most likely new to the job, not using a mirror image to place the numerals and letters in the correct order. The letters and number have to be placed in a mirror order for the stamp to appear on the internal of the box lid in the correct order. I have a DI as an inspector on a number of models but no other 'ID'. There also appears to be another letter or digit after the 'D'. All very interesting! However with these stamps, as serious collectors, it does place a date range when this feature of the 622 appeared. We can then discount any other date as one in which the model was added to a collection and then a good box was found for the model. An excellent example of this is a model with a smooth roof, but now occupying a DINKY SUPERTOYS blue striped box with the Inspection Stamp of BG 157. Kind regards Bruce (150) 20200711/1211/2041