Where it came from

Trying the Big Bedford again, this time the image is 572 x 600 pixels Dave

Here is the 591/991 AEC Shell Tanker with its real world equivalent. I found the advert for the Thompson Brothers (Bilston) tanker the other day purely by accident. It is reproduced here with kind permission of Grace's Guide. It is lovely to stumble across something like this.Dave

Dave--Thanks for showing....both the Big Bedford and the AEC tankers were wonderful models by Dinky, well detailed and very colorful. It is great to see those ads and how well Dinky modeled them....that tanker looks exactly like the Dinky version, down to the Shell logos!Terry

Here is an original Bedford leaflet dated 1948, the Dinky Bedford Refuse Truck 25v and the Bedford End Tipper 25m both appeared in the Dinky range in 1948. Dave

Here is the Standard Vanguard, I believe both Dinky 40e and the prototype were introduced in 1948. Terry

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Hi Terry, a lovely piece about the Standard Vanguard. Here is one of my Pullmore Transporters carrying 4 Vanguards from Coventry to the dealers: I have similar differences on the baseplate to the ones you show. Dave

And ... remember the casting adjustment at the rear of the newer version: And there are at least two Vanguards of approximately the same age: And here they came from: Regards, Jan

Jan--Thanks for showing that horizontal line added on the rear of the Vanguard. My cream colored one has such thick paint that it is hardly visible....I like the blue one much better! Terry

An original Ford Motor Company leaflet from 1951 and the Dinky Toys No 162 Ford Zephyr from 1956. Dave

An original Ford leaflet from 1955 with the Dinky Toys 30r Fordson Thames Flat Truck from 1951. Dave

Dave--Nice pictures of the Fordson truck and the leaflet. Do you also collect car and truck literature and leaflets? I have seen a lot of your postings and many of those appear to be not just images. When I was a young teenager I spent about a year collecting catalogs of cars from all over the world and amassed quite a large box full of them, including some very nice Rolls Royce, Bentley, Ferrari and Aston Martin. Sometime after I moved out of the house I ended up throwing all of it away, which I quickly regretted! Terry

Dave-- Here is a followup on the Ford Zephyr, this time in the two tone blue version..... Terry