Things that Dinky should have made

I am sure we will all have ideas about models which Dinky Toys should have made but didn't. I have kicked this thread off with an idea of mine. I would have like to see a model of the Austin Gipsy which was launched by Austin in 1958 and remained in production until 1967.

Good idea Dave! This DAF car was made by Meccano France. But they never made the early version. So I decided to produce one in French Dinky-style (and the correct colour-scheme) myself. Regards, Jan

I like the Daf very much Jan. My dad used to drive an Austin A40 Pick-up about 55 years ago. Like the Dinky Austin Vans it was based on the Austin Devon chassis so it would have been easy to make and would have been based on a popular vehicle of its time.

I don't have pictures to post, but I have thought about this many times before, so here is a short list: Terry MG TCJaguar C-Type1955 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan1955 Ford Thunderbird1956 CorvetteMorris Minor 'Woodie' style wagonAn accurate D-Type Jaguar..the 1955 Le Man winning version in BRG, and done more accurately. Dinky's model was made in a color I have never seen in a D-Type andis, to me, poorly done as a model....and this arguably one of the most famous race cars to ever come out of Britain........MG AJaguar MK VIIJohn Cobb's Railton record car (the first to go over 400 mph)Lotus 11a mid 1950's Ferrari race (not grand prix, but a sports racer)

I would love all planned but never issued Dinkys to have seen the light. Some of them: Triumph Dolomite Roadster Jaguar XK150 RMS Queen Elizabeth Renault Fregate Albion Milk Tanker HMS Ark Royal Austin Westminster Countryman De Havilland Flamingo

Continued: Unknown Fire Engine (top right) Ford Taxi Luxicab Motor Bus 1934 Lincoln Zephyr Sedan Jowett Javelin Saloon Extension Ladder Bedford Articulated Streamlined Petrol Tanker Etc., etc., etc., etc.

Lovely additions Jan. Here is the front cover of a Jowett Javelin leaflet. As a young man I went to Bradford College of Art to study photography and Jowetts were made in Bradford so I always felt an affinity towards them.

Further to the above.

Further to the above Here is a Bradford trolleybus passing the International Harvester factory in Bradford. Prior to IH this used to be the Jowett factory. This site is now a Morrisons Supermarket. Also sdaly gone is the Bradford Trolleybus system the last one in the UK running until the 1970s. Nostalgia aint what it used to be!!!!!!!! Dave

I wish they had made more use of the castings they did make, only a single livery on the Bedford Pallet Jekta van was such a waste, imagine a beautiful dark blue Lyons van, or a red Slumberland. Likewise the Guy Warrior van needed some other liveries, the Golden Shred would have been great. The Bedford CA van was crying out to be updated to a Mk2, as a Red Royal Mail van, and a Green Post Office van with roof ladder. The Austin / Morris LD van was an incredible ommision by all the makers except Triang, and they only made the Ambulance,likewise a Dinky Bedford or Commer Ice Cream van would have been incredible. Chris Warr.

buzzer999 wrote: 'Further to the above Here is a Bradford trolleybus passing the International Harvester factory in Bradford. Prior to IH this used to be the Jowett factory. This site is now a Morrisons Supermarket. Also sdaly gone is the Bradford Trolleybus system the last one in the UK running until the 1970s. Nostalgia aint what it used to be!!!!!!!! Dave' That J4 Van to the left would have made a pretty fine Dinky too Dave, or a JU250. Chris Warr.

The Morris Eight Series E. Dinky of course made the lovely 261 Morris Z Telephone Service Van, this was based on the Morris Eight Series E. The Morris Eight was the forerunner to the Morris 1000 another stunning ommission from the Dinky range.