25o Studebaker camion laitier [Studebaker Milk Truck] (1949-1954)

The French Dinky Toys 25o Camion Laitier (Studebaker milk truck) is not yet mentioned in this forum. That's why I bring this model to the attention now. First I show some pictures of my DT catagues collection and at the end I show the pictures of the real model 25othat I bought. It appeared for the first time in 1949 in the French DT catalogue, in 1951 in the Dutch and around 1954 as an additional leaflet in the USA catalogue. it's a very lovely model. 1949 French Dinky Toys catalogue 1951 Dutch Dinky Toys catalogue with French 25o 1954 Dinky Toys additional leaflet USA with French 25o I have lived between two farms in the North of The Netherlands and that's the reason why I collect most farm-related models. I always try to get the first edition of a model and did not want to buy a reproduction of Atlas editions, although these are much cheaper. According to Roulet my French 25o model must be a first edition. It was issued with a unique red cardboard luxury box in French style in which you can store the car like a garage. On the lid is a unique triangular label with the model number of Dinky Toys Meccano. 1950 French Dinky Toys catalogue with coffretde luxe25o Camion Laitier This early model was issued april 1949 with black painted total metal wheels !!! and the gap on the left side before the crank of a tipper was in this early version closed with a plate !!! (Just visable on the pictures of the 1949 French and 1951 Dutch Dinky Toys catalogue). 1949 French Meccano catalogue with 25o close up.You see clearly the plate in the gap. Roulet unfortunately does not show pictures of model 25o with a closed gap on the left side of the truck. Do members perhaps have a picture of this model with closed gap? Remarkable that my model does not have the usual plate to close the gap of the crank on the left side, while it does have the black painted metal wheels. Is my 25owith open gap perhaps a new variation of this early model? The 1953 French and Dutch DT catalogue shows the 25o with an open gap on the left side. I am absolutely not a specialist in this field. Who can tell more about the specifics and variations of this model? I have also added some beautiful graphic drawings out of my French Meccanoand Dinky Toyscatalogues collection. Jan Oldenhuis (703) 1953 French Dinky Toys catalogue with 25o and 25m 1953 Dutch Dinky Toys catalogue with French 25o A beautiful graphic drawing in the very rare 1951 French Meccano leaflet with Dinky Toys An other graphic drawing in the same very rare 1951 French Meccano leaflet with Dinky Toys Family of the real one - 1947 Studebaker M16Heavy Duty Truck.

Hi Jan. Thanks for your nice comment. Of course, here is the original picture of the 1950 French DT catalogue with the very nice box 27ac. Met vriendelijke groet vanuit Hoogvliet Rotterdam, Kind regards from Hoogvliet Rotterdam, Jan O.

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Very good article Jan O. Your's is the first version in light blue colour. Here under you will find the second and the third version, with 'M' tyres and different windows. Richard

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Thanks Richard. Clearly you see the differences in the windows. Thanks for the pictures in your contribution. Regards, Jan O

Jan---what a wonderful, nice early example you have. I have always loved these Studebaker trucks, as they seem to have so much natural character in their design, and Meccano did a nice job with the various versions. The Milk Truck has always been one of my favorites, but I only have the Ford version at present. Very nice article also, with your many catalog images and background information. Regards, Terry

Hi Jan, a delightful, well documented contribution. And certainly a lovely model. I agree with you as the original model is concerned. Although Atlas does a great job, such an original undoubtedly has considerably more 'character'. I wonder if you could send me a hires image of the 1950 catalogue page with the 27ac (which has such a very nice box too). I would be very grateful. Met vriendelijke groet, Jan W

Terry. Indeed the Studebaker and Ford milk trucks are very lovely models and Meccano France did a nice job with these models. My version with black metal wheels was issued for a very short time, from april 1949 till november 1949 (7 months), when they became 'M' tyres. So they are very hard to find. Terry, thanks for your nice comment. Regards, Jan.

Jan----I agree that both the Studebaker & Ford trucks made a very nice and interesting series of models that are very collectible. I also find it interesting and a little strange that there was so much overlap between the two series of trucks.....they shared most, but not all rear cargo areas, with each one having some unique rear cargo areas. I now have most of the Ford's, but need to focus more on the Studebaker's. Best regards, Terry

Dear Jan, The plate on the crank hole seems to have been fitted to the first manufacturing run of the non tipping Type 1 Studebakers only The type 1 was made between 1949 and 1950. So those with the plate should all be from 1949.The plate was attached to the chassis before painting and of course be of the same colour including the rivet.On your picture, the rivet does not look original. Unless I can have the model in hand, I can not say for sure and I can not include the pictures in the Encyclopaedia. Also the plate does not seem to be original. See picture. 500 312

Ok Jacques. Thank you for your contribution. Looks like there are still remnants of red paint to the plate and the plate can be shifted something by scratching, but I have no example to compare with an original. Many thanks.

This is the best picture of the French 25o Studebaker milk truck (1st version) I could find at internet. Clearly you see the riveted plate to close the gap in the hole of the place of the crank for a tipper, painted in the original color of the cast.

Dear Jan, Apparently, the software can not deal with your chart. There is an other way to post it : turn it into a .jpeg file and post it. This poor site will be able to deal with that. Kind regards. Jacques.