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Hi Dave,
Lovely stuff there mate, the Albion Skip Lorry (as I like to call it ) is ace, you even got the internal packing piece.
I presume you know that Minx is the HTF very early one with Hi-line two toning? The roof colour stops at the bottom of the A pillars, and doesn't extend across the base of the screen like it did after the mask was changed early on. The blue / grey Minx has the same variations.
You're getting some great stuff mate, must be running out of room?
Chris Warr.

Thanks all.

Chris, Yes room is getting tight. I seem to always have something in the air on its way to me. I will get some pictures of exactly how tight space is over the next week or so. I have a room set aside purely for models filled with two large display cases (1 Corgi / 1 Dinky) and a set of A1 plan drawers on a table filled to the gunnels.

Now to this weeks arrivals: Several late model Dinky's, an Atlas Dinky and a long awaited Holy Grail

Mercedes





VW Porsche 914





Lotus F1





Mclaren - This model came "home" from the US, The Mclaren family owned a service station here in Remuera Auckland and Bruce grew up not 5 km's from where I sit now.





Alfa Romeo Scarabeo





Dinky Atlas Saviem Trotting Horse Transporter - in the time this took to get to me I bought an original boxed mint item from a non specialist seller on ebay in Japan for less than the Atlas inclusive of postage. It was the only Diecast he had for sale so I got very lucky. These usually go for serious dollars











Finally my long awaited Leyland Octopus in Blue / Yellow, one slightly damaged rim but I can live with that. Another one crossed off the list!

Thanks for sharing, Some of these I have never seen.

Several good arrivals today

588 Berliet Gak Beverage Lorry









I recently bought an Atlas Dinky Saviem Horse Transporter thinking I'd never be able to afford an original version as per the post above. However whilst the reedition was on its way to me I managed to find an original with free shipping for less than the price of the Atlas. Result!!

Comparative photo's below









The original has the slightly larger back card







Bedford Refuse Truck





French Dinky Autocar





Mercedes SL Convertible





Ford Mustang

The Postman / courier has been kind to me today, a direct result of my splurge a couple of weeks ago. Several more arrivals added to the display shelves today.

Ford Capri in early XL colour scheme of bronze / black accents - local purchase two days ago.





Boxed 32E Berliet Fire Truck - Aftermarket ladder soon to be added







Boxed 36A Willeme Logging Truck





Cheers

Dave

The majority of the new additions below are from one seller. They are all reasonably late model productions from the mid to late seventies just before Dinky folded. Build quality and materials had slipped from previous decades and more plastic had been introduced into the mix. Speedwheels and screwed on chassis's became the norm.

Despite all that I still quite like them as this was the decade i first started getting into diecast when I entered double digits and could scrape together a decent amount of pocket money.

Plymouth Gran Fury Police Car





Taylor Woodrow Muir Hill Tractor





Range Rover Fire Chief





Land Rover Police





Land Rover Motorway Rescue





McLaren Can Am Car





Triumph TR7





Triumph TR7 Leyland Rally





Austin Princess





VW Porsche 914





Rover SD1 3500



Ford Mk2 Transit Police





Land Rover Fire Tender





Merryweather Marquis Fire Truck





E.R.F Fire Tender





Foden Burmah Petrol Tanker

Coles Crane Truck





Partially Extended - this is one big vehicle.



Ford D Series Tipper





Thanks for looking


Dave

Dave, what can I say, had the factory not closed down at the end of 1979, I would have said you were creeping in the back door and smuggling these out, because they are stunning, all of them, how do you manage to find such good examples?

GHOSTHUNTER.

Nice ones mate!
What a superb piece of work the Coles crane is, I had hours of fun with that one as a kid.
CW

Thanks guys, yes I was pretty happy with this group. All eBay purchases from one seller, most under a tenner buy now with the two fire engines 15 quid. I couldn't believe my luck.

Cheers