Post-War Dinky Cars

POST-WAR DINKY CARS

PAGE LAST UPDATED:26 July 2011

This is a real purple period in the life of the brand. True the wheels were solid painted things, there were no windows, no springs and absolutely nothing opened. However there are some very stylish and attractive models in this range. A favourite of mine is the Ford Fordor sedan. It not only looks superb but also has a tactile quality. Those big old American sedans were natural toys, no sharp edges.

Look at the parade of British motor cars though, Standards, Triumphs, Austins and Hillmans; Sunbeams, MGs, Morrises and Rileys; Rovers and ACs, . All gone now, the only survivors are Jaguar, Bristol and Aston Martin.

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Intro-duced	No.	Old No	Name	Make	Model	Notes	Colour	Price	With-drawn	Page No
1938	222	23m/ 23s	Thunderbolt Speed Car / Streamlined Racing Car	Independent			red, orange blue, green and silver with detailing an a range of contrasting colours		1958
1940	101	38b	Sunbeam Talbot	Sunbeam-Talbot	Sports	Withdrawn 1941 for UK, re-released 1945 for the US market	Huge range of colours all with contrasting bodywork and tonneau		1954	59
1957	101		Sunbeam Alpine (Touring)	Sunbeam	Alpine	Grey driver	Blue with dark blue interior or maroon with tan		1960	85
1957	102		MG Midget (Touring)	MG	Midget	Grey driver	Light green with tan interior, yellow with red	3/-	1960	85
1957	103		Austin Healy 100 (Touring)	Austin Healy	100	Grey driver	Cream with red interior or red with grey	2/9d	1960	85
1957	104		Aston Martin DB3S (Touring)	Aston Martin	DB3S	Grey driver	Light blue with blue or pink with red		1960	85
1957	105		Triumph TR2 (Touring)	Triumph	TR2	Grey driver	Yellow with green or grey with red	3/-	1960	85
1951	106	140a	Austin Atlantic Convertible	Austin	Atlantic	Wheel hubs match seat colour	Black with red seats, blue with dark blue, pink with cream, dark blue with red, light blue with red, red with maroon	3/4d	1958	93
1955	107		Sunbeam Alpine (Racing)	Sunbeam	Alpine	White driver, racing numbers	light blue with cream or pink with grey	3/6d	1959	85
1955	108		MG Midget (Racing)	MG	Midget	White driver, racing numbers	red with tan or white with red	3/9d	1959	85
1955	109		Austin Healy 100 (Racing)	Austin Healy	100	White driver, racing numbers	cream with red or yellow with blue	3/9d	1959	85
1955	110		Aston Martin DB3S (Racing)	Aston Martin	DB3S	White driver, racing numbers	grey with ble or grey with red	3/6d	1959	85
1955	111		Triumph TR2 (Racing)	Triumph	TR2	White driver, racing numbers	Turquoise with red or pink with blue	3/6d	1959	85
1956	131		Cadillac Eldorado open tourer 1953 model	Cadillac	Eldorado		Pink with grey interior or yellow with red	4/6d	1963	91
1955	132		Packard Convertible	Packard			Green, Tan	4/6d	1961	91
1948	151	40b	Triumph 1800 Saloon	Triumph	1800		Grey, light blue, fawn, black, mid or dark blue		1960	61/62
1948	152	40d	Austin Devon Saloon	Austin	Devon		Maroon, Dark blue, suede green, red, blue, tan, green over pink, blue over yellow	2/6d	1960	61/62
1948	153	40e	Standard Vanguard	Standard	Vanguard	Early with closed in rear wheel arches, open later	Tan, light bluecream, dark blue, maroon	2/2d	1960	61/62
1950	154	40f	Hillman Minx Saloon	Hillman	Minx		Light green, tan, green, cream over green, pink over blue	2/2d	1958	61/62
1951	156	140b	Rover 75	Rover	P4	Two-colour finish from 1956	Maroon or cream or maroon, cream, red, lightgreen over dark green, cream over blue,	2/5d	1958	93
1954	157		Jaguar XK120	Jaguar	XK120	Two colour finish 56-59, spun hubs from '59	Yellow, white, red, grey-green, later dark pink over turquoise, light grey over yellow	2/9d	1962	95
1947	158	40A	Riley Saloon	Riley			Green, grey, dark blue, mid blue, cream, light green, mid green	2/2d	1960	61/62
1950	159	40g	Morris Oxford Saloon 1950	Morris	Oxford		Green with green hubs, grey, dark green, tan, blue, green over pink	2/6d	1960	61/62
1958	160		Austin A30	Austin	A30		Fawn or blue	2/4d	1962	95
1953	161	40j	Austin Somerset	Austin	Somerset		Red, light blue, mid blue, cream over black, yellow over red	2/2d	1960	61/62
1956	162		Ford Zephyr Saloon	Ford	Zephyr		Cream over green or light blue over dark blue		1960	95
1956	163		Bristol 450 Coupe	Bristol	450		Green	2/9d	1960	95
1957	164		Vauxhall Cresta	Vauxhall	Cresta		Grey & green, maroon & cream	2/11d	1960	95
1958	166		Sunbeam Rapier Mk1	Sunbeam	Rapier		Cream over orange or light blue over dark blue	3/3d	1963	95
1958	167		AC Aceca	AC	Aceca	Cast hubs, later with spun wheels	brown or maroon over cream, red over grey, cream, white	3/3d	1963	99
1959	168		Singer Gazelle	Singer	Gazelle		cream & brown, grey & green	3/-	1963	95
1949	170	139a	Ford Fordor Sedan	Ford	Fordor	Two-tone from 1956, 2nd colour lower sides from 1958	Yellow, red, green,tan, cream over red, pink over blue	2/9d	1959	93
1950	171	139b	Hudson Commodore Saloon	Hudson	Commodore		Dark blue with tan roof, cream with maroon, dark blue with grey, mid blue with tan, red with light blue sides or blue with grey, also maroon with light blue; red with turquoise lower sides or blue with grey	3/-	1958	93
1954	172	139c	Studebaker Land Cruiser	Studebaker	Land Cruiser	Two-tone from 1956, 2nd colour lower sides from 1958	Pale blue or green with yellow hubs, maroon over cream, tan over cream	2/9d	1958	101
1958	173		Nash Rambler	Nash Rambler	Station Wagon		Green with red flash or pink with blue	3/6d	1962	99
1958	175		Hillman Minx Saloon, Series 2	Hillman	Minx		Green, blue or grey over tan, tan painted wheels,	3/3d	1961	95
1958	176		Austin A105 Westminster	Austin	A105	The first with windows, later with spun hubs, white tyres	Cream with blue flash or grey with red, post 1959 blue over cream with blue flashor red over grey with red flash	3/3d	1963	93
1956	181		Volkswagen Beetle	Volkswagen	Beetle		Grey, green, dark blue, blue-grey, light blue	2/6d	1969
1958	182		Porsche 356A	Porsche	356A	later with spun hubs	Red, cream, light blue, pinkish maroon, orangy red	2/11d	1964	99
1958	183		Fiat 600	Fiat	600		Light green or red	2/4d	1960	95
1956	190		Caravan				Orange or blue over cream	3/11d	1964
1957	238		Jaguar D-Type Racing Car	Jaguar	D-Type	later with spun hubs & plastic driver	Turquoise		1964
1958	239		Vanwall	Vanwall		later with spun hubs & plastic driver	Green	3/6d	1965	109
1951	254	40h	Austin Taxi	Austin	Taxi	56-59 Two tone only, spun wheels 59 on	Black, blue, yellow or yellow over black, green & yellow over black	3/1d	1962	62/63
1960	257		Nash Rambler Canadian Fire Chief Car	Nash Rambler	Station Wagon		Red	4/6d	1969
1950	344	27f	Estate Car	Plymouth	Woody	1948 Model Plymouth Station Wagon	Fawn with brown panels, fawn with red panels, grey with red panels	3/-	1960
1957	472		Austin Van, 'Raleigh Cycles'	Austin	A40 Van		Green with yellow wheels, Raleigh Cycles decals in gold		1961	130