DINKY TOYS EARLY DAYS OF THE TAXI'S, BUSES & TRAMS. ISSUE NUMBER, DATE & DESCRIPTION
ABOVE ARE IMAGES OF MODERN CORGI AND CHINESE MAKES
27 1938-38 Tram Car Plastic or metal wheels, red Ovaltine or Liptons Tea, or no logo, 77 mm
Red, orange, green, yellow, light or dark blue body, cream upper windows & roof
Light blue or dark blue body, cream lower-upper windows & roof.
29 1934-38 Motor Bus Plastic or metal wheels, silver or red Marmite logo, or no logo 70 mm,
Blue, green, maroon, yellow or red body, cream or silver roof
29b 1936-46 Streamline Bus Green-cream, orange-cream, red cream, black or white tyres, smooth hubs
Two tone blue, two tone green, yellow-orange, red-maroon, turquoise-red, all with smooth black hubs, open rear window, 88 mm +
1946-47 Cream & dark blue, smooth hubs & open windows
1947-50 2 tone green or grey-blue body, black tyres, fitted rear window
29c Double Decker Bus, 3 Different Casting Types
1938-40 DUNLOP TYRES 1st type AEC/STL cut away wings, stairs cast in, smooth hubs & white tyres
crimped axle ends, advert in black on yellow rectangle, 100 mm
Regular Issues Cream upper deck & roof, with red, light blue, maroon, green or orange lower deck
1938 Grey Roof Issues Early Grey Roof Issues as previous but with grey roof
Late Issue Dark blue lower deck, cream upper deck & roof
1938-40 Without Adverts As above but without advertisement
1946 Without Advert 1st type AEC/STL grille, cut away wings, no staircase, 6 vertical inside body ribs, smooth black hubs
Colours Green lower deck, cream or grey upper deck
Red lower deck with cream or grey upper deck
1947-48 Without Advert As previous model but with post war black ridged hubs
As previous model but with 2 tone green body.
1948-49 Without Advert 3re type Leyland or AEC grille, straight across wings, black ridged hubs
early issues had 6 vertical inside body ribs, later issues had 5,
Colours Red or green lower deck, cream upper deck
1949-53 Without Advert 2nd type AEC/Regent grille, straight across wings, lengthwise chassis, strengthener with hole in chassis centre, or 1952 8 vertical inside body ribs, ridged hubs, 1953 29c cast in chassis.
Colours Red or green lower deck, cream or white upper deck, hubs as lower deck colour
29c 1954 DUNLOP 3rd type Leyland Titan grille#, straight across wings, early issues have recessed stop lights, late issues 1959 protrude, "DUNLOP" logo, the worlds master tyre, in black or red, with variation
Colours Red or green lower deck, cream upper deck, hubs match lower deck colour
29dz 1939-40 Autobus Green or white body, metal wheels, French issue sold in the UK
29e 1948-52 Single Deck Bus Blue-dark blue, light green-dark green, or cream-blue, 113 mm
29f 1950-54 Observation Coach Grey or cream with red flashes, 112 mm
29g 1951-54 Luxury Coach Maroon, blue or orange body with cream flashes
Fawn body with orange flashes
Cream body with red or blue flashes
29h 1952-54 Duple Roadmaster Coach Red or blue with silver flashes, 119 mm
36g Taxi With Driver Taxi cast in black roof, driver cast in chassis, 72 mm
1936-46 Grey, cream, yellow or red body, black roof, open rear window
1947-50 Dark blue, green, light blue, red, maroon or brown body, black roof on all, rear window filled in
40h 1951-54 Austin Taxi FX3 Taxi cast in roof, driver cast in chassis, 94 mm Yellow or dark blue body, brown or black chassis
067 1959-64 Dublo Dinky Version Blue cream body, driver, TAXI cast in, grey plastic wheels, 59 mm
115 1979 United Biscuits Taxi Yellow, blue or black, casting as 120, promotional, 86 mm
120 1979-80 Happy Cab White, yellow or blue, solid wheels, flower power stickers, 86 m
241 1977-77 SILVER JUBILEE TAXI Silver body & hubs, Union Jack on boot lid, 284 casting, 112 mm
254 1954-56 Austin Taxi FX3 Taxi cast into roof, driver cast into chassis, 94 mm
Yellow body, black chassis
Dark blue, black chassis, light blue hubs
1956-59 Green & yellow body
1959-62 Black body, grey interior, spun aluminium hubs
265 1960-64 Plymouth USA TAXI Yellow-red, 25c 1st 1/5 mile, 5c additional, windows, aerial, 108 mm
266 1960-66 Plymouth Canadian TAXI Yellow red body with "TAXI & 450 METRO CAB, 108 mm
268 1962-67 Renault Dauphine Minicab Red body with "MECCANO" "KENWOOD" and various adverts, 92 mm
278 1978-80 Plymouth Yellow Cab Yellow body, "YELLOW CAB CO.", plastic chassis, wheels & aerial, 135 mm
280 1954-60 Observation Coach Grey or cream with red flashes, 112 mm
281 1954-59 Duple Roadmaster Coach Red-silver, blue-silver or dark blue silver, 119 mm Yellow body with red flashes & hubs
Dark green lower body, cream upper body & cream or red hubs, US issue
Light blue body
282 1967-69 Austin 1800 TAXI Blue white body, red-white TAXI labels on doors & roof, 101 mm
283 1956-63 B.O.A.C. Coach Dark blue & white, B.O.A.C. 120 mm
283 1971-77 Single Deck Bus Red or metallic red body, white band, operable doors & bell, "RED ARROW"
284 1972-79 London TAXI FX4 Black or very dark blue body, speedwheels, driver, TAXI, 112 mm
289 ROUTEMASTER BUS LONDON TRANSPORT, ROUTE 221,
Driver, Conductor, Cast Hubs, Spun Hubs or Speedwheels, 121 mm
1964-65 TERN SHIRTS Red body, "FOR 8am CRISPBESS" transfers
1966-69 SSSCGWEPPS Red body, blue green logo on white transfers, spun hubs
1969-80 ESSO Red body, white label "ESSO SAFETY GRIP TYRES"
As previous issue but with transfers
1968 LONDON STORES Red body, black-gold logo "Festival of London Stores" promotional
1970 INGERSOLL RAND Red body "promotional"
1974 MECCANO Gold body, "MECCANO DINKY TOYS" very rare
1977-79 MADAM TUSSAUDS Red body with white or dark blue labels, some have figures
1977 WOOLWORTHS Silver body, "Silver Jubilee Issue" figures with some
1977 EVER READY Silver body "New Zealand Silver Jubilee Issue"
1979 TYHOLLENBEEK Gold body, "Thollenbeek 1929-79, Belgian promotional
290 DOUBLE DECKER BUS
Type II, AEC Grille, "DUNLOP the worlds master tyre" advert either upright or sloping, 290 cast on base, diecast hubs match lower deck
1954-59 DUNLOP Green lower deck, cream upper deck
Red lower deck, cream upper deck
1959-61 DUNLOP Type III Leyland Grille, diecast hubs match lower deck, roof route box added, mid or dark green lower deck, cream upper deck
Red lower deck, cream upper deck
1961-63 Same colours as previous with sloping lettering but with spun hubs
1963 As previous but with green or red plastic hubs
1963 EXIDE BATTERIES Red or green lower deck, cream upper deck, 290 cast in base
291 DOUBLE DECK BUS
Type III Leyland Grille, route 73 on roof route box
1961-62 EXIDE BATTERIES Red body with red diecast hubs, logo in black & yellow
1962-63 As previous but with spun hubs
1963 As previous but with red plastic hubs+
291 1974-77 ATLANTEAN CITY BUS
A Leyland double decker bus, 123 mm available in varieties
KENNINGS Orange body, white engine cover & interior, "VAN & TRUCK HIRE"
As above but with pale blue engine cover & interior As above but with "Yellow Pages" stickers
1977 LONDON & MANCHESTER
ASSURANCE White model on plinth, "Your best man for life"
292 1962-65 RIBBLE Red & white body, with or without "REGENT" advertisement
Red & cream body, "CORPORATION TRANSPORT" fleetname
As above but with no fleetname or logo
292 1977 LONDON COUNTRY Green body as shown in catalogue but not issued
293 1963-65 BP Green-cream body, yellow logo and smooth roof, "BP IS THE KEY"
293 1973-78 Swiss Postal Bus PTT Yellow body with cream roof, clear or tinted windows, 296 casting
296 1963-69 Atlas Kenebrake Bus Light blue grey body, suspension, windows, 86 mm
As previous but with all blue body
295 1973-75 Atlantean Bus "YELLOW PAGES" Yellow body "let your fingers do the walking" 123 mm
295 1974-76 As previous but with deeper yellow shade
296 1972-75 Duple Viceroy 37 coach Metallic blue body, clear or tinted windows, 119 mm
As previous model bur yellow & cream body
297 1977-77 Silver Jubilee Bus Leyland Atlantean, silver black body, "NATIONAL" 123 mm
WOOLWORTHS Leyland Atlantean Silver Jubilee Bus, silver body
949 1961-66 Wayne School Bus Deep yellow body, red lines & interior, windows, supertoys
As previous model but with black lines on body
952 1964-71 Vega Major Luxury Coach Pale grey with maroon flash, working indicators, 242 mm, supertoys
As previous model but with white body & maroon flash
953 1963-65 Continental Touring Coach Blue-white body, "Dinky continental tours", windows, 195 mm, supertoys
954 1972-77 Vega Major Luxury Coach As 952 but with flashing indicators
961 1973-77 Vega Major Coach PTT Orange-cream body, PTT & emblem, Swiss model
254 1954-56 Austin Taxi FX3 Taxi cast into roof, driver cast into chassis, 94 mm
Yellow body, black chassis
Dark blue, black chassis, light blue hubs
1956-59 Green & yellow body
1959-62 Black body, grey interior, spun aluminium hubs
265 1960-64 Plymouth USA TAXI Yellow-red, 25c 1st 1/5 mile, 5c additional, windows, aerial, 108 mm
266 1960-66 Plymouth Canadian TAXI Yellow red body with "TAXI & 450 METRO CAB, 108 mm
268 1962-67 Renault Dauphine Minicab Red body with "MECCANO" "KENWOOD" and various adverts, 92 mm
278 1978-80 Plymouth Yellow Cab Yellow body, "YELLOW CAB CO.", plastic chassis, wheels & aerial, 135 mm
280 1954-60 Observation Coach Grey or cream with red flashes, 112 mm
281 1954-59 Duple Roadmaster Coach Red-silver, blue-silver or dark blue silver, 119 mm Yellow body with red flashes & hubs
Dark green lower body, cream upper body & cream or red hubs, US issue
Light blue body
282 1967-69 Austin 1800 TAXI Blue white body, red-white TAXI labels on doors & roof, 101 mm
283 1956-63 B.O.A.C. Coach Dark blue & white, B.O.A.C. 120 mm
283 1971-77 Single Deck Bus Red or metallic red body, white band, operable doors & bell, "RED ARROW"
284 1972-79 London TAXI FX4 Black or very dark blue body, speedwheels, driver, TAXI, 112 mm
289 ROUTEMASTER BUS LONDON TRANSPORT, ROUTE 221,
Driver, Conductor, Cast Hubs, Spun Hubs or Speedwheels, 121 mm
1964-65 TERN SHIRTS Red body, "FOR 8am CRISPBESS" transfers
1966-69 SSSCGWEPPS Red body, blue green logo on white transfers, spun hubs
1969-80 ESSO Red body, white label "ESSO SAFETY GRIP TYRES"
As previous issue but with transfers
1968 LONDON STORES Red body, black-gold logo "Festival of London Stores" promotional
1970 INGERSOLL RAND Red body "promotional"
1974 MECCANO Gold body, "MECCANO DINKY TOYS" very rare
1977-79 MADAM TUSSAUDS Red body with white or dark blue labels, some have figures
1977 WOOLWORTHS Silver body, "Silver Jubilee Issue" figures with some
1977 EVER READY Silver body "New Zealand Silver Jubilee Issue"
1979 TYHOLLENBEEK Gold body, "Thollenbeek 1929-79, Belgian promotional
290 DOUBLE DECKER BUS
Type II, AEC Grille, "DUNLOP the worlds master tyre" advert either upright or sloping, 290 cast on base, diecast hubs match lower deck
1954-59 DUNLOP Green lower deck, cream upper deck
Red lower deck, cream upper deck
1959-61 DUNLOP Type III Leyland Grille, diecast hubs match lower deck, roof route box added, mid or dark green lower deck, cream upper deck
Red lower deck, cream upper deck
1961-63 Same colours as previous with sloping lettering but with spun hubs
1963 As previous but with green or red plastic hubs
1963 EXIDE BATTERIES Red or green lower deck, cream upper deck, 290 cast in base
291 DOUBLE DECK BUS
Type III Leyland Grille, route 73 on roof route box
1961-62 EXIDE BATTERIES Red body with red diecast hubs, logo in black & yellow
1962-63 As previous but with spun hubs
1963 As previous but with red plastic hubs+
291 1974-77 ATLANTEAN CITY BUS
A Leyland double decker bus, 123 mm available in varieties
KENNINGS Orange body, white engine cover & interior, "VAN & TRUCK HIRE"
As above but with pale blue engine cover & interior As above but with "Yellow Pages" stickers
1977 LONDON & MANCHESTER
ASSURANCE White model on plinth, "Your best man for life"
292 1962-65 RIBBLE Red & white body, with or without "REGENT" advertisement
Red & cream body, "CORPORATION TRANSPORT" fleetname
As above but with no fleetname or logo
292 1977 LONDON COUNTRY Green body as shown in catalogue but not issued
293 1963-65 BP Green-cream body, yellow logo and smooth roof, "BP IS THE KEY"
293 1973-78 Swiss Postal Bus PTT Yellow body with cream roof, clear or tinted windows, 296 casting
296 1963-69 Atlas Kenebrake Bus Light blue grey body, suspension, windows, 86 mm
As previous but with all blue body
295 1973-75 Atlantean Bus "YELLOW PAGES" Yellow body "let your fingers do the walking" 123 mm
295 1974-76 As previous but with deeper yellow shade
296 1972-75 Duple Viceroy 37 coach Metallic blue body, clear or tinted windows, 119 mm
As previous model bur yellow & cream body
297 1977-77 Silver Jubilee Bus Leyland Atlantean, silver black body, "NATIONAL" 123 mm
WOOLWORTHS Leyland Atlantean Silver Jubilee Bus, silver body
949 1961-66 Wayne School Bus Deep yellow body, red lines & interior, windows, supertoys
As previous model but with black lines on body
952 1964-71 Vega Major Luxury Coach Pale grey with maroon flash, working indicators, 242 mm, supertoys
As previous model but with white body & maroon flash
953 1963-65 Continental Touring Coach Blue-white body, "Dinky continental tours", windows, 195 mm, supertoys
954 1972-77 Vega Major Luxury Coach As 952 but with flashing indicators
961 1973-77 Vega Major Coach PTT Orange-cream body, PTT & emblem, Swiss model