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DIN-D-268-Dauphine

DeAgostini re-issue of Dinky Toys no. 268 Renault Dauphine minicab. I was aware of the original Dinky, but never realised that the decoration was based on a fleet of real Dauphines operated by Michael Gotla of Welbeck Motors as minicabs in London from 1961. This is a link to the Motorsport archive with an image of the original article with a black and white photo of the cars: www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1961/17...
The Dinky original had a Meccano advert on one side, Kenwood on the other, but this has Kenwood on both sides as DeAgostini do not have the rights to use 'Meccano'! However, it seems the real vehicles had either Air France or Willem II Cigars advertised on the sides. Maybe Dinky thought better of reproducing those adverts!
It seems that by 1963 Welbeck had switched to buying Ford Cortinas, so maybe the Renaults did not prove to be very reliable! 'Carry On Cabby' springs to mind ...

Taken on: August 23, 2018

Tags:

DeAgostini

Dinky

Toy

Model

Car

Re-issue

Adrianz Toyz

268

Renault

Dauphine

Minicab

Kenwood

Michael Gotla

Welbeck Motors

London

Taxi « less

Sets appears in: • Atlas etc. Dinky Reissues • Taxis

Groups appears in: • Taxi Models and Toys

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