Hi Rob

Welcome to the forum there are a number of very keen Dinky collectors on here and it is great to see a new face.

I love the Triumph and the Porsche you have hear and look forward to seeing more of your examples.

Dave

Hi Rob,
Thank you so much for these pictures, such lovely condition too! The 40b is amazing with red hubs!
Chris Warr.

Welcome Rob, nice to see a new fellow-countryman here! Very special examples you show, congratulations with such finds!
I am a kind of variations collector too, but not deliberately or exclusively. Nevertheless, among my Farm Produce Wagon variants I have one with yellow body, green cab/chassis and the same green hubs. Perhaps not ultra-rare, but less familiar than the other examples. A look at the images in Google doesn't show a copy. I have seen only one making part of the no. 5 Gift Set no. 2 (together with the Bedford Tipper, Austin Covered Wagon, Esso Studebaker Tanker and Land-Rover).
Now I wonder, do you (or someone else of course) know more about settings in which this model does show up? (Sold in trade box, individual box, Gift Set, illustration?). The chassis information is the same as for other regular 1950s Dodges, it has the early louvres at the bonnet's sides and smooth tyres.

I look forward to your comments!
Best regards, Jan

(by the way, I changed my avatar, perhaps it's nice to see some faces from enthusiasts here, like yours)

The 965 Euclid, the 666 Corporal Missile Erector, the 693 7.2" Howitzer and the 437 Muir-Hill Loader all used the same type of wheels.

I am assuming that your Euclid has been fitted with Military Green wheels, presumably because they had run out of Yellow ones.

I think it is fun to find these interesting, and rare, variations.

Dave

This is where Dinky got the idea of green wheels from.

This full-size Euclid lives about 15 miles from my house.

Dave

Thanks Rob, in theory the time range can even be wider, 1950-1957, in my opinion (if only we knew the large design drawing for the cab/chassis unit of the Dodges, where no doubt the deletion of the louvres is documented and dated).
I agree with your three suggested options, but I am looking for (rather) firm evidence.
Below the evidence of the Gift Set appearance (if nothing has changed in the contents meanwhile). This Gift Set 2 was available 1952-1954, so these seem to be 'firm' limits of the time span, as available thus far. This Gift Set was shown and discussed by Nigel Mynheer in Model Collector of October 2004 (Vol. 18, no. 10). I have seen various other examples of Gift Set 2, often with a varying mix of colour combinations. The availability in such a gift set only might contribute to the explanation of its relative scarcity.

Kind regards, Jan

Nice to see, so these variations demonstrated here date from pre-1950, the rear-wheel covers added in December 1949. Do they also occur on covered rear wheel versions?
If you don't mind, I tried some improvement on your picture:

Kind regards, Jan

Hi Rob,

Thank you for more pictures, I have to keep updating my variations list!

I love the Vanguard, and have just picked up a second Maroon body / Maroon hubs version, playworn, but at a very good price so I had to have it.

At one time I had tried to put together a full set of all Post War English Dinky castings, but came to realise I now had quite a few models, particularly the later issues, that I didn't actually like!
I now concentrate on a particular series, 28 / 25 / 40 at the moment and try to get every variation I can. Much more fun!

There is no way I could do this mint / boxed, so a good playworn is fine with me as I like to look along the shelf and see how a model changed over the years.
Thanks again for the pictures.

Chris Warr.

We have it in the french version.
Here is the 24o studebaker :

Kind Regards

Richard

Just wanted to extend my welcome to the forum, great to see you here Rob!

May I ask, did your Packard & Lincoln (shown above) come from the same source?

Warm regards, Stfan

I am sure I have seen these before when I was living in the states (12+ years ago

Hi Rob,
You did very well to spot those grey hubs, many times I've bought what I thought was a rare shade only to find it was just a poor photo instead!
Chris Warr.

Rob--some most interesting wheel variations...fun to see them! Back to the 39 series, I do have an original Buick Viceroy with colored wheels. This was purchased as NOS from H.Hudson Dobson in 1959. It is the only 39 I have with colored wheels...
Terry

This is an other Buick with green hubs but the front one is smooth and the rear one ridged.

Rob,

This is an extremely rare 1964 Foden specially in MIB condition but I have been told that you have a star, something very small and even rarer than the Foden. Are you preparing an article about it ?

There are other variations between the mid green and lime green models: tiny rear lights and registration plate.

Surely the one shown here on the right is the version of the Zephyr supplied only with the 990 Gift Set

Dave

I might as well weigh in with a 972 with black plastic hubs.