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--39b Oldsmobile 6 Sedan (1939-52)

José Heraud pointed me at this grey Oldsmobile, which sold on eBay for GBP 19.99 recently. It seems to be a (at least partial) repaint, but the most interesting feature is the base plate, possibly made from some Hornby train sheet metal left overs. Seen more of these? Kind regards, Jan 

 

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Hello Jan

That is a very interesting observation Jose has made.  The Hornby locomotive is actually an O Gauge Streamlined Locomotive manufactured between 1936 and 1941, sold as a set or individually as shown with the image below, taken from the 1939-1940 Toys of Quality from Meccano Land catalogue. It was based on the "Silver" class locomotives marking the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935, "Silver Link", "Silver Fox, etc.

This is not the first time such an interesting tinplate base plate has turned up.  I sold a 39 series sedan years ago that had a set of windows on the inside of the base plate. Unfortunately, I did not have a camera capable of close-up photography at the time nor did I have the foresight to keep it.  The windows were blue and the surrounding  a deep red. I deeply regret selling that car, that is for sure.

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Bruce H.   (150)

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Here is my violet blue Oldsmobile; I always thought this was a very striking color, and not seen too often in the Dinky range.

     Best regards,  Terry

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A picture of the grey and violet blue examples below. Both have the round front support pillars, as discussed on talkmodeltoys:

http://www.talkmodeltoys.com/discus/messages/27668/521.html?1380678558

There, the grey one (with oval pillars) in my post is the one replaced by the example shown here. The quality difference is obvious. Kind regards, Jan