Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
They were packaged in a clear plastic blisters attached to a card featuring the Corgi dog logo, images of Corgi lorries and the range's signature blue and yellow colour scheme. The first to be introduced in February 1960 were Plank Load (1485) and Cement Load (1488), and they were incorporated into Gift Set 11 including the ERF Dropside Lorry ...
1:50 scale is a popular size for diecast models from European manufacturers such as Conrad, Tekno, NZG, WSI and LionToys. Typically they produce scale models of construction vehicles , tower cranes , trucks and buses. [ 1 ]
A Matchbox sized Corgi Jr. Mercedes-Benz 240 Diesel Taxi. The Husky name was rebranded "Corgi Jr." about 1970. By 1970 the exclusive marketing contract with Woolworth had come to an end and realising that the Husky range could now be sold alongside Matchbox in a variety of outlets the series was re-launched as Corgi Juniors to integrate it into the Corgi Toys family, and the existing Husky ...
In the UK, tractor unit and trailer combinations are referred to as articulated lorries, or "artics". [1]A semi-trailer truck, also known as a semitruck, [1] (or semi, [2] eighteen-wheeler, [3] big rig, [4] tractor-trailer [5] or, by synecdoche, a semitrailer) [6] [a] is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight.
Corgi Classics Limited was a British die-cast scale model manufacturer established as an independent company in 1995, [1] which has its origins in the Corgi Toys brand introduced by Mettoy in 1956. It is known for its British and North American vehicle models.
A lorry driver takes on the company train in a race. 6 "Episode 6" 29 October 2010 () 1.90 [3] The truckers deliver a load of Formula One racing cars to the continent
Scammell Lorries produced approximately 30,000 Mechanical Horses of all types; of these, about 30 original Mechanical Horses, 60 Scarabs, and 30 Townsman are known to survive together with three Karrier Cobs and two Jen Tugs. [5] Examples may be seen at a number of museums and heritage railways. The Mechanical Horse Club (MHC) was established ...
The "Budgie" name, was introduced in 1959 and was more like other British toys named after dogs and other animals (Husky and Corgi, etc.). The company was acquired by S. Guiterman in 1961, but went out of business in 1966. [4] After this, Modern Products kept making some of the Budgie models until 1969.