CONTENTS of the print edition
Model Auto Review 237
Publication 7 November 200904 Cars (captions on page 06) 07 Oxford New Releases 08 Ford Super Duty Pickups 2 Dave Turner, UK 10 More Ford F-150s Robert Gunn, UK 11 Stories from the Tekno factory: 2 Peter Frandsen, Karl Schnelle, USA 14 Corvairs & Copycats: 1 Graeme Ogg, UK 16-17 Cars 18 Japanese Cherries, John Day Maz Woolley, UK 20 Correspondence 21 Competitions, Club News Collated by Rod Ward 24 Book Reviews 25 Truckstop 26 Modelcraft Bugatti T59 Replica Max Tomlinson, UK • Captions to page 29 29 Buses & emergency vehicles
EDITORIAL
by Rod WardPOSTAL STRIKES
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AUTO REVIEW: Armstrong Siddeley
The latest Auto Review book is now available, on Armstrong Siddeley (see page 22).
The next titles published will be Fine Bodies: Coachbuilt in Britain, DAF cars, and Tractors & Traction Engines.
So once again, here is the latest appeal for material I can include in forthcoming Auto Review books: future subjects include the Sherpa van story (including the Morris J van, JB, 250JU, J4 etc), Alvis, Aston Martin, Lagonda, Hillman, Singer, Jensen, Allard, Railton, aviatrices (lady pilots), and many other subjects (20+ others in our plan so far). If you have any illustrations (advertisements, sales brochures, your own photographs etc) or any personal anecdotes you can offer on any subject, please send them to me as soon as possible for inclusion in future publications. I also invite your suggestions for future titles; all your ideas are welcome...
OXFORD NEW RELEASES
The new 1:43 diecast models planned in the next three months in Oxford’s various ranges, with the quarter of release, are listed here.
The Oxford Automobile Co plans were listed in MAR 236. (Quarters of release indicated are: Q4 = 2009, Q1=2010).
Some models previously listed for Q3 are appearing in early Q4.
1:43 Commercials and cars AK007 Austin Welfarer Ambulance LCC Q1 CA021 Bedford CA Mr Softee ice cream Q4 HA009 Bedford HA Van Cheshire Police Q4 LAN188012 Land Rover 88" Fire Appliance Red Q4 SP016 Routemaster open top Washington Sightseeing Q4 1:76 trucks DAF03FR DAF 105 (SS) frig McBurney Q4 MAN02LL MAN TGX XXL low load Collett Q1 MAN04CS MAN TGX XLX curtainside Mitchell Q1 SCA05FR Scania R Series Topline frig Anderson Q4 VOL01CS Volvo FH Curtainside Barline Q1 SP017 Daf 105 Boniface recovery Williams Q4 VOL01REC Volvo FH Boniface recovery Albert Rd Q1 1:76 Commercials 76AK004 Austin Welfarer ambulance Nottingham Q4 76AK005 Austin K8 three way van Austin service Q4 76GG005 Green Goddess Irish Civil Defence Q4 76JM019 Morris J2 Ambulance British Railways Q4 76LAN180005 Land Rover Ser 1 80'' flat green Q1 76LAN188010 Land Rover 88" canvas Rover Fire Q4 76MH013 Mechanical Horse tanker Mackeson Q4 76RAB006 Scammell Scarab flat British Railways Q4 76SD001 Shelvoke & Drewry dustcart West Lothian Q1 76TK008 Bedford TK barrel truck Watneys Q4 76TK014 Bedford TK mobile workshop British Rail Q4 76TLM002 Leyland TLM turntable ladder fire appliance South Australia fire service Q4 76VW001 VW van Peru green Q4 76VW002 VW pickup light grey Q4 76VW003 VW bus, roofrack, surfboards blue/white Q4 76VW004 VW camper open Senegal red/white Q4 76VW005 VW van Senegal red Q4/2009 76VW006 VW pickup emerald green/arcona white Q4 76VW007 VW bus, roofrack, surfboards green/white Q4 76VW008 VW camper closed marino yellow/white Q4 76WE008 Wales & Edwards Birmingham Co-op bakery Q4 N Scale Models N105002 Ford Anglia maroon/grey Q4 N105005 Ford Anglia sunburst yellow/cirrus white Q4 NAH001 Albion Horsebox British Rail Q4 NAH002 Albion Horsebox LNER Q4 NAH003 Albion Horsebox J H Taylor & Sons Q1 NCFE001 Vauxhall PA Cresta Friary Estate rose/white Q1 NCFE002 Vauxhall PA Cresta Friary Estate blue/blue Q1 NCFE003 Vauxhall PA Cresta Friary Estate Imperial green (HM Queen Elizabeth) Q1 NJJ005 Jowett Javelin athena grey Q4 NMH007 Mechanical Horse + flat Pickfords Q4 NMH008 Mechanical Horse + van Southern Railway Q4 NMH009 Mechanical Horse Flatbed LMS Q4 NMM012 Morris 1000 van Co-op Q4 NMM016 Morris 1000 van AA Q4 NMMT004 Morris Traveller Wolverhampton Police Q4 NOB007 Bedford OB Coach Grey Cars Q4 NQM002 Queen Mary bus London Country Q4 NQM003 Queen Mary bus A1 Service Q1 NQM004 Queen Mary bus Southdown Q1 NRM009 Routemaster bus London & Country Q1 NRT005 RT Bus London Country Q1 NSS004 Humber Super Snipe Police Q4 1:76 Cars 76AA003 Austin A40 MkII grey/white Q4 76CAP001 Ford Capri Mk III strato silver (Bodie) Q4 76CAP002 Ford Capri Mk III solar gold (Doyle) Q4 76CAP003 Ford Capri Mk III diamond white Q4 76CAP004 Ford Capri Mk III sebring red Q4 76COR3004 Ford Cortina Mk III Devon & Cornwall Police Q4 76CRE007 Vauxhall Cresta cream/brown Q4 76CV002 Trailer caravan cream/blue Q4 76DS005 Daimler DS420 limousine dark blue Q4 76JEN001 Jensen 541R Imperial crimson Q4 76JEN002 Jensen 541R deep carriage green Q4 76MGTC003 MGTC sequoia cream Q4 76MMS003 Morris Minor MM saloon platinum grey Q4 76MS001 Morris Six maroon Q4 76MS002 Morris Six romain green Q4 76RS001 Reliant Scimitar GTE RAF blue Princess Anne Q4 76RS002 Reliant Scimitar GTE Nevada yellow Q4 76SR003 Sunbeam Rapier Mk III Northumberland Police Q4 76XK120004 Jaguar XK120 Ian Appleyard Q4 76XR001 Ford Escort XR3i strato silver Q4 76XR002 Ford Escort XR3i diamond white Q4 76XR003 Ford Escort XR3i black Q4 76XR004 Ford Escort XR3i rosso red Q4
CLUB NEWS
Collated by Rod WardMaidenhead Static Model Club will welcome Frank Joyce of EFE to talk at a meeting next year. Clubs offer great opportunities for collectors to meet the ‘movers and shakers’ in the industry. Wheel Nuts, the South Hants Model Auto Club magazine, devoted a recent issue to lots of features on the Mini, for its 50th anniversary, plus many accounts of festivals, rallies and exhibitions attended by their adventurous members. Will Roe, President of the Coventry Diecast Model Club, is back behind the wheel as Editor of Wheelspin, the CDMC magazine. Welcome back, Will, and at least you have a lot of support from members supplying articles and pictures. I keep saying that Showcase, the West Australian Model Collectors Club magazine is well- packed with content by Editor Keith Allen, much of which he writes himself. Now he seems to have run out of steam, and in the absence of much in the way of contributions from members, the pages will be more sparsely filled. That is a shame. Come on fellers, pull your weight! In The Brooklin Collector, organ of the Brooklin Collectors Club, it is noted that Bob Timmis’s Lansdowne Collectors Club has closed, its last members’ models being is a set of two Lansdownes in special colours; the MG Magnette and Wolseley 15/50. The Brooklin Collector also notes that in addition to the black Hertz Mustangs made as the 2009 Brooklin Factory Special, about 50 were made in red, exclusively for certain Brooklin dealers...
Book Reviews
Der VW Bulli: Die Transporter-Legende für Leute und Lasten (The VW Bulli: the transporter legend for people and loads). by Dr Bernd Wiersch, German text. 392 pages, 466 photographs, 30 drawings. Hardbound with dust jacket, size 220 x 275 mm. Published by and available from Delius Klasing Verlag, Siekerwall 21, 33602 Bielefeld, Germany. ISBN 978-3-7688-2579-5. €39.90.
For over 60 years the VW transporter has served in over 180 countries; today the fifth generation is built in Hannover, Germany, and in elsewhere. Dr Wiersch, retired head of the VW Car Collection, tells the story of the first prototype and the following five generations.
Hans-Georg SchmittBorgward Passenger Cars and Trucks 1947-1961 by Martin-Paul Roland and Walter Zeichner, German text. 188 pages, 238 pictures. Hardbound 175 x 165 mm. Published by Schrader Motor Chronik, available from Motorbuch Verlag GmbH, Postfach 103743, 70032 Stuttgart, Germany. ISBN 978-3-613-03110-4. €9.95
Borgward was an icon of the German economic miracle, so its collapse created a sensation. The role of the local government of Bremen in the bankruptcy is still disputed today. Every Borgward car and commercial vehicle is covered here, with sales brochures, newspaper adverts and press photographs.
Hans-Georg SchmittDeutsche Reiseomnibusse (German Coaches) by Wolfgang Gebhardt, German text. 208 pages, 358 pictures. Hardbound 255 x 255mm. Published by, available from, Motorbuch Verlag GmbH, Postfach 103743, 70032 Stuttgart, Germany. ISBN 978-3-613-03037-4. €24.90
This book illustrates with sales brochures coaches in alphabetical order from Adler to Büssing, Kässbohrer and Volkswagen to Vomag, a comprehensive survey of coach development in East and West Germany.
Hans-Georg SchmittAutomobiles et Glamour Le charme des annees 1950 (The charm of the 1950s) by Philippe Fourchaume, photos by Frederic Albert, French text. 128 pages, 127 photos. Hardbound with dust jacket. 280 x 250mm. Published by and available from E-T-A-I; 20, rue de la Saussiere; 92641 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France. ISBN 979-2-7268-8840-7. €35.00.
Typical French cars of the 1950s are here photographed alongside female models dressed in the fashions of the era.
Hans-Georg Schmitt
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