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KARL BUB KdF WAGEN VW V2

 The company Karl BUB was founded in 1851 in Nürnberg, Germany, by Sigmund Paulus Bub. In 1937/38 the company was sold to the firm of Keim & Co in order to prohibit confiscation by the NAZI regime.  Diecast KdF Wagen with cut out windows except for the rear window area that is so...
Published in: KB KARL BUB

LAERUMS METALL A/S OVAL VW

The manufacturer of this Oval Window VW was LAERUMS METALL A/S (Laerum Metall Aktiengesellschaft) and was founded in 1946 in Sande, Norway. The first 7 years the factory produced electric articles and small toys. In 1953 they started producing small diecast toys. All the cars were marked underneath ...

LEGO VW BUS V2

The Lego Group was founded in 1916 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark when he bought an already existing woodwork shop. During the years of economic depression in the late 1920’s, Ole Kirk began producing miniature versions of his products as design aids. This inspired him t...
Published in: LEGO BS

LEGO VW BUS V3

The Lego Group was founded in 1916 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark when he bought an already existing woodwork shop. During the years of economic depression in the late 1920’s, Ole Kirk began producing miniature versions of his products as design aids. This inspired him t...
Published in: LEGO BS

LESNEY - MATCHBOX VW BUS V2

LESNEY Products & Co. Ltd. was founded in 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by founders Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith, who were unrelated. The company name was a melding of their first names. They soon were followed by designer Jack Odell. In 1949 the company started experimenting with t...

LESNEY - MATCHBOX VW BUS V3

LESNEY Products & Co. Ltd. was founded in 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by founders Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith, who were unrelated. The company name was a melding of their first names. They soon were followed by designer Jack Odell. In 1949 the company started experimenting with t...

LIMA MODELS OVAL VW V1

LIMA S.p.A (LIMA MODELS) was a brand of mainly railway models made in Vincenza, Italy. LIMA was founded in 1946 as a parts supplier for the Italian state railway (F.S. Italia). When the railway started producing its own parts, LIMA switched its casting capability in 1948 to producing toys such as bo...
Published in: LIMA MODELS

LIMA MODELS OVAL VW V2

Version V2 of the LIMA MODELS Oval VW is a variegated light blue and white plastic body with cut out windows and fair details of front and rear hood and door seams. Molded front and rear bumpers, round horn grilles, VW hood emblem, trim and handle and taillights. Rear oval window is open with 15 air...
Published in: LIMA MODELS

LINDBERG VW BUS

THE LINDBERG LINE was started by Paul Lindberg in the 1930s when he created a line of balsa airplane models and began marketing them by urging dealers to carry the "Complete Lindberg Line." Following the war, Lindberg helped develop injection molded plastic model kits, offering a line of airplanes, ...
Published in: LINDBERG

LIRA OVAL VW V3

This Oval Window Volkswagen Sedan was produced by LIRA in Ibi Alicante, Spain. LIRA produced plastic toys, but only one toy car is known by them with 100% certainty, the Oval Volkswagen Beetle. There are some rumors about a Citroen DS19 model also. The LIRA Oval VW Beetle was produced...
Published in: LIRA

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