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ARGENTINA SPLIT VW

Plastic construction kit with seats, engine, gas tank, wheels and chassis. The body has 18 raised air louvers under the rear window. A paper strip with “MADE IN ARGENTINA” is sometimes glued onto the car. Probably a copy of the WIKING VW constructional idea but the quality of the plastic parts are p...
Published in: ARGENTINA

BAIER SPLIT VW

Walter Baier – Metallwarenfabrik was founded in 1945/46 by Walter Baier in Stuttgart Vaihingen, Germany. BAIER produced a lighter in the shape of a VW Split Beetle, a Jeep with trailer ashtray, a plane and a beer barrel. They applied for patent on the lighter mechanism in 1950. A cigarette...
Published in: BAIER

BELLMANN SPLIT VW

The company Bellmann & Co (BELCO) was founded in 1922 in Berlin, Germany by mr. Bellmann and in later years also opened a subsidiary in  Saarland (Germany). In 1945 the company moved to Ansbach, Germany,  and produced a wide range of metal, wooden and synthetic resin products. It ...
Published in: BELLMANN

BOCO SPLIT VW

BOCO Plastic Produkt was producing plastic toys in Copenhagen, Denmark from 1950 to 1952 only. The production included the VW Type 1 and Type 2, a Catalina airplane and a motor bike with side car to mention a few toys. The designer of the VW models, but also other toys, was a man called Erik Sp...
Published in: BOCO SW

BOCO SPLIT VW COPY (SWEDEN)

The BOCO Split VW was also copied by an unknown Company in Sweden. There are differences in the copy from Sweden compared to the original BOCO VW. The details on the body are less accurate than on the Danish original BOCO; possibly they used a worn out or modified mould? (It has no door hinges,...
Published in: BOCO SW

BOCO VW BUS

BOCO Plastic Produkt was producing plastic toys in Copenhagen, Denmark from 1950 to 1952 only. The production included the VW Type 1 and Type 2, a Catalina airplane and a motor bike with side car to mention a few toys. The designer of the VW models, but also other toys, was a man called Er...
Published in: BOCO BS

CIJ OVAL VW

COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE du JOUET (CIJ) was founded by Fernand Migault in 1920, Paris, France. CIJ received exclusive rights from Citroen and produced until 1934 many Citroen models. In 1929 ownership of CIJ changed into the hands of the family Babterosses and they moved the production ...
Published in: CIJ

COMANDO OVAL VW V2

Clear plastic Oval Window Volkswagen body that has been painted. The windows of the red VW have been masked from the red paint to give a clear look like having a clear window insert. Fairly good details of front and rear hood, bumpers, door seams and rear oval window with air louvers. Headlight...
Published in: COMANDO

CONTI AUTOPISTA SPLIT VW

Giuseppe Conti founded his company Giuseppe Conti & Co. in 1889 in Bollate, near Milan, Italy. He specialized in the production of wooden rocking horses and dolls (known for sparkling eyes of fake diamonds). In 1946 the cousins Parretti, three railwaymen of the Italian Railways FS (Ferrovie del...
Published in: CONTI

CORGI TOYS VW BUS

METTOY PLAYCRAFT Ltd., is the name of a range of toy manufacturers: METTOY (= METAL TOYS) Company was founded in 1933 by German émigré Philip Ullmann in Northampton, England, where he was later joined by South African-born German Arthur Katz who had previously worked for Ullmann at his Toy Company, ...
Published in: CORGI TOYS

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