LEGOŽ PLASTIC CARS

 

These small vehicles were issued in the 1950's and 1960's to compliment the LEGOŽ sets which could be used to build Houses, Churches shops etc , and remained in production util they were replaced by LEGOLANDŽ vehicles in the early seventies , these pages set out to catalog known variations of these wonderfully detailed little vehicles , I am always interested in buying or trading for these items , especially if you have any which are not mentioned here, Thanks for your visit !!

Before the plastic cars were introduced LEGO made large scale models of vehicles from Wood and plastic , such as this gas tanker , notice that the cab is plastic and the tanker is wood , also in a larger scale were a series of VW Beetles made for sale at VW Garages in Germany in the 1950's , Click here to see one , This is roughly 1/50 scale.

 

250 ESSO Tanker Almost every swapmeet has an example of this , the most common of the line
251 ESSO Barrel Wagon Comes with or without trailer - watch for missing tow hook (easily snaps off)
252 Trailer for 251 This is actually harder to find than the Barrel wagon itself !
253 Bedford Tipper Always found in blue and white  - another common find at fairs
254 Trailer for 253 Again , much harder to find than the Tipper itself !
255 Bedford Fire Engine Can be found with gray or silver ladder - more common than the Mercedes
256 Bedford Tow Truck Another common find at fairs , watch for replacement hooks
257 Bedford Removals van Always in blue and yellow , watch for warping on this one
258 VW Bus The early larger version , can be found with or without windows outlined
258 VW Bus Closed The most common VW van  - a collectors favourite due to the many colour variations
607 VW Samba Bus My personal favourite   - the detail is wonderful, this version has no indicators cast
658 VW Samba Bus Wonderful detail  - with indicators cast
259 VW Pickup Another collectors favourite  - lots of colour variations, no indicators cast
659 VW Pickup Excellent model  - with indicators cast
260 VW Beetle The early longer version
661 VW Beetle The shorter version
262 Opel Rekord 58
263 Ford 17M Earlier 1950's version
264 Mercedes 220S Red appears to be the most common colour on this one
265 Karmann Ghia Fantastic detailing , watch out for loose headlights on this model
266 Mercedes 190SL Another collectors favourite , beware of replacement windshields
267 VW 1500 Blue and red models are very common , the rest fairly scarce
667 VW 1500 Later version of 267
268 Ford 17M Affectionately known as "the bathtub"
601 Morris 1100 Very hard to find , similar to the MINIX model
603 Citroen DS19 Great detailing , only available in 4 colors
605 Fiat 1800 Again only available in 4 colors
666 Mercedes 190SL Later Version of 266
670 Jaguar E Type I need the black version of this for my collection , anyone have a spare ?
671 Vauxhall Victor Estate Very similar to the MINIX Cresta , rare piece in red has been seen
649 Shell tanker Three variations available , a fairly common find
650 ESSO Tanker Articulated , difficult to find with mint decals
651 Mercedes Van Loose ones usually have the gray tops missing , 5 colors available on this one
652 Mercedes van + trailer Nice set , once again the trailer is scarcer than the van
653 Mercedes Pick up
654 Mercedes Pickup + trailer
655 Mercedes Fire Engine More difficult to find than the Bedford Model
656 Mercedes tow truck
657 Interfrigo Truck Six Wheeler
657 Interfrigo Truck Eight Wheeler
657 Artic Truck With animal symbols
657 Philips Truck Best of the artics , Very nice model

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