These are two cars that many people will think they have no value at all, while other people will think they are absolutely fascinating. They are two models made by Tin’s Toys in the late 70s and, to my knowledge, they are unique casts, not copied from other companies.
The cars, of course, don’t look very nice, their casts are not very carefully detailed and the proportions seem to be wrong. The plastic parts are also quite rude, but present fantastic and fictional add-ons to otherwise well known car models. These additions are unique to Tin’s Toys, as it happened with the O.S.I. Bisiluro shown in entry #336.
So the two models are:
T.225 MADE IN HONG KONG in red
This one is in my opinion a MONZA G.T. DRAGSTER (a concept car derived from a Chevrolet Corvair), but for some reason it is not marked on the base. The original car had windshield and roof, but this one (considering that it is complete, and not missing any parts) seems to be a Cabrio.
T.214 CHEVROLET MADE IN HONG KONG in blue
This model I think it is a Chevrolet ASTRO 1, a concept car from 1967, also reproduced (in another scale) by Corgi or Guisval.
UPDATE 1 (May/2017) Added T.227
T.227 RACE CAR (Basedon an unknown design)
UPDATE 2 (Feb/2019) Added two more models from the same series and similar reference numbers. These come with chromed base.
T.212 Lamborghini Mura P4000 (Miura)in red
T.217 Abarth 2000 in violet
UPDATE 3 (Jul/2019) Added another Abarth 2000, this time in blue instead of violet.
FACTS AND FIGURES:
- Name: LAMBORGHINI MURA P4000, CHEVROLET, ABARTH 2000, UNKNOWN MODEL and another UNKNOWN MODEL (T.212, T.214, T.217, T.225 and T.227)
- Scale: Approx. 1:64
- Year: Around 1977
- Company: Tin’s Toys (Hong Kong)
- Size: approx. 6 cm
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