EIRE'S GARDA LIVERIED RANGE ROVER

This model Corgi No.TY82801 Range Rover - Grada comes from the Standards range and is the evergreen Range Rover in the livery of the Irish Garda. Apart from the standard yellow stripes, you get an excellent door crest and the confidential phone line number.As far as I can recall, this is the first time that a mainstream manufacturer has modeled a Grada vehicle, so full marks to Corgi on this one, let’s have some futhuer forieng forces represented

DINKY COLLECTION : LAND ROVER (SERIES I)

The die-cast Dinky No.DY9 - 1949 Land Rover (Series I) was produced by Matchbox International Limited in Macau (Portugal) in 1989. The langht is 8.1 cm. (Scale 1:43)
In 1987 Matchbox International had bought the name and trade mark from Dinky. Dinky was the old firm that produced the die-cast of England. It was established since a decade in 1930. After buying the Dinky Company, in 1988 Matchbox began to produce Dinky, a scale 1:43 by using a code for inst. DY, DYM and sometime used 5 digits with a different styles of the production for more than 200 designs. (until 2001)

For the die-cast of Land Rover Series I which is a short bearer pickup car “Dinky Collection”. It is green body & windscreen, green wheels, black interior, tan canopy, and black base.

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The first Land Rover was designed in 1948 in the United Kingdom by Maurice Wilks, chief designer at the British car company Rover on his farm in Newborough, Anglesey. It is said that he was inspired by an American World War II Jeep that he used one summer at his holiday home in Wales. The first Land Rover prototype 'centre steer' was built on a Jeep chassis. A distinctive feature is their bodies, constructed of a lightweight rustproof proprietary alloy of aluminium and magnesium called Birmabright. This material was used owing to post war steel shortages and a plentiful supply of post-war aircraft aluminium. This metal's resistance to corrosion was one of the factors that allowed the vehicle to build up a reputation for longevity in the toughest conditions. It is reckoned that 75% of all those ever built are still in use.

DIE-CAST CORGI JUNIOR LAND ROVER PICKUP

Die-cast Corgi Junior No.16 Land Rover Pickup was produced in England 1971. The length is 7.1 cm. The real Land Rover is 4x4 wheels drive. The first appearance is in Motor Show in Amsterdam, Netherland in April 1948. After that, around 2-3 months, it began to assemble Land Rover series I to be marketed for 450 Pounds.
This die-cast Land Rover (might be Series III) It is metallic olive body, black plastic base, clear windows, no interior and tow hood.