CARE FOR YOUR TOY VEHICLE COLLECTION

Properly store and maintain your toy vehicles so that you can share your passion with future generations.
· Ditch dust: Protect your collection from dust and show it off with a display case.
· Prevent fading: Keep your toy vehicles out of direct sunlight that can fade colors and warp plastic toys.
· Retain value: If you plan to resell your toy vehicles, keep them in their original packaging.
Use a soft brush, soft cloth, or Q-tips to clean dirty vehicles. Add a few drops of a lukewarm water and mild detergent solution to your brush, cloth, or Q-tips if you need more cleaning power. Although you'll want every part of your toy vehicles to look shiny and new, resist the urge to clean decals. You won't be very happy if you rub away their detail. Ther are many diecast case. See at amazon.com

RAYGO RASCAL ROAD ROLLER

Massive self-propelled road rollers for the construction industry are the speciality of RayGo Inc. of Minneapolis. Two heavy models with vibrating rollers are offered, the smaller weighing 17,5000 lb. and the larger 28,800 lb. The machines are driven by big Diesel engines mounted at the rear and the vibrating drums are powered by separate hydraulic units. Controlled vibration improves the compaction of certain soils, speeding up the whole operation of building motorways, airfields and deep foundations, applying a total force of up to 30 tons. Very large diameter pneumatic "flotation" tyres at the rear and hydraulic power-steering give good handling over all surface.

Corgi No.44 Raygo Rascal Road Roller

AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE LE MANS

In 1967 and 1968, a ford GT40 won the gruelling Le Mans 24-Hour race. On both occasions the only British car to finish was the Austin-Healey Sprite. In 1968, the 1.3 litre Sprite, driven by Enever and Poole, covered 2,121 miles at an average speed of 94.7 mph. to finish 15th. This magnificent achievement owes much to design, preparation, brilliant driving and pit control. for Le Mans the car appeared with a special streamined body but the basic specification closely follows the standard version. The engine is a 1,275 c.c. four-cylinder unit with two carburettors, developing 64hp. giving a maximum speed of around 95 mph.

Corgi No.11 Austin-Healey Sprite Le Mans

CITROEN SAFARI

Advanced technical specification allied to an extremely robust estate car body make the Citroen Safari ideal transport on or off the motorways. This version of the famous French Citroen DS shares the self-levelling hydropneumatic suspension of the saloon car and is powered by a 4-cylinder engine with twin-choke carburettor developing 109 h.p. Drive is to the front wheels, a feature which ensures unaccommodation and, with the aid of a roof-rack, more gear can be carried outside the car. Cruising speed is in the mid-eighties.

Cogi No.2 Citroen Safari

VOLKSWAGEN POLICE CAR

Its compact dimension, performace and reputation for all-weather reliability make the VW Beetle a popular member of the fleets of Continental police forces. Of the engine variants available most police services use the 1300 and 1200 model with an output of 40 h.p. The Volkswagen engine is a rear-mounted air-cooled unit, and it is the latter feature which makes it so suitable in extremes of temperature. Although the VW was designed before the Second World War, its specification is by no means out of date today. The suspension is independent at front and rear and the horizontally-opposed engine is robust, smooth and economical.

Corgi No.3 Volkswagen 1200 Police Car

JAMES BOND ASTON MARTIN DB5

How to turn a normal--if highly potent-sports car into a secret agent's specialised transport is demonstrated in James Bond's Aston Martin. The boffins in 007's department took the famous David Brown high-performance tourer and incorporated gadgets, gimmicks and death-dealing devices which enable Bond to defeat the villains of SMERSH. The most spectacular idea is the ejector seat which will, at the touch of a button, nearly and efficiently dispose of an unwelcome passenger through a trapdoor in the roof. In spite of its special equipment, however, the Aston remains a normal car in outward appearance.

CADILLAC ELDORADO

One of the world's most luxurious-and expensive cars-the Cadillac Eldorado must also be one of the biggest. It is 18 ft 5 in long 6 ft 8 in wide and 4 ft 6 in high. The Eldorado is powered by a 7.7-litre V8-cylinder engine developing 375 h.p. Maxinum speed is approximately 125 m.p.h. Front wheel drive is unsual feature resulting in a great deal of unobstructed legroom for both front and rear-seat passengers. This two-door coupe is luxuriously trimmed and appointed and has, of course, automatic transmission and front disc brakes as standard.

This is a diecast car from Corgi No.9 Cadillac Edorado, issued 1968-1971, white and black body, chrome whizzwheels, red interior, opening bonnet.