Tip Truck (Wells-Brimtoy 61)
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Arch Two , Area 17 1951 |
A green and cream long-bonnet lithographed tinplate toy Tip Truck, from Wells-Brimtoy, identical to the version shown in their 1951 catalogue, as model No.61 .
The underside of the toy has a typical Wells clockwork mechanism with thin large-diameter gears and a wound helical wire spring.
References
- Marguerite Fawdry, British Tin Toys (New Cavendish, 1990), p207 ISBN 0904568865 – includes a reproduction of the 1951 Wells-Brimtoy catalogue, with an illustration of the tipper truck.
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