I have found a few nice deals on eBay while cruising at night. First is the Dinky #382 Convoy Dump Truck. Not as nice a truck as it looked but it will start to fill a gap I have in later year Dinky Toys. Playworn with the usual scuffs and bumps but no damage and it is all there.



$10.00 shipped from UK







$18.45 us shipped from UK


I have been looking for one of these at a decent price, in decent shape since I did yours, Rob, what, 3 years ago. Finally. Whew.

Then there is the Cooper-Bristol Racer that was given to me by a customer for some restoration work. It restored rather nicely and has spun hubs. Now I need the red plastic hub version to complete the trio.




















Then, he sends me some decals, Keep the change and this great racer, Alfa-Romeo. Rusty Base but a nice casting and it will clean up nice when I get to it.

Looks like it's in great shape, all things considered. I have one in the custom projects box that I will get to once I'm done with the current batch of plastic kits. Last count there were close to 20 plastic kits waiting to be finished.

Thanks Rob, the truck stays as it is. Nice and played with, or should I say loved.


20 kits, wow, that is a few. Good luck as that would take me about 10 years or more to finish. I am not a big kit man. Hippie got me back into it for a while though.

Nice finds Jim! The Bristol came up great, you mentioned about the Red plastic hub version dont forget the yellow plastic hub version as well! It would seem that most in this series of the racers came out with cast, spun and red, yellow, blue plastic hubs!

Interesting finds.

I like the heavy treads on the racing cars.

Set up for wet weather with those tyres.

Nobleco the front of the Alfa has the piece under the grille missing how are you going to repair it?

I have a couple with the same breakage and haven't thought of a way yet.

Nice scores Jim. I quite like the Dinky convoy series of trucks, and the Alfa looks good too. The Bristol came out looking better than an original in my opinion.

I have not tried to repair that in the past when I have come across it. A couple I filed off the rough edges. I might try welding it but I think an epoxy putty or something like JB Weld would do the trick too. I think I am leaving it as is for now.

Thanks on the comments guys. The Convoy is the first one I have and I finally have the Fruehauf truck. Been looking for that one for quite some time. Found it in pretty good shape to.

that Freuhauf looks excellent.

can make it into a roadtrain and add more trailers

I have a Cooper-Jarrett Box van that maybe I could make a mount for the Cab to attach properly. Would be an interesting little project, for sure. Put that in front and the two belly dumpers behind.

Yes that would look good

I would like to see that too Jim.