That is a very nice Corvette. The hubs do much justice to it than the fantasy ones now being used. The box says no. 112. Does that mean there are 111 others made before this one?

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<p>Chris,</p>
<p>This must be an error, I have asked the collector who used your photos to add an aknowledgement to his post. He is a very nice guy and certainly did not mean anything bad.</p>
<p>It's great to find such a mint boxed model, it is excellent and your photos are very good.</p>
<p>Kind regards.</p>
<p>Jacques</p>
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<p>Chris and Jacques,</p>
<p>Turns out I do have a login here -- I just haven't used it for seven years!</p>
<p>Actually this is what I added to the post on the DTCA site:</p>
<p><em>After the Mini Dinky experiment, Tri-ang used some of the tooling for a short-lived range called Top Gear (which Peter also noted in his article). Here are pictures of the former Mini Dinky Corvette, courtesy of Chris Sweetman, who<a class="ext" href="index.php?option=com_kunena&amp;func=view&amp;catid=60&amp;id=9859&amp;Itemid=2455#396536" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> posted them on the Planet Diecast site<span class="ext"> </span></a>.</em></p>
<p>If this is not sufficient or you want the photos removed from the DTCA site, let me know.<em> </em></p>
<p>Meanwhile, do you have any more Top Gear models? You may recall a few years ago another collector selling off drawings and prototype parts that he had obtained from the estate of a Tri-ang designer. Late to the game, I was able to obtain only a Mini Dinky garage without printing on it, a Oldsmobile Toronado body, and a VW fastback base. All the rest of the stuff is scattered to the winds now, like too much other Dinky information ...</p>
<p>This is why Jacques works so hard to correlate Dinky-related information from wherever it comes. I admire that his interests encompass everything Dinky, as do mine. I guess our motto is "no Dinky is a bad Dinky," although we may make an exception for the Cinderella's Coach!</p>
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<p>Chris -- Thanks! Let's hope indeed that other collectors surface with information on Top Gear models. This range seems colossally rare, and I think I read somewhere -- was it a post by you? -- that for whatever reason it was mostly sold in Japan!</p>
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