Three Diecast Metal Recovery Trucks By Lesney and Corgi From The 1960's

Here we have three diecast metal recovery trucks by Lesney and Corgi from the 1960's

Red Truck - Land Rover by Corgi Juniors - made in Gt Britain - Whizzwheels series - in ok condition some loss of paint and minor scratches in line with its play warn condition

Two Yellow and Green Trucks- Dodge Wreck Truck by Lesney of England - Matchbox series No. 13 - Both in very playwarn condition see images

All vehicles are in different grades of play-warn condition (they've been loved and played with, as toy buses should - have you seen TOY STORY!)

The images reflect their condition as far a paintwork and stickers etc

Lesney was founded on 19 January 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by Leslie Smith (6 March 1918 - 26 May 2005) and Rodney Smith (26 August 1917 - 20 July 2013).

The name "Lesney" was an acronym from both partners' (which were not related by blood) names. They had been school friends and served together in the Royal Navy during World War II.

Shortly after they founded the company, Rodney Smith introduced to his partner a man named John "Jack" Odell, an engineer he had met in a previous job at D.C.M.T. (another die-casting company). Mr. Odell initially rented a space in the Lesney building to make his own die-casting products, but he joined the company as a partner in that same year.

Corgi Toys is the brand name of a range of die-cast toy vehicles created by Mettoy and currently owned by Hornby.

The Mettoy ("Metal Toy") company was founded in 1933 by German migr Philip Ullmann in Northampton, England, where he was later joined by South African-born German Arthur Katz, who had previously worked for Ullmann at his toy company Tipp and Co of Nuremberg.

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