South African Dinky 140
Dinky 140 Morris 1100. Rare SOUTH AFRICAN issue in SKY BLUE. Near mint/boxed. From a rare group of South African Dinky models from A Phenomenal Collection.
Price: £1,200.00
This item is no longer for sale, price for reference only.
Notes
Unfinished models were exported to South Africa from 1966. They were sent as castings and painted and assembled there, largely as a way of getting around the laws prohibiting export of finished goods to South Africa at this time. All housed in Dinky boxes with some Afrikaans text and of course most importantly the Arthur E.Harris print on the box.
Finished in an attractive and distinctively different shade of blue in comparison with the standard UK issue with shiny spun wheels, silver trim, matt base, South African rivets, and as-new fine tread tyres.
In near mint, original condition:
Few negligible marks and a little rough casting on the roof. Stray stroke of blue paint on a door (not a retouch).
The correct Arthur E. Harris Dinky box is clean, complete and brightly-coloured.
A little handling wear in the form of ruffling at end flap edges, some edge scuffing in places and a little edge indentation. No graffiti. Very small start of an end flap tear. Wear besides.
One of the rarest Dinky models.
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