We're going to look at a few of the
vehicles I photographed at Sandown Park last month which may (or may not!) be
from the Lucky Toy (or LP!) stable/s over the next few days,
and we’re starting with a little peach!
It's a VW Beetle (raaayy!), flat screen
(double-raaayy!) but not split (boooooh!), it's a fire vehicle (raaayy!), with
push-and-go motor (raaayy!) and blue windows (cool!) hiding a lack of figures
(boooooh!) and it's fitted with racing-slicks . . . on a Fire Chief !!!?
I used to be a big fan of VW Beetles and
some of my friends still are, but I saw the light . . . here's the news; all
vehicles even back in the 1950's have/had a built-in obsolescence, and while a
15 or even 20 year-old vehicle can be a cool conversation piece, a 30 or 40
year old bubble-car with a propensity to catch-fire on the motorway, is just an
old piece of shit - isn't it?!
Same with old-series Land Rovers (aluminium
rot), 1950's Harley Davidson's (noisy, gas-guzzling, rust-buckets), any pretty
Citroens (hydraulic nightmare), Morris Traveller's and Mini-traveller's; they
get woodworm in their bodywork FFS! Old vehicles look best (and last longer) in
museums, period.
Clear base mark with the full Lucky horseshoe. Points to note are that
the motor housing has bend-down tin flaps, and while there are two screw
stations, only one is being used, suggesting other variations, probably for
other/different customers with different wheel or bodywork arrangements or even
different motor-types/configurations?
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