The car is clearly marked on the box 'Made
in Great Britain' and I believe the underside of the model has 'No. 909-2L
(GB)', but other than those, there are no clues. The usual suspects are
Thomas/Taffy, Kleeware/Tudor Rose or Raphael
Lipkin, but there were others; Tri-ang/Mettoy
experimented with plastics in the latter Minic's? I feel the wheels will be the best clue, does any toy
car/vehicle collector recognise them from other - branded - toy vehicles?
I'm guessing it's a generic made for
someone like Littlewoods or Kays' Christmas catalogues and hoping
that someone will recognise it from a branded example in their collection,
maybe as a taxi rather than a fire chief, or a police car . . . military
vehicle?
Friction-drive with working headlights and
siren; it's a lovely thing, box looks 1950's, and the end-closure follows a
pattern you see with early Randall's
(Merit) - among others? About 1:24th scale?
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