Italy is for Politoys!

So I had these two Ferrari's which were marked Italy and I knew nothing about them, beyond the fact that they must be Italian toys, therefore when I received the Sam Toys stuff (previous post) from Angelo, I sent him a couple of shots (immediately below) and asked him who they were suggesting Dulcop as a maybe (my Politoys military are clearly marked with the brand so I'd rather ruled that out as a possibility!) because the Dulcop army lorries I have are unmarked.

The two cars's garnered the following from Angelo . . .

"The cars were made by Politoys in the sixties.

Politoys made two series of these cars in 1/77 scale.

The first series was composed by only seven cars and on the bottom reported "Sistema Dep" the name of the model and "Made in Italy".

These were:

N. 1 - Cooper (Norton)
N. 2 - Ferrari (500)
N. 3 - Connaught
N. 5 - B.R.M. P25
N. 6 - Ferrari 156
N. 8 - Vanwall
N. 11- Maserati

The second series was composed of 12 cars and on the bottom only "Made in Italy" and the name of the model.

These were;

N. 1 - Porsche
N. 2 - Ferrari (500)
N. 3 - Cooper
N. 4 - Connaught
N. 5 - B.R.M. P25
N. 6 - Lotus
N. 7 - Cooper (Norton)
N. 8 - Ferrari 156
N. 9 -  B.R.M. (G.P.)
N. 10 - Maserati
N. 11 - Mercedes
N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix"

For which I thank Angelo profusely, it's always nice to ID something, but to get the other 18 with pictures takes the biss'quit!

The second set of twelve, as sixes, 1-6 and 7-12.

Now, from the photographs, I think it's fair to say the main change was to the base section, but obviously some of the bonnet numbers were changed in the second set/issue, the numbers Angelo has given which explains the quirky-nature of the first seven's numbering.

Also I'm not sure which-is-which in the second collage, but it gives a good idea of the colours available, through both sets

Cheers Angelo!