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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Friday, October 14, 2022

Y is for the Yanks Are Coming!

Via France!

C is for Citgo Old Crocks

Sticking with the Hong Kong and rack-toy angles, these are petrol premiums, and it's a US brand I think . . . which would make them gasoline premiums . . . but they are made in France which means they are technically 'Primes' with a silent 'e'!

Original opening text (as far as I got?) suggests this post nearly followed some Hong Kong shite? Anyway, we're back with Cle's production, and like the Huilor post the images are pretty self explanatory so light on the blurb again.

These are remarkably common in the UK for a US petrol (gasoline) premium, especially for a brand 'Citgo' (still going, now technically Venezuelan, but it’s all a bit shaky and the fucking Russians are in there somewhere - bothers me, doesn't apparently bother the PSTSM!) which never had UK outlets to my knowledge, certainly; the odd feebleBay purchase doesn't explain how often you see them here?

So I'm guessing it's ex-factory stock from France (despite the 'packed in the USA' message), never delivered to the client (overstock or cancelled order?) brought over - probably to the BP Fairs Sandown Park toy fair - by French dealers? Mine are all series two, series one were packaged more like oversized book-matches in a fold-over card. Also I am missing number seven of eight.

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;
The missing Rolls Royce 1931 is bottom-right.

1928 Isotta Fraschinni; 1:43rd Scale; Bentley Le Mans 1927; Bentley Sport Le Mans 1929; Citgo Classic Car Collectio; Citgo Gasoline; Citgo Petrol; Citgo Premiums; Classic car Collection; Cle; Cle Tacots; Echelle 1/43; French Car; French Cars; French Model Car; French Premiums; French Racing Car; Hispano Suiza 1922; Isotta Franchini 1926; Kit Cars; Made In France; Mercedes Sport SSK 1929; Model Cars; Model Vehicles; Old Fashioned Cars; Old Timers; Oldtimers; Packard Roadster 1930; Packard Sport Phaeton 1930; Plastic Cars; Plastic Vehicles; Rolls Royce 1931; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Torpedo H68; Vieux Tacots;
Two of the above cars were also in the Huilor post; the 1922 Hispano Suiza and 1926 Isotta Fraschini, I'm guessing the others would have been Huilor premiums as well, Cle pretty-much only did premiums for other parties.

Original copy and images published by & (C) - Hugh Walter at 9:30 AM
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