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That is a great model take it a bit fiddly to build?

 

Did garages start selling all BMC models before BL or were they all separate marques? 

On 30/09/2019 at 16:07, russ p said:

That is a great model take it a bit fiddly to build? 

 

The design of the kit is good and gives you a good model.

 

On 30/09/2019 at 16:07, russ p said:

Did garages start selling all BMC models before BL or were they all separate marques? 

 

I'm not an expert in that field. But I found this information on Wikipedia:

"At the time of the mergers, a well established dealership network was in place for each of the marques. Among the car-buying British public was a tendency of loyalty to a particular marque and marques appealed to different market segments. This meant that marques competed against each other in some areas, though some marques had a larger range than others. "

If you look at the Mini you will see that is build for several BMC marques: ARO Mini, Austin 850,  Austin Cooper (Austin Mini, Austin Partner, Austin Seven), Leyland Mini, Morris Mini (Morris 850, Morris Mascot), Riley Elf, Wolseley 1000 (Wolseley Hornet).

 

See also this CarMart adverd from 1960:

Hi Job, good to see progress on the showroom. Nice touch by Kingsway that they will pre-print the signs. 

 

Did you collect the Austin cars specifically for this layout, or are they a long-term interest?

On 13/10/2019 at 07:28, Mikkel said:

Did you collect the Austin cars specifically for this layout, or are they a long-term interest?

 

Your question makes me think. When I started to buy my car models I for one reason or another I choose for Austin or Morris models.

I think I know why. A neighbour of my is interested in old timer cars. He has a DAF. See the advert.

 

 

He was very enthusiastic when I showed him my Austin coal van.

When I was a boy in the late 1950’s the only British cars I can remember are Austin or Morris cars. My neighbour has worked for the firm that imported the Austin cars from England.

So, my interest in Austin cars lays somewhere in my childhood, although my parents did not have a car.

For the show room I collected Austin cars that where for sale in 1954.

But I have decided to build up a collection of BMC cars.  BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39% of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey, Riley, and Wolseley, as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.

So this could be an interesting collection of cars that also can be used for my diorama’s.

 

Job

Edited October 14, 2019 by Job's Modelling

Interesting, Job. I see that DAF had a model called the "Daffodil". I'm not sure such a name would sell today!

 

That advert is very 1950s: The perfect family, everything nice and neat, happy well behaved consumers with not a worry in the world 

Novel automatic transmission - Daf “variomatic”, and they made an amphibious car too, given the amount of water in the Netherlands, probably quite a useful proposition.

 

i think the factory, maybe the company, was bought out by Volvo, the smaller Volvos were certainly made in the NL.

 

atb

Simon

16 hours ago, Simond said:

Novel automatic transmission - Daf “variomatic”, and they made an amphibious car too, given the amount of water in the Netherlands, probably quite a useful proposition.

 

i think the factory, maybe the company, was bought out by Volvo, the smaller Volvos were certainly made in the NL.

 

atb

Simon

 

DAF sold its passenger car division, along with what is now the NedCar factory in Born, in 1975 to the Swedish company Volvo Cars, leaving DAF to concentrate on its successful line of trucks. The DAF innovative Variomatic transmission system was no part of this deal. DAF passenger cars were made from 1959 to 1975.