Rafael Paya Pico, a local tinsmith, started in the year 1902 a factory in Ibi, Alicante, for sheet products, metal foundry and repair of music instruments. In 1906, his sons Pascual, Emilio and Vicente started producing metal toys. In 1905 they founded the company Paya Hermanos (PH). During the Spanish Civil War the company Paya Hermanos was collectivized and made fuse and ammunition. Production was resumed in 1946 after the war. Paya Hermanos was the first Spanish company which used splashing-machines for plastic and light alloys.They used Paya Hermanos as trademark as well as simply Paya.
Plastic body with cut out windows and fair details of front and rear hood, door seams and rear oval window with air louvers. Chassis molded in grey plastic and black plastic wheels attached to the chassis. Chassis has dots around the edge like little rivets. Part of a filling station set with pumps, signs and station attendant. Believed to be produced by PH, Paya Hermanos.
