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KÖRA KdF WAGEN VW V3

KÖRA, actually known as Kölle & Raab, registered in 1923 as a toy exporting and distributing company in Germany. Barbara Kölle, Alfred Kölle and Konrad Raab were the owners. KÖRA represented the smaller "unknown" German toy companies in Fürth. One of those “unknown” toy companies made&...

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KÖRA US ZONE SPLIT VW V4

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KOSUGE OVAL VW

In 1945, Matsuzou Kosuge, used a left over empty tin can to manufacture a U.S. army jeep. He then received permission from U.S. authorities to manufacture toy cars for the U.S. market, so that the former Japanese wartime factories could be used for something civilian. This ...

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LAERUMS METALL A/S OVAL VW

The manufacturer of this Oval Window VW was LAERUMS METALL A/S (Laerum Metall Aktiengesellschaft) and was founded in 1946 in Sande, Norway. The first 7 years the factory produced electric articles and small toys. In 1953 they started producing small diecast toys. All the cars were marked underneath ...

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LAMO LEKER VW BUS

A VW Bus that is made of tin lithograph and is basically a licensed copy of the German GÖSO VW Bus model. This VW Bus was produced by LAMO ( Larsen og Mortensen ), Stavanger, Norway in 1956. After WWII there were very strict import regulations in Norway (1945-1960). The country was poor and you wer...

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LEMY POLIUMEX VW BUS

The Mexican toy company POLIUMEX S.A. was founded by Jorge Enrique Abud Chami, together with his brother and some friends in the mid 1950s. POLIUMEX had different divisions that produced hydraulic products as well as toys. In the 1960s, POLIUMEX acquired the metal dies of the German ...

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LESNEY - MATCHBOX VW BUS V1

LESNEY Products & Co. Ltd. was founded in 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by founders Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith, who were unrelated. The company name was a melding of their first names. They soon were followed by designer Jack Odell. In 1949 the company started experimenting with t...

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LESNEY - MATCHBOX VW BUS V2

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LESNEY - MATCHBOX VW BUS V3

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LION CAR OVAL VW

LION TOYS is manufacturer of toys cars from the Netherlands. The brand was established in 1946 by Mr. Arie van Leeuwen in the town of Wassenaar and they later moved to the town of Nistelrode. Initially, they produced tin train sets, but also some toy cars. The Oval Window Volkswagen Beetle was ...

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