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VOLKSWAGENWERK SPLIT VW V1

Major Ivan Hirst ordered in 1946/47 the design of an aluminum promotional gift for visitors and valued workers at the VW factory. They used aluminum because there was no shortage of scrap aluminum from dismantled airplanes. The very first model was disapproved by major Hirst (see also VOLKSWAGENWERK...

Published in: VOLKSWAGENWERK

VOLKSWAGENWERK SPLIT VW V0

Major Ivan Hirst ordered in 1946/47 the design of an aluminum promotional gift for business relations and valued workers at the VW factory. They used aluminum because there was no shortage of scrap aluminum from dismantled airplanes. A mould was made and the model was presented to Major Hirst for a...

Published in: VOLKSWAGENWERK

VOLKSWAGENWERK SPLIT VW V2

Published in: VOLKSWAGENWERK

WEBER KdF Wagen VW

A very nice, desirable, and seldom found one piece cast aluminum hollow body with solid windows and a slit in the roof as it was designed by Hans Weber for a KdF Sparkasse (savings bank). Hans Weber was based in Spenge in Westfalen, Germany in the Adolf Hitlerstrasse 253. A cast aluminum base plate&...

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WIKING SPLIT VW Small Scale V0

WIKING was founded by Friedrich Karl Peltzer in 1932. WIKING's beginnings were in producing ship models in 1:1,250 scale. Before and during World War II these models, made of lead based zamac, were used by the German military for training purposes. They were usually marked "WIKING MODELL" on their b...

Published in: WIKING MODELLE Small Scale

WITTROCK VW BUS

The firm of H. WITTROCK A/S was established in 1935 by Helmuth Wittrock in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company started in the radio industry, but, because of the shortage of supplies during the war, the company moved to other products, like glass, china and toys. The demand for mechanica...

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WÜNNERLEIN (WÜCO) OVAL VW

FRITZ WÜNNERLEIN & Co (WÜCO), was founded in 1906 and located in Zirndorf, Germany. During the pre WWII era, WÜCO mainly produced savings boxes and during the post war era, mechanical toys and cars as well. They produced this tin plate body with a very nice detailed red & white lithogra...

Published in: WÜNNERLEIN (WÜCO) OW

WÜNNERLEIN (WÜCO) SPLIT VW

FRITZ WÜNNERLEIN & Co (WÜCO), was founded in 1906 and located in Zirndorf, Germany. During the pre WWII era, WÜCO mainly produced savings boxes and during the post war, era mechanical toys and cars as well. The body stamping is identical and the chassis has a similar mold stampi...

Published in: WÜNNERLEIN (WÜCO)

WÜNNERLEIN (WÜCO) & HÖRNDLEIN VW

The WÜNNERLEIN body stamping is identical and the chassis has a similar mold stamping design to the HÖRNDLEIN FH126. WÜNNERLEIN is believed to have acquired the tooling to produce the tin VWs from HÖRNDLEIN. WÜNNERLEIN also produced a very nice tin litho Oval Window VW that also has similaritie...

Published in: WÜNNERLEIN (WÜCO)

YONEYA - YONE VW BUS TRACK SET

The company YONEYA Toy Co. Ltd. was formed in Japan in 1950 and more than often is referred to simply as YONE. The company used the trademark of a diamond lozenge around the letters SY during the 1950-1964 era. After 1964, the trademark was changed to incorporate the name YONE again within...

Published in: YONEYA - YONE

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