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DISTLER US ZONE SPLIT VW 307300

Johann Distler founded, in 1895 in Nürnberg, the Metallwarenfabrik Johann Distler KG. Until WW1 they mainly produced Penny Toys. Later they also produced cars, planes and mechanical toys. In 1936 the Company was bought by Ernst Völkl (also owner of TRIX) due to the fact that Johann Distler was Jewis...
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DUX OVAL VW

DUX was the toy label name for the German firm, Markes & Co. The company was founded in 1904 by Karl Markes in Lüdenscheid. From the 1930s, DUX production evolved into tin model car kits. Production changed over to plastic in the 1960s and toy production ceased altogether in 1981. At the 1950 Nu...
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DUX SPLIT VW

 DUX was the toy label name for the German firm, Markes & Co. The company was founded in 1904 by Karl Markes in Lüdenscheid. From the 1930s, DUX production evolved into tin model car kits. Production changed over to plastic in the 1960s and toy production ceased altogether in 1981. At the 1...
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DUX VW BUS

DUX was the toy label name for the German firm, Markes & Co. The Company was founded in 1904 by Karl Markes in Lüdenscheid. From the 1930s, DUX production evolved into tin model car kits. Production changed over to plastic in the 1960s and toy production ceased altogether in 1981. After the War ...
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EHEIM VW BUS

EHEIM GmbH was founded by Günther Eheim in 1949. In the early years they were well-known for their trolley busses. The assortment of EHEIM was extended rapidly. Not also accessories for the trolleybus system were made, they also created different cable cars, a television tower (made from a cable car...
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EISENHÜTTE KdF WAGEN VW

One piece steel stamped body that has the Volkswagen shape. No chassis and steel wheels and axle attached to the body. Probably made by the company of EISENHÜTTE from Thale, Harz. This company was responsible for producing the helmets for the soldiers in WW1 and WW2…....
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ENDOH OVAL VW

Tin body with cut out windows and fair details of front and rear hood, door seams and rear oval window with air louvers. Tin headlights and VW hood emblem. Tin chassis with a friction motor and rubber tires with hubcaps. Tin bumpers appeared in various styles. The chassis is marked JAPAN with or wit...
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ENDOH VW BUS V1

The ENDOH VW Busses were made out of stamped tin plate and lithographed. All are front wheel drive friction powered. Some have rubber tires with metal hub caps and later issues have one piece plastic wheels. Not all models have the ENDOH logo, but the lines in the metal stamping of the side panels i...
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ENDOH VW BUS V2

The ENDOH VW BUS V2 is approximately 160 mm long. The VW Pickup Bus models are made of five stamped tin panels including a wraparound body panel, a front V panel, a cab enclosure with cut out windows, bed panel and a chassis. There is no interior and no dash panel. The chassis are all rear wheel fri...
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ESTRELA OVAL VW V1

ESTRELA was founded in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1937, by German immigrant Siegfried Adler. He acquired the remains of a bankrupt toy factory which produced rag dolls and wooden toys cars. This production initially was continued, but later, in the early 1950’s they started producing plastic and tinplate...
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