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Yes! It has a simplified plastic baseplate. The headlight covers do NOT open and they are connected to the baseplate.
The Monza came with both skinny and wide tires. I wrote an article for Model Colector (UK) on the ones I had found so far!
Different Monza Parts for Different Companies
Company Years Baseplate Tires
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Tekno 1966-69 white skinny
Kirk 1970 grey (black,hole?) wide
strip ‘n steer 1970 grey wide
Tekno 1970-72 white (black,hole?) wide
Walco 1972?-? Tekno or Kirk wide
Dalia-Tekno ? Tekno, white wide
Joal 1970-? black, w w/o hole wide
Pilen 1969-78 black, w w/o hole skinny
Pilen-Artec 1988-? black plastic whizz
———————————————-The Tekno Miraco or Schuco Mirako had fake front wheels. When the front ran off the edge of the table then a 5th wheel underneath in the middle turns the car to the right and back onto the table. It was a ‘miracle’!
The Gyro was a pull-back mechanism with no 5th wheel, so it would run right off the table!
My three say MIRACO GYRO or GYRO above the front grill and Tekno Denmark on the baseplate. Copy of the SCHUCO Mirako car!
Yes, a concept from 1966! The link above has it… Here is mine!
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The blue, white, and red seem to be more common. The coffee or gold (with black hood) are more rare. Why not get both blue and white if they are good price? (I did!) 🙂
I do not know but here is my very old Volvo!
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I am sorry – I can write in English only.
I think the bubbles on your hood might be a bad paint job and not zincpest. I would not touch the outside of the car or try to scrap it off – you might scratch the paint off! The plated or siolver parts have surface corrosion which is typical – from the outside and not zincpest from impure alloy (I hope)!
Karl
A TR8 is very rare – did you get it from the US/Canada? Little 1/43 TR7’S ARE VERY EASY TO FIND though!
I will have to look to see if the items were listed online!
Anders wrote many articles in Model Collector (UK magazine) in the 1980s about Tekno and the history of each car they made! A lot of great info. I sent Peter some PDF copies a while ago.
He worked for m British Heritage Automobile museum and i found his email a few years ago. I asked him if he would correspond about Teknos. I had many questions – he told me NOT to email him again. Oh well!!!
Karl
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Here is another red Tekno – on green background for Jul!
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I looked for a Jue truck for a long time for a reasonable price since they looked like direct copies (like the Joal and Pilen cars). I got one two years ago. As you can see, it follows the same cab design, but is larger! I have seen them also called Minimac if you want to look for one…
This is a very useful and exhilarating discussion. Because there is no right or obvious answer, we can discuss and each have their own opinion.
I think it is more about what we like to collect. I like every aspect – the cars themselves, the catalogs, the history. That is how I found Peter’s website and all his articles and why I translated some of his articles into English for Model Auto Review!
I even got some of the Joal anf Pilens – to prove to myself they were or were not made from Tekno molds! 🙂 I am an engineer so I like all the design details. Therefore, I collect Joal and Pilen because they are ‘fake’ or un-original Teknos! 🙂
Thank you, Peter, for writing and saving the history for us and future collectors, and for making this forum!
Now I wish we could find some history of the Kirk-MPC connection and the Tekno-Kirk(?)-Walco-Dalia connections.
Karl
IndianapolisI got my Tekno 144 in 1970, I think, on the Stroget. I did not smell anything though! 🙂
Some years later in 1977, I was also collecting the Woodgrain box Matchbox Yesteryears, and I do remember that some of them smelled like perfume in the box!
I like all the history of the cars as well as the cars themselves. The dates and all the Tekno catalogs are fascinating for me. So I ALSO collect the Joals and the Pilens and the Walcos and the MPC and the …. 🙂
Thank you for the dates. I have always wondered when these other ‘Tekno’ were sold.
I have an ad for MPC strip ‘n steer, in an American boy’s magazine from December 1970, for the following models:
No. Model
914 FORD D-800 dump truck
915 FORD D-800 stake truck
931 MONZA spyder
933 Oldsmobile TORONADO
927 Jaguar XKE [US name for the E-type]So MPC started in at least 1970. All of mine have Kirk on the base…
I love that Commer Carlsberg (and the beer too)!
The Dinky is the 974 AEC Hoyner Car Transporter, from 1968-1975 or 76.
You are very good, Ms Super!
Marklin took their HO-scale train “Kranwagen Krupp-Ardelt” wagon and mounted it to Magirus Deutz fire truck in their 8000 series of diecast cars/trucks!
Recently re-introduced!
http://www.maerklin.de/en/products/details/article/18031/Karl
Bertel – those are beautiful models. I think that Tekno must be selling old stock in the Netherlands. Made by TWH Collectibles, an American company, who closed down in 2013.
