Dinky Toys and Other Medium Size Toy Jeeps

These are some of the medium size Jeeps in my collection, as of 1997. They range from about 3 inches to 7 inches in length. The details are below.

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Top Row:

1. Stamped Tin MB. Made in Japan, with friction motor and pretty fancy upholstery for an Army vehicle.
2. Green YJ. Nice Wrangler Sahara model with opening doors, folding seats, jewel lights. Made in China under licence from Chrysler.
3. White Majorette CJ-7. Quality model with sprung suspension, removable hardtop. Made in France. See also the Majorette Jeeps pages for more photos.
4. Blue Avon DJ. After-shave bottle, with white plastic hardtop. Nice Christmas gift for the mailman.
5. Blue Monogram CJ-7. This is a plastic 1:24 model kit. Actually I haven't assembled it -- this is just a picture from the box.
6. Yellow New-Ray CJ-7. A nice new metal 1:32 4WD friction-motor model made in China and licenced by Chrysler. Available in red and yellow. Folding windshield, opening tailgate.

Second Row:

1. White CJ-7. Has "Rescue" insignia on hood, and room for equipment in trunk behind the bucket seats. Powered by pull-back recoil spring motor.
2. Red Jeep Loco CJ-7. Battery operated with lug tires. Flips over and changes direction when it encounters obstacles.
3. White plastic CJ-7. Show Jeep with plenty of chrome, pull-back spring motor.
4. Red Plastic CJ-7. Fairly accurate reproduction, battery-motorized, with removable hardtop, lighted headlamps, and lots of torque.
5. White Metal CJ-5. Friction motor, big tires. But I guess you'd want to fold down that opaque black windshield.
6. Blue Supershots CJ-5. Well detailed new plastic model made in China for Lanard Toys. String pulls out the back to wind up a spring motor. Removable bikini top. About 1:30 scale. Look at the picture on the packaging.

1. Diecast Metal CJ-7s. Recent bargain-store toys. Hot pink model with "Dirt Rat" graphics has black plastic soft top with no side windows.
2. Red/Blue Plastic CJ-5. Two-piece, two-tone plastic toy with half-size hardtop.
3. Sand Plastic M38A1. Plastic toy in desert paint, with anti-aircraft (?) gun.
4. Blue Plastic CJ-5. Reasonably good cheap plastic toy.
5. Pottery CJ-3A. A souvenir of Ecuador given to me by a friend, it's "fully loaded."
6. Blue Battery Winch CJ-7. Unique in my experience so far: the winch operates (I had to fabricate a new hook, as well as a windshield). Made in Hong Kong for Echo Toys, 1983. Also features a plastic motorcycle instead of a back seat.

1. Red Solido MB. Part of a fire engine series, made in France. Folding windshield.
2. Green Dinky Toys CJ-3A. This dates from 1953. Forest green, not military green.
3. Red Dinky Toys CJ-3A. Same as the green version. Very solidly built -- a classic toy. See also the Dinky Toys Jeeps page for more photos.
4. Blue Tonka CJ-5. Smaller version of the big Tonkas, dated 1979. Metal body with black plastic grille and windshield.
5. Green Torco CJ-5. All-plastic knock-off of the Tonka, from "Green Grass Manufacturing" in Hong Kong, 1980.
6. Black Tonka CJ-5. Same 1979 toy as the blue version, but with metallic red stripes, and logos for AC, Cragar and STP.

1. Dinky Toys MB . Earlier and larger than the Dinky CJ-3A's. This one's in pretty bad shape.
2. Blue Corgi Toys CJ-5. 1/36 scale, made in China rather than Britain where earlier Corgis were produced. Nice metal model with plastic frame and removable soft top with clear plastic windows.
3. Green Plastic CJ-7 . Made in Venezuela, copied from the flip-over toys (see Red Jeep Loco above).
4. Red Wiking CJ-5. Soft plastic toddler's toy made in Sweden. With winch.
5. Green Plastic CJ-5. Nicely proportioned soft plastic toy made in Hong Kong. Molded in one piece including soft top.
6. Orange Fisher-Price CJ-3B. Plastic, made in USA in 1977, with a fish and duck graphic on hood. The hood is high enough to call it a CJ-3B. Looks like it was part of a set.

1. Grip Zechin CJ-3B. Japanese diecast model of the Mitsubishi J52, based on the CJ-3B. Nicely detailed. More photos on the Mitsubishi models page.
2. Purple Tonka CJ-3B. Six-inch-long version of the large pressed-steel Tonka toys. For details on the design see the Tonka page.
3. Yellow Tonka CJ-3B. The same body, with trailer hitch added. Windshield has been replaced.
4. Blue Tonka CJ-3B Racer. The same body, with wild colour scheme, larger tires and plastic full roll cage.
5. Brown Tonka CJ-3B Racer. The same body, with Tonka Golden Eagle logo, plastic headlights, and chromed roll cage.
6. Hong Kong M38A1. Metal body, pull-back spring motor. Missing weapon from rear-seat mount.

See also the Large Toys and the Small Toys.

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