Things are running a little slow in this forum :cool:

The Penny Cars was the 3" series made by the Italian firm Polistil.
They made several very collectable streetcars and about 15 F1 cars in the late 60s. - early 70s.

Here are my only two Penny F1 Racers :thumbsup: A Ferrari and a Cooper Maserati. I would love to have all of those F1s, maybe some day........... ;)

Karl-E. Denmark

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j216/karl-e/pennys.jpg

Very Sweet!

Very nice Karl!

It's cool you have them with the box, that makes it even sweeter!

Box makes for a nice display. They look a lot like my MARX racers..

Those look very cool!

Just got my third Penny F1 Racer - BRM V8.
These are highly addictive:freak:

Karl-E. Denmark

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j216/karl-e/PennyF101.jpg

The wheels are a bit overscale but they remind me of the Wacky races cartoons which I loved as a child - all the wheels were oversized in the cartoon. I know a guy with a bunch of these in his shop....interested Karl?

The wheels are a bit overscale but they remind me of the Wacky races cartoons which I loved as a child - all the wheels were oversized in the cartoon. I know a guy with a bunch of these in his shop....interested Karl?

Yes my friend ;) of cause´I'm interested, I'll email you later :wave:

I'm on a roll at the moment:woohoo: got 4 new F1s yesterday, and are going to pick 2 more up at the postoffice tomorrow. This will bring the total up to 9 models:thumbsup: however, still 6 short of a complete set:rolleyes:

Karl-E. Denmark

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j216/karl-e/penny7-8.jpg
#7 Eagle & #8 B.R.M. H16

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j216/karl-e/penny12-13.jpg
#12 McLaren Ford 8V & #13 Mc.Laren Serenissima

Hej Karl E - it's Karl S!

Here are two more Penny's - both Alfas (not F1) with no boxes... :(

2600 Sprint:
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/508/medium/Alfa_Romeo_2600_Sprint.jpg

Giulia TI:
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/508/Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_TI.jpg

[QUOTE=karl s;2307170]Hej Karl E - it's Karl S!

Here are two more Penny's - both Alfas (not F1) with no boxes... :(



Nice cars Karl S :thumbsup: I haven't got any of the streetcars - YET :rolleyes:

For now, I'm concentrating on the F1s - still have to find 6 more to complete the set. As you can see I only go for the "all cardboard-boxes" as I don't like the ugly "window-boxes" they came in a little later.

Enjoy the "family-picture" with the newest members of my family :)

Karl-E. Denmark

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j216/karl-e/PennyF1line-up.jpg

Ed Force's book, Made in Italy, lists 15 Penny F1 cars - made from 1967-1668, number 01 to 15. However, Rampini's Made in Italy book lists them as 1965-1968. Close enough! Both books say they are at 1/66 scale.

No Alfas in the Penny series but Polistil did release these in 1/55 scale in the 1980s:
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/508/medium/Polistil_Alfas.jpg
The fuzzy #22 car is an Alfa Romeo 179, # RJ69 and the fuzzy #5 is a Brabham Alfa BT48, #RY66. Both of these are about 80 mm long.

These may be a little less fuzzy (but more dusty :rolleyes:).
179:
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/508/medium/Polistil_ALFA_ROMEO_179.jpg

BT 48:
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/508/medium/Polistil_Alfa_BT_48.jpg