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rioredgt
11-02-2008, 01:19 PM
Picked these up at a local shop.

Robert
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r12/rioredgt/100_0216.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r12/rioredgt/100_0217.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r12/rioredgt/100_0218.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r12/rioredgt/100_0219.jpg

Lummox
11-02-2008, 02:02 PM
Very cool. Looks like it's from the '70s, right?
The "69" decal on the doors look like they might be from an old Aroura slot car "hop-up kit".
The orange cars seems to be a '70s Play Art '68 Ford Thunderchicken
Nice pix!

karl s
11-05-2008, 09:55 PM
not an old Aurora slot car but from their own Tekno knock-off: :rolleyes:
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm12/kschnelle/tekno/PilenMonzas.jpg

SMS88
11-06-2008, 01:07 PM
Hello Karl :wave: It was a fun evening learning about Teknos when you were over here visiting
Those Pilens were beautifully made,and with fine fit opening features too - I am lucky to own a handful boxed. Tekno Denmark when shut down left huge quantities of decals, and I wouldnt be surprised if the unused decals along with the tooling moved from Denmark to Spain probably via Holland.Pilen has a great selection of tools from former Teknos and some Italian brands in their 1970s range
Those Schuco style hubcaps date the Playart to 1972 or 1973- earlier issues have petal pattern and later issues have one peice speed wheels.First issues had a chrome plated baseplate and then as an economy measure white painted baseplates replaced chrome in 1973

rioredgt
11-08-2008, 04:08 AM
Joal is another Spanish manufacture that produced these types of castings, correct?

Robert

karl s
11-08-2008, 11:05 AM
They did a copy of the same Tekno Monza (using the old molds or not?)...

Here is the Joal copy of another Tekno:
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm12/kschnelle/tekno/JoalMercedes.jpg

SMS88
11-08-2008, 02:52 PM
They did a copy of the same Tekno Monza (using the old molds or not?)...

Here is the Joal copy of another Tekno:
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm12/kschnelle/tekno/JoalMercedes.jpg

Yes they did use the old Tekno tooling but fitted their own design of wheels. Every detail of all other parts appears identical -but Tekno fitted a spare in the trunk,Joal didnt although they left the mounting pin
Heres mine in a different box,one of my few mib:)

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/SMS369/toys/2008-Nov.jpg