A story well worth revisiting...
Burslem Industries in Canada began a line of models called Real Types beginning around 1958. While simple, they were accurate renditions of currently available vehicles. Early releases had metal wheels and no window glazing. None ever had interiors.
The exact series of events is still open to some question, but Hubley - Pennsylvania - USA acquired this line of vehicles and renamed (most of) them Real Toys, adding window glazing and "rubber" tires. Again, none of these had interiors.
There are models that were advertised and not made. There are models clearly marked Made In Canada with the Hubley name on them. There are Real Types with window glazing. These are exceptions to the "rule."
Models covered were American automakers, and between Burslem and Hubley model years from 1958 to about 1961-62 are covered. Hubley even covered a General Motors Concept Car called the Firebird III, and the designers took a bit of liberty with a 1960 Ford Sedan Delivery that was not made. It appears a DIVCO concept was also cast in zamac.
For the period of time they were made, these are extraordinary for capturing the lines of the vehicles. Scale is uniform across all of them, they all scale well with each other even if a little large on the whole (I believe they are uniform 1/60 scale).
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