Since 2005 a small series of very simple
1:20 miniatures with a length of 220 mm - called Don Carmelo Toys - are
being made in Argentina.
The seller says these Volvos are produced
with old matrices from the sixties.
The plastic foil made car bodies and
undersides of the Don Carmelo Toys are glued together. There are two
variations of the bottoms plates, one of them is marked "Volvo" and has a
better fixing for the axles and the car body. The manufacturer fitted his
miniatures with rubber tyres on silver metal wheels. These cars are painted
in different colous and colour combinations, the windows are allways painted
silver.
Don Carmelo Toys are sold in colourful
hand made boxes showing a bigger red Volvo P 1800 and a smaller white one
and Roger Moore on a red and white printed adhesive label. It's marked: The
"Saint's" car, Volvo P 1800, Don Carmelo Toys, Ind. Argentina.
Peter 15/03/06