Lido Fire Engine - Green HP

For our Fire & Emergency vehicle Friday offering we have a nice small green hard plastic fire engine from Lido. Another Nifty '50s toy. We've featured a couple of these small fire engines before in white and yellow, but I was able to pick one up in green without having to rob the Bank of England to fund the purchase (lookee here sellers, these things simply AREN'T that rare or valuable!). I was lucky and got mine for only a few bucks but realistically you shouldn't have to pay more than $12-$15 in decent shape. Size-wise they're about 1/64-ish in scale, great for an S-gauge train layout or just fine on a 3-rail tinplate layout. Okay, 'nuff said - Enjoy! opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

In the following photos you can see the fire engine parked by a Royalville Fire Department and Built-Rite Fire Station.

Lido No. 11 Fire Engine

Today's another Fire and Emergency Vehicle Friday and we're featuring a nice little Nifty '50s engine from Lido, the No. 11 Pumper. This one is a little scratchy and a portion of the front bumper is off but overall it's a nice looking little piece measuring 3 11/16" (9.4cm) L x 1 3/8" (3.5cm) W x 1" (2.5cm) H which makes it about 1/64th scale. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Shown here with a Thomas Toys pick-up truck

Lido Small Plastic Fire Engines

I have a bad habit of not referring to some of the reference materials that are right at hand. Such was the case with these diminutive fire engines. I had the maker listed as 'Unknown' until I checked out Walt Hiltshew and Trip Riley's 'Pictorial Guide to Plastic Cars & Trucks' (the link to order the guide is on the right sidebar of the blog) and it is listed as Lido. The trucks measure 3 1/8" (7.9cm) L x 1 1/8" (2.9cm) W x 1" (2.5cm) H and you can see a size comparison below with the Ross Tool and Manufacturing Fire Engine which is 4 3/4" (12.1cm) L. Like most of the hard plastic vehicles made during the 1950s, these came in a variety of bright, fun colors and here we see white and yellow. They're nice little additions to the stable of Nifty '50s toy fire engines. Enjoy!