Blaw-Knox Heavy Tractor
Built by Richard Marsden in January 2025 for the Dinky Toys Secretary’s Challenge
Based on Dinky toy № 563. I must have been given this Dinky model at a very early age. I can remember it only when the tracks had disappeared (perhaps my parents thought I might try to eat them), the chimney was broken off, most of the paint had gone and the axles were bent.
Dinky made this model do double duty by adding a bulldozer blade. I don’t think mine was this version — unless I’d ripped that off too.
The driver sat on a seat with side arms, a bit like a throne and probably more uncomfortable. Were the arms to stop him being pitched off the vehicle by the abrupt steering action?