From Little Acorns Grow...

A few years ago I received this lovely Christmas card from old mate Bob Tayler. Bob has owned a 1934 Singer Le Mans for many years and brought it with him when he emigrated from the UK.

Lo and behold, the red car in the picture is a child's view of Bob's very own car parked by his cottage near Lac Magog. Drawn by a young friend of the family, the artwork was turned into a card called 'Les Amis de George, Georgeville.' It was printed by a company called 'A la Carte' and the catalogue number is 108.

There's certainly a great deal of detail in the Singer and some artistic licence too- as Bob mentions in his text- the car is still British Racing Green in real life!

Let's hope little George has developed an interest in our favourite marque as a result of his artistic endevours. He's aptly named, too, as it was a George Singer who founded the company and bore his name, although he never saw cars like the Le Mans produced.

Small world!

Mini Blue?

Hey, doesn't this little fellow look familiar!?

I've collected a few of these interesting 'home craft' style tin models and I find they have a lot of charm.

So far, I've picked up a large scale Edwardian Roll-Royce Silver Ghost and a neat '30's Alfa-Romeo racer. There's also a gorgous clockwork model of the Golden Arrow record breaker on my fireplace mantle, but that is in a different league and more of a collector's piece.

When I spotted this model on the shelf, it caught my attention immediately and I had to have it! The shape...the colour...the wheels...looks like the artist had a certain Singer Le Mans on his mind when he made it! It might be fun to detail it further to look even more like a Singer!

You can check out some other tin display models at: http://www.popblue.com/models/