Grimer

Very nice. Some really good design choices and it's a useful class of vehicle.

I have one MOC I'm working on in LDD, and now the garbage can is gone. Wonder why as it's something which would be useful in many places. Good thing I already have one, as it means much for the character of the MOC.

Before good all wheel drive vehicles, this used to be the best kind of off-road vehicle. It's inspired by Citroën half tracks which were used to explore deserts, jungles and tundra, but it's not an exact copy. As it's a recreation of a historic car, it doesn't have to be electric drive. At present it shares steering wheel and road wheels with Grimer's electric car. I think it lacks a spare wheel at the back, which explains the photographic angles.

The lorry is 331, the tow truck 332. Both released in 1967. Box art shows grey tires, so either I replaced them with black long ago or the sets are newer than 1967 (those released in 1968 have black tires on the box art). The cabs are slightly too small to be minifig compatible. It's interesting how different the line up of vehicle sets in 67-70 was compared to now: One ambulance, one fire engine. (No police car at all.) One oldtimer car, one jeep. (No ordinary private car.) The rest is transportation: Two dump lorries (the above and one side dumper), a large van, one closed and one flatbed semi-trailer, one tow truck and one semi-trailer with crane plus maybe some I've forgotten.

Good thing there was a tow truck, from the same era, available. (Car in the foreground is "Grimer's" electric, but it's not finished.)

No, the Jeep and the ambulance (which I also have) didn't, only the trucks.

This is the 330 from 1968. Found its box today and as it wasn't complete and wouldn't seat a minifig, I put it together with a few small changes: The radiator grille used to be a solid blue square, now it's grey and a grille, Seat area redone, used to have a bench higher up, but then the minifig can't fit under the huge stearing wheel. Some new parts added, some old washed, but not all and it it's partly yellowed. One strange thing with it is that the stearing wheel is on the right side. This makes no sense, as it was released after we switched to driving on the right side of the road and even before that both Swedish made and even imported British cars had the stearing wheel on the left side. Anyway, I'll keep it the way it is. Might fit it with head and tail lights.