Commer Commando Coach SAA 1940 blue 1-76 Oxford NEW+boxed FREE Delivery #7623 instant wheels

… dit is ‘n voorreg vir my om Afrikaans te praat, as dit jou meer tegemoed sal kom! Ek probeer almal tevrede stel: die oubaas met sy geliefkoosde ou-tydse modelle uit verlede jare of die plaasboer wat meer van ’n Mercedes 180 Pontoon bakkie hou as ’n Chev El Camino, of eerder ’n Lanz Bulldog trekker sal verkies bo ’n John Deere. Maar selfs die verskaf ek met ‘n plesier en vreugde. Laat net weet wat jou keuse is! Ek soek oral noukeurig en met ’n neus sensitief en lank soos die van ‘n worshondjie …

One of the passenger-friendly milestones during the 85 year history of South African Airways, were the deployment of WW.II ex-army issue of the 1940 Commer Commando Coaches in the airline's ground fleet, considerably shortening distances between Johannesburg + Pretoria early city terminals to SAA's then new operational base at Palmietfontein Airport (1948) - here presenting the perfect Oxford replica 1:76 scale model, proudly sporting the Springbok emblem of the day. Long after SAA had occupied the Jan Smuts Airport terminal facilities at Kempton Park, these coaches also connected  passengers from check-in gates to further away (apron parked) aircraft and vice versa, as some 'early passengers' may well remember from SAA's more profitable days.