Many thanks to Ron Mc Bain of Kelowna, British Columbia, for sharing photos of his Minnitoy collection!
These two trucks are represent ative of the early style Minnitoys. The Minnitransport Co. box is shown below.
It wasn’t long before the OTACO company upgraded the quality and construction of their rapidly growing toy truck line. The new trucks featured spot welding, deeply drawn shapes, thick steel and very rugged construction. They were truly built to take any punishment a serious young truck driver could dish out. They were also very handsome in appearance. These are the trucks most popular with today’s collectors.
The Pepsi Truck is rare and highly sought after – especially in this outstanding original condition! Ron also has another Pepsi Truck with French lettering.
The Hydraulic Dump Truck came in botha single and dual rear axle configurations as these two examples demonstrate. Dual axle trucks are very desirable from a collector’s standpoint.