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Offline Markus Schild  
#1 Posted : 17 October 2014 19:06:15(UTC)
Markus Schild

Germany   
Joined: 14/01/2006(UTC)
Posts: 1,802
Location: Wurttemberg
Dear collectors,

Last week I bought this car, obviously from GARVI, Spain. Google brings some more pictures of other cars of this brand, but no information about the manufacturer: Assortment, period, history etc. Anybody knowing more?

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A really nice model in my eyes. The style is very similar to ELECTROTREN, the supports for the axles are made of really wood.

Regards

Markus

Edited by user 04 May 2017 21:04:44(UTC)  | Reason: Restored lost pictures

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Offline waorb  
#2 Posted : 17 October 2014 20:19:49(UTC)
waorb

Brazil   
Joined: 31/05/2011(UTC)
Posts: 868
Location: Brazil
Hello Markus,

Don't know any answers, but it's a very nice exemplar for the layout; even for 'copy' the idea and build a similar one.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Walter
Offline Sparrow  
#3 Posted : 25 October 2014 23:23:08(UTC)
Sparrow

Spain   
Joined: 05/09/2011(UTC)
Posts: 219
Hi Markus. Garvi is a spanish brand. As far as I know, it stayed in business from the early sixties through the end of the decade. It had a small range of goods cars:

-A range of flat cars with different loads, like the one you own:

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-A range of refrigerated cars:

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The previous images are from a spanish auction site.
The next are from my collection:

-A range of wooden coaches:

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As you can see, we have a grand total of three molds and about 10 different decorations.

The overall quality of the brand was good for its date, on par with Electrotren, or even contemporary Märklin.

And that´s all I know about Garvi.
Best regards.
Luis.
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Offline Markus Schild  
#4 Posted : 04 May 2017 21:13:55(UTC)
Markus Schild

Germany   
Joined: 14/01/2006(UTC)
Posts: 1,802
Location: Wurttemberg
Hi,

last week I found another GARVI car which is not shown here so far. As I learned from http://blog.trenesymaque...1/dispensario-movil.html the RENFE offered a medical service to their employees and their families in these cars. The box shows the text "PPAS 300" which looks like a price for me. Or is this the catalogue - number?

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Some pictures of such a medical service - car I found on the web.

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Regards

Markus
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