Solido Toys by Dr Edward Force Simonds and originally published in

Simonds and originally published in 1967 by the Little Compton Historical Society

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Solido Toys by Dr Edward Force Simonds and originally published inTable of Contents The year was 1930. Ferdinand de Vazeilles of Nanterre, France, had been asked by the makers of Gergovia spark plugs to produce a promotional item to advertise their product. His design of a spark plug on wheels, complete with fenders and running boards, was manufactured by a local foundry. It sparked several series of miniature vehicles in the 1930s, produced by de Vazeilles under the name of Solido, the firm he founded in 1932. This