Safir
Brand
Safir was a French toy producer active from 1959 to 1978. Their first toy car products were a well-known series of classic cars in plastic in scale 1/43 aprox. They also remade some France Jouets trucks with more plastic parts under the Champion brand. M. Jean-Paul Juge was the Technical Director and has written online about it (see links). (Andrew Ralston, Diecast Collector, Oct 2022)
Their name was an acronym for "Société Anonyme de Fabrication d' Injection et de Recherches."
Subject ID: 3166
MoreSafir was a French toy producer active from 1959 to 1978. Their first toy car products were a well-known series of classic cars in plastic in scale 1/43 aprox. They also remade some France Jouets trucks with more plastic parts under the Champion brand. M. Jean-Paul Juge was the Technical Director and has written online about it (see links). (Andrew Ralston, Diecast Collector, Oct 2022)
Their name was an acronym for "Société Anonyme de Fabrication d' Injection et de Recherches."
Also under their sub-brand Champion they produced a line of 3-inches Grand Prix cars with plastic bodies and metal bases in the late 1960s - early 1970s. Super Champions were 1/43 versions of their racing cars, most being for the Le Mans 24 hours race.
A series of small commercial vehicles were also called Champion on their baseplates but Championette on their boxes, These also had plastic bodies with metal bases. (Andrew Ralston, Diecast Collector, Nov 2022)
Some of the Safir/Champions molds were copied by the Spanish brand Guisval in its early 4-inches and 3-inches series, in the mid-late 1960's.
Subject ID: 3166
Subject ID: 3166
