Safir (models)
Société Anonyme de Fabrication d'Injection et de Recherches (English: Injection Study and Fabrication Company Limited, mostly known for its acronym Safir,[1] sometimes called Safir Champion) was a French manufacturing company that produced diecast metal classic veteran and contemporary plastic race cars and other vehicles in the 1960s through the 1970s.
Jadali made a variety of toys, including cars and trucks, space man, and cowboy pistols that were often D.C.M.T.
In 1960, Gouttman enters an agreement with a Mr. De Beque who owns a plastic moulding and diecasting company called "Safir".
From this time, Gouttman provided Safir with zamac metal parts for a new range of classic vehicles – plastics continue to be molded by De Beque.
[1] Safir made models of mostly classic French vehicles with the occasional Italian or German marque thrown in.
One was an ambulance with prominent red cross emblems and another was a green and yellow "Postes Transport des Dépéches" version.
Like many of the companies producing classic / veteran diecast vehicles like Minialuxe or Ziss Modell, Safir also had contemporary offerings, usually in plastic.
[1] There were 18 different models, but mostly these were LeMans Ferrari 512Ms, Porsche 917s in short and long tail, Chaparral 2Ds, and Ford Mark II GTs.
These latter cars were made in the 1970s, packaged in clear plastic display cases, called Safir Racing, and were apparently the company's last products.
[7] Undercarriages had surprising detail, probably the best of any contemporary model in 1:43 scale, showing – in plastic – chains and other drivetrain parts.
Some Safir wheels were normal plastic spoke designs similar to the cheap renderings of early Ziss models.
Unique to Safir and only seen elsewhere on a few Minialuxe models, were the clear plastic discs with radial 'spokes' appearing simply as etched or molded lines.
Sometime in the late 1970s to early 1980s, a few different Hong Kong companies acquired some of the Safir tooling and reproduced the Peugeots, Delahaye and Decauville models.
