Despite extensive research, I can find very little information on this company anywhere even on the internet which has a few references.
Glam Toy Products, sometimes called ‘GLAMTOY’ are said to originate from the early to late 1950s. They are free-wheeling, of tinplate construction in general, but some other toys were sourced from other manufacturers of the day, so not everything made by "GTP" was tinplate.
They were made in the United Kingdom and they are most well known for making a series of 4 cars based on emergency vehicles like Fire, Police and Ambulance cars, all based on similar toys made in the USA.
Glam Toy Products appear to have operated out of SOUTH WALES although they marked their toys "Made In England" usually on the rear above the bumper line. One source reports “Glamtoys Limited. Port Talbot, South Wales. Founded in 1935. Dissolved 1953. Produced small tinplate vehicles etc. for Woolworths.”, so it appears they have been around a lot longer than thought and possibly ceased business earlier than thought. [Kevin Dockerill has confirmed the entry comes from ‘British Tin Toys’ by Marguerite Fawdry which states "Glamtoys Ltd 1935-1953. Port, South Wales. Manufactured cheap small racing cars, trains, clicking frogs and animals for Woolworths" and is accompanied by an illustration of the frog clickers and what is described as a coronation scene. It is thought the "Port, South Wales" is a typographical error and should read "Port Talbot, South Wales."][Kevin Dockerill has now confirmed the entry, described above, from ‘British Tin Toys’ by Marguerite Fawdry should read "Porth, South Wales." Refer to Kevin's page at http://tinplatetoys.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/glamorgan-toy-products-glam-t... for even more new information on Glam Toy Products].
GTP made locomotives, service vehicles, garages, boats and planes as well as the cars in various liveries and colours (Ambulance, Fire, Police, Post Office Telephones; two tones, blue, red and green being commonly used) - all the toys I have seen carry a GTP 5xx number on them (including the boats). They appear to have been sold via major retailers such as Woolworth's, during the 1950s.
Models known to me are as follows: |
| GTP-506 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate 4 door saloon car in Red and Green (103mm). |
| GTP-507 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate 4 door saloon car in Red and Green (103mm). |
| GTP-508 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate Police Car in Blue and Cream. Early(?) versions have a siren/bell mechanism (103mm). |
| GTP-509 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate taxi in Black and Cream (103mm). |
| GTP-510 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate Ambulance in Red and White (103mm). |
| GTP-511 Locomotive, free-wheeling, tinplate in Red or Green, marked "BR". |
| GTP-512 Railway Tender, free-wheeling, tinplate in Red or Green. |
| GTP-513 Railway Coach, free-wheeling, tinplate in Red or Green. |
| GTP-514 Railway Dining Car, free-wheeling, tinplate in Red and possibly Green. |
| GTP-517 Railway Livestock Wagon, free-wheeling, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-519 Railway Open Wagon, free-wheeling, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-520 Railway Tank Wagon, free-wheeling, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-522 Racing Car, free-wheeling, tinplate racer (140mm). |
| GTP-526 Steamroller, free-wheeling, tinplate, wooden front roller. |
| GTP-527 Streamline Locomotive, tinplate locomotive - similar to Mallard, in Red, Yellow and Green (178mm). |
| GTP-531 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate taxi in Yellow and Red. A bigger toy than other sedans with tin grille and bumpers (130mm). |
| GTP-532 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate ambulance in White and Red. |
| GTP-533 Car, free-wheeling, Monte Carlo rally car in Green and Red. |
| GTP-534 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate Fire Chief sedan in Red and Yellow. A bigger toy than other sedans with painted grille and tin bumpers (128mm). |
| GTP-535 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate Fire Chief sedan in Red and Yellow. A bigger toy than other sedans with painted grille and tin bumpers (128mm). |
| GTP-536 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate chauffeur driven sedan in Red and Yellow. A bigger toy than other sedans with tin grille and bumpers (130mm). |
| GTP-538 Speedboat in Blue, Red and Tan. |
| GTP-541 Aeroplane, free-wheeling, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-542 Breakdown Wagon, free-wheeling, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-543 Fire Engine, free-wheeling, tinplate in Red? |
| GTP-550 Bus, free-wheeling, tinplate School Bus - Children's School Bus, multi colour (123mm). |
| GTP-551 Bus, free-wheeling, tinplate coach - Radio Coach, multi colour (123mm). |
| GTP-552 Bus, free-wheeling, tinplate Tour Bus - GTP Tours, multi colour (123mm). |
| GTP-553 Bus, free-wheeling, tinplate Tour Bus - Pullman Coaches, multi colour (123mm). |
| GTP-554 Bus, free-wheeling, tinplate Tour Bus - Swift Coaches, multi colour (123mm). |
| GTP-555 Bus, free-wheeling, tinplate Tour Bus - Starline Coaches, multi colour (123mm). |
| GTP-561 Van, free-wheeling, tinplate Royal Mail van in Red (105mm). |
| GTP-562 Van, free-wheeling, tinplate Post Office Telephone van in Green (105mm). |
| GTP-563 Van, free-wheeling, tinplate icecream van in Yellow and Blue. |
| GTP-564 Van, free-wheeling, tinplate mobile shop in Blue (105mm). |
| GTP-566 Van, free-wheeling, tinplate GTP Circus/Big Top Circus mobile home(?) in Red and Green (105mm). |
| GTP-568 Locomotive, tinplate locomotive - GTP Express, in Red, Yellow and Green (125mm). |
| GTP-570 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate 4 door in Blue (103mm). |
| GTP-571 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate four door saloon in red (103mm). |
| GTP-574 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate two door saloon in pink and blue (103mm). |
| GTP-576 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate two door saloon in green (103mm). |
| GTP-577 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate four door saloon in POLICE livery (103mm). |
| GTP-578 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate taxi in red and yellow (103mm). |
| GTP-579 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate "ambulance" in red and white (103mm). |
| GTP-580 Pleasure Launch, non-motorised, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-581 Police River Patrol Launch, non-motorised, tinplate in ??. |
| GTP-582 Safe, tinplate with combination lock in ??. |
| GTP-584 (A) Double Garage, 146mm wide by 118mm deep and 64mm high, operating door, tinplate Automatic Garage in Orange, Yellow and Blue. |
| GTP-584 (B) Car, free-wheeling, tinplate 4 door sedan in White over Light Blue - ROYAL AIR FORCE STAFF CAR (with Union Jack). |
| GTP-585 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate 4 door sedan in Light Blue over Dark Blue - ROYAL NAVY STAFF CAR (with Union Jack). |
| GTP-586 Car, free-wheeling, tinplate 4 door sedan in Light Green over Dark Green - ARMY STAFF CAR (with Union Jack). |
| GTP-600 Single Garage, 65mm wide by 78mm deep and 47mm high, operating door, tinplate Automatic Garage in Orange, Yellow and Blue. |
Should you have any further information on the company or its range, I would be pleased to hear from you via the comment link on this page.