LEGO 1967 / Classic / Vehicle Sets

The LEGO Classic Vehicle theme from the 1960s featured sets that centered on creating various vehicles using LEGO bricks. Distinct from the more detailed and specialized vehicle sets of later years, the 1960s theme provided basic parts and simple designs to construct cars, trucks, and other common vehicles. These sets were a part of LEGO's effort to expand its product range and offer builders thematic sets that focused on everyday objects and transportation modes.

1967 LEGO Sets

In 1967, LEGO began to better define and redefine how LEGO sets were scaled. This was an important change that we still see in modern LEGO sets today. During the 1960’s the size of LEGO sets and scale of the models had changed, mostly growing larger over time. With the mid 60's introduction of model sets, known as Model Makers in the US, these sets were based, not on the 1:87 scale of the Town Plan, but on the larger scale of the 2 x 2 wheel. The train sets introduced in the previous year and a series of truck models in 1967 were also designed around the 2 x 2 wheel and from that point on all new development was based on this larger scale. The LEGO System had changed from the loosely scaled Town Plan to a larger, and much more consistent, scale. A scale that integrated nearly all the sets and one that is close to the mini-fig scale of today.