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other side has a scratch on it  otherwise its perfect 
Originally posted by microbusss - February 11 2014 : 7:52:37 PM
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I'd say we have different opinions on perfect...
Originally posted by walt - February 11 2014 : 9:51:29 PM
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Kind of like "it was totally destroyed, but otherwise perfect?"  
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Posted - February 11 2014 : 10:08:13 PM
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Well busss, if that was mine (GIMME!) I would always display it ina case with that side not showing and not say a word
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 3:36:35 PM
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Matchbox Roll Royce Silver Shadow number 24.
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 3:43:09 PM
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nice roller walt,ken
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 4:03:02 PM
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A couple of Matchbox oldies. both have been repainted. Would like to restore the decals on the Coke truck sometime.
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 7:15:48 PM
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Someone donated about 20 of these Lesney cars to the local club a few years back and I always cringed at the underscale busses (think TT scale) and S-scale Lincoln amid all the nice HO cars. I collect the cars too, but I wouldn't use any on a layout except for a couple of their trucks that are almost right to scale.
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 7:40:14 PM
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hey JNXT 7707 The Coke tru...Lorry is cool
Coke lables go on the back & on that fin above the bottles
Isn't this a great thread?? 
So many cool Matchboxes & seeing the display at 49Cents is super cool
Course lots of these vehicles are going for 50X their original price!
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 8:36:00 PM
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| Actually I beLIEve I remember buying these Matchbox cars for 29 cents at Richards News , a local little store....
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 8:52:04 PM
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That Coke truck and cement mixers are survivors from way back. I always hate to paint over original paintwork on old Matchbox cars but they were so rough I don't think any value was lost, besides I'm keeping them around for sentimental reasons anyway. Now that I have done a few decals of my own I might try redoing the Coke truck if I can get them sharp enough.
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 8:54:04 PM
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Some of mine...
     
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 9:02:54 PM
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59Chevy - what a trip down memory lane! Fantastic display! Jaw dropping in fact
Some of my favorites: the old chevy in the next to last picture, and the Ford wagon in the pic above it....and the Cadillac in the second pic down. Man I wish I still had those, they really epitomize what those early Matchbox cars were all about.
But not only that, you have created a real museum display there. Very cool
Digging that monorail too!
The Cadillac ambulance in the last pic (nice one!) - I painted my surviving one into a hearse for my cemetery/funeral project on the layout:
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 9:11:25 PM
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Thanks!
I got a little carried away with my display shelf! I sort of made a vertical layout.
The old Chevy is a "59 Chevy!"
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 9:13:56 PM
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My wife's Matchbox Mobile Canteen:
The tow hitch is broken.
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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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 Posted - February 12 2014 : 9:16:28 PM
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ooohhhh! Am soooo jealous of you right now, 59chevy!!
Do want that Plasticville station & gas station!
I'd say you got EVERY Bobber Caboose made too!
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 9:29:56 PM
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59chevy, Very nice displays...
Jerry, I like the hearse edition of the Matchbox Ambulance!
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 11:24:24 PM
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quote:My wife's Matchbox Mobile Canteen:
Originally posted by gmoney - February 12 2014 : 9:13:56 PM
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I'm a little puzzled by the "minerals" on the menu. Most food is either animal or vegetable. I have had wind blown sand crunching between my teeth, but I didn't have to buy it.
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Posted - February 12 2014 : 11:41:30 PM
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Great stuff guys! Crappy picture, but here's something a little different (still relevant though!).
I've been re-purposing retro boardgames as wall art by encasing them in pine frames. I believe this Matchbox game is dated 1968.
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 01:01:36 AM
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Matchbox also made a highway Where you could put on your cars & let them race around
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 01:29:42 AM
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Two older Matchbox items that I have always liked. These are not mine and I never had either of these. May someday have to add them to my collection.
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 01:37:35 AM
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 This is what MicroBen mentioned. Had one of these. Track has a spring in the slot the pulls the Matchbox car around. Nice old toy but did not compare to powered slot car racing...
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 02:10:23 AM
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true, Walt but at least you could use them for your old Matchbox
DO WANTS!
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 02:24:34 AM
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I love the box cover photo Ben. I would want to use my cars on this set cus I don't want to chip and nick the paint... my Matchbox cars are trailer queens...
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Posted - February 13 2014 : 06:46:23 AM
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my favourite jag,ken
i would like to point a simple feature of my photos,if its got my name on it,the the model is mine,if not,its not,simple and saves people thinking the wrong thing
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 11:17:43 AM
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59Chevy - WOW, what a display! I have that Schuco Disney monorail, too, but I need more track to make a circle, but your display gives me some ideas, too. :)
Microbusss - Heh heh, I have that Matchbox Motorway system, a friend of mine in PA gave/traded it to me some years ago. I've never tried it, but will do so eventually. While not a racing setup like regular slots, it was meant to use the regular Matchbox cars the child played with, and "motorize" them so they could move around the track. Pretty neat idea, but obviously didn't catch on. Wonder if I can make a big loop with it, and use in on an HO train module at shows? THAT would be neat!
I've seen those other Highway systems at an antique show, but at $140, I didn't want it that bad. Maybe some day.
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 5:19:53 PM
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quote:Walt - Nice - these are the REAL ones - not the crap they make today ;)
Originally posted by Brianstyco - February 08 2014 : 05:05:24 AM
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Yes indeed. I have a few of them and one with the box. I also have some of the newer stuff and I have to admit, the older ones are much much better in almost every way.
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 5:48:46 PM
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My regular wheels Ambulance number 54...
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 6:31:27 PM
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| hi walt,nice caddy,one of my favourite models,although mine went awol years ago ken
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 7:25:26 PM
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I has one of them Caddy ambulances but I only has the shell 
MnT - I'd like to see the side of that Bedford York Freightmaster lorry (truck)
Maybe I'll get lucky & find this stuffs at the antique & toy show on Saturday
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 9:51:58 PM
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| Ken, The Ambulance is one of my favorites too. But I find every time I handle one of my cars I'm telling myself it's a favorite,,,
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 10:04:09 PM
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quote:My wife's Matchbox Mobile Canteen:
The tow hitch is broken.
Originally posted by gmoney - February 12 2014 : 9:13:56 PM
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Lots of nice Matchboxes here, but I really like this one - which strangely I never had. Hard to say for sure but it looks like it would fit right into a HO layout. I think "Minerals" may refer to mineral water? I have something similar I forgot to take a pic of, an ice cream van with an attendant handing out cones. It looks to he close to HO scale too.
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 10:24:12 PM
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Jerry, The Matchbox Ice Cream Van ROCKS! I like it. Had one as a kid but didn't save it from the crusher...
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 10:39:10 PM
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I'll look for that Ice Cream Commer Van for you, Walt
Here is one I also got from UK Its a Esso gas pumps w/ attendent
Box is a replica & I do have the Esso decals for the pumps & the big sign
Which I needs to get
Someday I'll get one of you to paint & detail the pumps & attendent
I read someplace that Matchbox dropped Esso & went to BP
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 11:04:46 PM
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quote:my favourite jag,ken
i would like to point a simple feature of my photos,if its got my name on it,the the model is mine,if not,its not,simple and saves people thinking the wrong thing
Originally posted by catfordken - February 13 2014 : 06:46:23 AM
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Mine too
Tootsietoys!
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 02:12:57 AM
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quote:I'll look for that Ice Cream Commer Van for you, Walt
Originally posted by microbusss - February 19 2014 : 10:39:10 PM
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Ben, that ice cream truck is one that holds a quite high price tag if my memory is correct...esp for a nice boxed one.
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 07:13:30 AM
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| hi bem walt you are right about the commer ice cream van,standard blue mint boxed £70-£100,white £80-£120,and metalic blue,only seen a few over the years,lots of copies,£150 upwards,there is a metalic blue one on ebay at the moment ken
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 4:54:30 PM
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Commer Ice Cream van. Not metallic blue but in decent shape.
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 4:56:12 PM
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Esso and BP - which came first? 
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 6:06:27 PM
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| Don't know which was first but the number 13 wrecker is one of my great ole favorites ! I was never excited over the ESSO wrecker....
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 8:40:11 PM
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Esso came 1st b4 BP
I think I said that quote:| I read someplace that Matchbox dropped Esso & went to BP |
I has both of them vehicles Tho my Esso Wrecker is in bad shape
FYI Lollies are lolliepops
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 06:30:41 AM
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Here's another Matchbox that wouldn't look out of place - a British military truck but could double as a utility vehicle.
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 08:24:24 AM
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wow JNXT 7707,that the exact vehicle i passed my driving test in,a austin 1 ton radio wagon,top speed of 45mph,crash gearbox,drum brakes all round,a real elbow cruncher for reverse gear,ken
just a few of my car collection
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 7:10:58 PM
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Here's a sweet ride from my original childhood bunch....
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Posted - February 22 2014 : 4:09:05 PM
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Here's all of my vintage regular wheels Matchbox.
The first picture is a Matchbox car with the box that I got at a train show for $15.
The next one I got for $1 at another train show.
The last two I got $5 for both of them together so it was like $2.50 for each of the vans.
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Posted - February 22 2014 : 4:14:41 PM
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Oh! I forgot to add this one! A fire truck that I got for 50 cents in that condition.
-Steve
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Posted - February 22 2014 : 9:41:43 PM
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kovacste000I - just saw the same vehicles at toy show Today (Sat) for $20-$30+
The ice cream Commer had the signs scratched up
I saw alot of these cars at high dollar
Even a perfect Refresment trailer too!
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 12:32:02 AM
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Yes, Ben. Nice regular wheels sell for a decent price... I have the RED number 56 Fiat that sells well. Have the green Fiat (same car) that Is common but doesn't demand much $$.
I put the Fiat photos on eventually...
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 12:58:11 AM
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quote:Yes, Ben. Nice regular wheels sell for a decent price... I have the RED number 56 Fiat that sells well. Have the green Fiat (same car) that Is common but doesn't demand much $$.
I'll put the Fiat photos on eventually...
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I'll post the nice white Commer ice cream truck Sunday too
Plus other finds in the Events
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 08:06:24 AM
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| lots of nice cars vans lorrys ken
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 10:43:25 AM
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quote:lots of nice cars vans lorrys ken
Originally posted by catfordken - February 23 2014 : 08:06:24 AM
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I think so too.These cars are the real Matchbox cars. There are no others. Even the modern Matchbox isn't the true Matchbox.
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 1:58:02 PM
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Here is the nice Commer Ice Cream Van I saw at the toy & antique show Saturday\
It was $38! OUCH!!
Sorry about it outta focus
JNXT 7707 - I saw that Coke truck of yours there in MINT shape
Saw alot of these cars at the toy & antique show HIGH priced too!
Even saw Corgis & other UK brands at the show
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