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If the ladder racks were ground off wouldn't the metal have marks? Some paint covering those area's but you would think you would see the grind marks on a fairly large area. If customized it was done a long time ago. All the toys there were pre 1973. That was the latest date on matchbox/lesney cars....

This was bought at an Estate sale with about 25 other Lesney cars and trucks none of the others appear homemade or customized. Also not sure why they would grind off the ladder rack.

I noticed it also doesn't have the knobs on top to hold the ladder. I've added more photo's but not sure how to change the size from my phone.

I found no other ones like it on a Google search. It appears all others are white with plastic accessories on top not a metal satellite dish. Thanks for any info.