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Hi Guy's, Well I made an offer for the collection and it was accepted. I made the offer over the telephone and the guy said that sounded good to him and said he found another model and would just throw it in with the others for free. Well when I went over to pay and pick up the models he showed the ...

Thanks for the input, I will go ahead and make an fair offer for the collection...All the best, Al

Hi Pete, Nice talking to you again my friend! I have not bought the collection I was reffing to yet as I was not sure if the ironed boxes would affect the value. I want to offer a fair price but if the ironed boxes would hurt the value I would have to adjust my offer accordingly.

Hi all, I got a call from a local collectors son who wanted to sell his dads small Matchbox regular wheels collection, about 25 pieces. I went over last night to look at them and while all the models are very near mint to mint most of the boxes were folded flat and had been ironed. I am not sure why...

Yes I could see a worker doing the wheel switch just for fun but I feel this one just slipped by quality control and left the factory this way. I do not think the wheels were changed after the fact as there is almost no clearance between the body and the axle ends, I tried to take close up pictures ...

Hi Bert, As you can see in the pics the model has silver trim to the headlights and grille and red trim to the 2 rear lights...All the best, Al

The base is tight.

Hi nearlymint, Do these pics show what you were talking about?...Thanks, Al

Hi Dr Jeep, Thanks for the reply. This is the best I could do with close up pictures of the rear axle ends, hope it helps...All the best, Al

Found this one a couple months back.