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Hello to all,
I haven't been here for a while, too many projects. With this virus stuff going on, my wife and I are hanging out at home. No new Matchbox in my collection for sometime, and looks like no toy shows or flea markets for a while.

Stay Well
Bob

Thanks Ghosty for your expertise on this model . I have never seen a thin boom model, to compare the casting. I wonder how many times this model changed hands before I found it ? Someone went to a lot of trouble to do a crappy job making a fake model. Nice to discuss stuff like this, which this foru...

More pictures.

Kurt- The seller was not a diecast dealer, just misc. collectables. It looks like they stripped the model before paint as any chips in the bed or cab are bare casting. Hard to say if that is green paint around the label, could be. Labels were masked off before paint. Idris - The rivets don't look ba...

While walking through a flea market the other day I almost choked when I saw this sitting on dealers table. I first saw it from a distance, but upon closer inspection I realized it was a fake. The faded decals threw me off at first, and then the green paint wasn't quite the right shade, but the yell...

Went to a show today and added these models to my collection.

Bob

Congratulations !!!!! Hope all are well and doing fine!

Bob

I have been watching old reruns in black and white of the Avengers and Danger Man. They are shown only on the weekends. I really enjoy looking for the ''REAL'' Matchbox models when they show the traffic in the different city's. Most of the episodes took place in the early 60's. I am surprised of how...

Ghosty,
The best thing to do is stay inside where it is warm!

Bob

Tinman, That is what I thought also, which probably did happen, but if you look in the cab, the plastic is very close to the roof as it should be. The lights aren't pushed through the plastic either. I agree they have been painted, and the originally they would have been green or clear. The lights a...