The 'Holy Grail' Listing.

[motorman]

I witness Nick Jones finding one of these at Falkirk without the dash board brace and he paid £12 from memory for a near mint example.

[kerbside]

This one belongs on here, the 49b model the first casting, on top of the pair.



George T.

[matchboxuk]

The 'Holy Grail' Listing is a place on the forum where anyone can see the established Most Wanted models.

These are models that we know exist and have pictures of...

...models that were painted in non-standard catalogued colours or very short production run colours (Vauxhall Victor 'F' Type in RED).
...models fitted with non-standard wheels or short production run wheels (Phantom V with SILVER-GREY wheels).

They will not be 'Transition Models', casting variations, limited editions, promotionals or anything like those, that's all taken care of elsewhere on the forum.

This is not a thread, it will be a sort of Gallery of those types of models and somewhere to go to see such a rare model. As a new forum member, I would like to see just what collectors are chasing for their collections, if during a conversation on one of the threads a certain model is mentioned, such as the 'Prime Mover' in Yellow, all you have to do is go into this section (made sticky so it stays at the top of the page), and see a picture of one.

Likewise, collectors outside of the forum can come in knowing there is a Gallery of such rare models, to look at for their own research purposes etc.





If this has been done already then forget what you see above. If it has been tried already and did not work...why? it seems like a good idea and somewhere we can go to see such rare and desirable models.

At toy fairs I get asked a lot of Matchbox related questions and now, with my membership to this forum, I can give more informed answers, but it would be even better to tell the other person that "yes, it does exist and it can be seen on our forum (the VBD Forum), we have a picture of it".

I am going to add the first rare model below, but if Nick feels this is not presented correctly then please Nick, modify what you want, so it fits-in with the forum's requirements, but it really should be 'Sticky', OK.

GHOSTHUNTER.

I've got a few Rolls Royce Matchbox models that you may not have seen but I forget how to upload the photos. I can't seem to cut and paste.

Nigel

[nickjones]

Hi Nigel.
Under the reply box there is a tab marked "upload attachment" click it.
then click the "browse" button
double click on the picture that you want to upload
then click the "add the file" button.
repeat for each additional picture you want to upload

[Diecast]

i have a finned one too,so that makes at least three

It makes at least four
Antonin

[Idris]

Tim had one for sale a few months back, so does that make five?

[MOKOSEX]

i have a finned one too,so that makes at least three

It makes at least four
Antonin

I think i found 4 or 5 curved roofs rollers last year,non had fins,its working out that one finned one turns up once a year,i wonder whos next to find one
dave

[MOKOSEX]

Personal holy grails tend to turn up not very often but i can cross another one off my list,arrived this week courtesty online auction
dave

[johnboy]

Personal holy grails tend to turn up not very often but i can cross another one off my list,arrived this week courtesty online auction
dave

Very nice indeed Dave, they don't turn up very often.

[motorman]

Well done JB!!! a rare model indeed!!