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DrJeep wrote:these two?

Yes, thats the one the 19d orange Lotus, thanks for the close up.
The 34c low roof VW camper looks to be in decent shape too, are the doors still there?

zBret

Good spot - the silver VW is good, with both doors and most of its paint, though the suspension has collapsed a little on the right hand side. It's in need of a little careful surgery to remove the plastic soldier hiding where the engine should be.

The rest of the interesting things:

- white bases on 10d Leyland pipe truck and 51c AEC tipper
- grey 27c Cadillac, though it has a trace of purple on the base (the battered purple one came too)
- hybrid car transporter, with Major Pack tractor and King Size trailer
- two different cab colours on the very battered 70b grit spreaders (one of these marked in biro with the name Alec Smith)

DrJeep wrote:hybrid car transporter, with Major Pack tractor and King Size trailer

Now that's a good find!

GHOSTHUNTER wrote:

MOKOSEX wrote:The aston martin with gpw is a good find too ,i was watching this auction,but i already have a couple of grey barrel mixers,i did win the guys cheapest lot at £8.27 ,there was an arbur truck cab in it which i wanted.
dave

Well spotted Dave on the 'ARBUR' Truck Cab. Does it have smooth Brass wheels, a common feature on many Arbur vehicles. Not a lot of anything from this company turns up for adding to One's collection.

Looks like a Charbens Vauxhall in Yellow and a Lone-Star Beach Buggy on the front row. The Buggy is always nice to secure.

Ghosthunter.

Yes it has lovely made brass wheels ,pleased to get it,the seller really did sell a few treasures.
dave

DrJeep wrote:The rest of the interesting things:

- white bases on 10d Leyland pipe truck and 51c AEC tipper
- grey 27c Cadillac, though it has a trace of purple on the base (the battered purple one came too)
- hybrid car transporter, with Major Pack tractor and King Size trailer
- two different cab colours on the very battered 70b grit spreaders (one of these marked in biro with the name Alec Smith)

wow !,theres a lot i didn,t spot, well done
dave

Thank's for the bigger picture Dave. I now see the Yellow Vauxhall is a Benbros and not a Charbens as I previously named it.

Ghosthunter.

This looks like a great lot! Well worth the 50p each.
The grey barrel mixer is a great find.
I also like the 27c Cadillac 60 Special. Is it metallic brown? What color base plate does it have?

Enjoy!
Kurt

I've been pondering the colour of the Cadillac. It's not lilac (see the previous picture), but it's not quite pure grey either. The paint is also more textured than my definite grey Cadillac. Under the front bumper, where there's no cream undercoat, the paint looks slightly lilac. I think this shows on the picture with the three bases in a triangle (but every monitor is different!). It definitely has a cream roof, and not white, like the green Cadillac. The windows are green, and have pushed back in place over their rivet now.

So, is it faded lilac? Perhaps. But I also wonder if the thick cream undercoat has made the lilac paint look grey. My lilac Cadillacs have much thinner undercoats - was the undercoat changed to emphasise the new colour?

Base colour is easier - it's more or less the same as my green Cadillac and my yellow 31b American station wagon, which are all described as crimson in the listings.

If it were mine, I would classify it as a sunfaded lilac original. Any other interpretation makes it difficult to reconcile the silver topside and the lilac underside. (I seem to recall reading that true silver 27c are difficult to find, with many of them simply being lilac sunfades.)