New in my collection !

[SMS88]

I bought these from 2 local collectors last week, not expensive! The 403 reminds me of Columbo´s ride!

[motorman]

Mick i have often wanted to ask you the significance of the 2 Arab looking gentleman that appear in all your images?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

The Two gentlemen are clearly very angry with Mick's cars keep driving over their toes...

Ghosty.

[SMS88]

Mick i have often wanted to ask you the significance of the 2 Arabic looking gentleman that appear in all your images?

They are Timpo figures haggling over bargain cars! They make me smile and are usually positioned by the most interesting car in the lot.........

[SMS88]

5/6 made in France and the 6th is a Renault 12 made in Spain

[motorman]

Mick i have often wanted to ask you the significance of the 2 Arabic looking gentleman that appear in all your images?

They are Timpo figures haggling over bargain cars! They make me smile and are usually positioned by the most interesting car in the lot.........

Nice one Mick. Thanks for the info, appreciated!!!

[SMS88]

Mick i have often wanted to ask you the significance of the 2 Arabic looking gentleman that appear in all your images?

They are Timpo figures haggling over bargain cars! They make me smile and are usually positioned by the most interesting car in the lot.........

Nice one Mick. Thanks for the info, appreciated!!!

Getting to the markets and individual tables and then picking up the most desirable models is very much a race in this town with one of my competitiors being Dr Jazz and all of us racers then sell the surplus in online auctions so its not hard to identify with the haggling arabs !

[shockwavediecast]

Yesterday I spoke to 2 Swedish toydealers who attended the recent Bealieu autojumble and they said there is now an unbelieveable amount of useless modern junk being sold in the UK and the few items that are worth buying seem to be offered at above ebay prices. They just enjoyed the event as an event not a buying experience!

Thats because dealers who stand at Beaulieu like myself, go round on the Friday morning before we set up and get all the bargains!! Sorry!!
They also do a 'trunk traders' section on the Sunday (Like a car boot), but by the time the public get in, the dealers have had anything worth having.

But Yes there is also a lot of modern junk around at fairs!!

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Shockwave...if you have had some Nonce around your stall at Beaulieu, buying bloody Rollers...it was probably ME... I have been going to Beaulieu, for years as if it were a religious occasion, I was not even old enough to drive when I first started to go there!!

Ghosty.

[SMS88]

A local collector friend saw an advert from a guy wanting to sell off most of his childhood collection. I was the 2nd collector he tipped off after they had spent about £500 buying mint boxed Teknos and French Dinkys. I paid £145 for this lot and am pleased, especially with the Porsche which was on my wants list as was the car transporter and a fair Scania CR76 at these low prices!! Nothing really rare here and half will be sold on