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It's interesting that the horse is detailed, in two colors, with trim paint but the wagon and driver have no trim.

Tinman wrote:It's interesting that the horse is detailed, in two colors, with trim paint but the wagon and driver have no trim.

It is quite possible that it is not the original horse. (It is a bit loose and has a tendency to fall out of the shafts. Hmmm...perhaps I should look for casting differences in that area!)

Idris wrote:

Tinman wrote:It's interesting that the horse is detailed, in two colors, with trim paint but the wagon and driver have no trim.

It is quite possible that it is not the original horse. (It is a bit loose and has a tendency to fall out of the shafts.

You might be right about that.

I have a milk float with normal metal wheels that missed the white trim completely but the horse is fully trimmed

Because of the painted detailing of the horse's white tail and gold bridle, it would not surprise me if the horses were painted before they were installed between the shafts of the fully painted (Or Not) Milk Floats. This Milk Float has always been one of my all-time Lesney favorites...... kwakers

kwakers wrote:Because of the painted detailing of the horse's white tail and gold bridle, it would not surprise me if the horses were painted before they were installed between the shafts of the fully painted (Or Not) Milk Floats. This Milk Float has always been one of my all-time Lesney favorites...... kwakers

Painting the parts before assembly seems like a given.

I too find this model interesting with all it's variations (including the rare silver trim variation). It has a ton of charm, detail and it takes me back to memories of vendors who came to your home. We had an egg man who used a horse drawn wagon until about 1961 and a junk man who had a mule drawn wagon until about 1964. Even the Matchbox Originals version has variations.

kwakers wrote:I have to shamefully admit that in the 1-55 models 'Salesman Sample' Bronner display an Auctioneer Posted here, I did spot the rare #7 Horse Drawn Milk float with silver trim identical to the one that Matchbox_n_molars has now shown us. How many are in the hands of our Forum members here?? Cheers! kwakers

I have one also that I acquired about 5 years ago from another collector in the USA.
It looks very much like the one pictured by Greg and has GPW's.

Bill

There are quite a few of these silver trim models out there.

Charlie Mack lists the model, but he has the information incorrect (and has never published the correct details). Mack lists the silver trim model with metal wheels (which does not exist).

matchbox_n_molars wrote: At the spring Kalamazoo Toy Show I found an example of the 7b Anglia with a flush "No. 7" and GPW:

We have still not seen photos of the rumoured to exist knobby gpw + spw 7b without the platform under the ´no 7´ - hope they will appear on this thread if they really exist

Hugh might be interested in my latest find.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351263769139? ... EBIDX%3AIT