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Hi all. Did they make a Lomas Ambulance with matt white paint & very light grey wheels, I can't find any information on one Pete

Hi Pete! Most of the time I have seen a matt finish on a Lesney toy it is usually a coating from long term unprotected display in a house or cellar. All Lomas Ambulances were painted in gloss finishes varying from a pure white to a cream colour on their bodies. The Lesney factory paint is pretty tough and durable, but there are also some cleaning agents that will damage the paint finish and turn it to matt as you describe. Lesney wheels can be either a light gray plastic, or sometimes they were cast in a real dark gray plastic. Without pictures, we cannot tell if your model has been tampered with. kwakers

I believe there may be a few very early unlisted variations on the Lomas but they are very rare and hardly ever seen.

Hi Mr Jones,i hope u fine and taking care of yourself

I do remember a Matt Lomas with pale blue decals in the Grizzly auctions.
Pete,please add some pics.
numi

Hi All, Didn't take any photos of the model. The tyres were very light grey at first I thought sun fade on the tyres but inside the same colour Once again the hammer dropped on me then he took one off the web Pete.

numi wrote:Hi Mr Jones,i hope u fine and taking care of yourself

Hi Numi, I'm in Scotland, Paying a brief visit to my son & daughter, will be heading home tomorrow though, had a fantastic time but the grandkids are really wearing me out!.

nickjones wrote:

numi wrote:Hi Mr Jones,i hope u fine and taking care of yourself

Hi Numi, I'm in Scotland, Paying a brief visit to my son & daughter, will be heading home tomorrow though, had a fantastic time but the grandkids are really wearing me out!.

Im sorry Mr Jones for some reason i hadnt noticed your reply
Glad ure back now and alls good after your "labour of love" book signing
numi

I have Four videos saved of Ralph's (Grizzly), collection, I'll have to see if I can find the Lomas models.

Ghosthunter.

numi wrote:I do remember a Matt Lomas with pale blue decals in the Grizzly auctions.
Pete,please add some pics.
numi

I have looked through the videos but have not found the lomas, but the picture quality may be masking the matt body finish or it is one model Ralph decided not to auction from his collection.

I also had a look on his website but only found a Silver-Grey wheeled version here...http://www.matchbox-grizzly.heicon.de/

Ghosthunter.