Volvo Container
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:37 pm
I guess I already know the answer to this, but it's probably still worth sharing.
Last week I spotted a #20 Volvo Container Truck. I have quite a lot of them and this 'Coldfresh' liveried version caught my eye as the Truck is Red and not the standard Blue. It wasn't much money so I had a punt. It arrived today in it's sealed 'Made in Macau' Blue window box (quite battered) and I quickly realised that Macau did not make any Red truck's and as this one had blue windows, I believed it to be a Lesney and Made in England. I duly opened up the box and I was right, it's a Lesney. (Picture 1) So I'm guessing the truck was from a Volvo Zoo Truck (Picture 2) and had the lions switched with a 'Coldfresh' container ?
The strange thing is though, when looking at the underneath of the container, the only remnants of paint on the two location lugs is Red.
Last week I spotted a #20 Volvo Container Truck. I have quite a lot of them and this 'Coldfresh' liveried version caught my eye as the Truck is Red and not the standard Blue. It wasn't much money so I had a punt. It arrived today in it's sealed 'Made in Macau' Blue window box (quite battered) and I quickly realised that Macau did not make any Red truck's and as this one had blue windows, I believed it to be a Lesney and Made in England. I duly opened up the box and I was right, it's a Lesney. (Picture 1) So I'm guessing the truck was from a Volvo Zoo Truck (Picture 2) and had the lions switched with a 'Coldfresh' container ?
The strange thing is though, when looking at the underneath of the container, the only remnants of paint on the two location lugs is Red.