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..and yet another one!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Les ... 0010.m2109

Base rivet here ...well, a bit more convincing than the other two red 45a's recently posted.


Ghosthunter.

This one is definitely a restoration. How do I know? Because the listing says so...

This is the seller who also has a restored tan Morris Minor for sale for £950.

DrJeep wrote:This is the seller who also has a restored tan Morris Minor for sale for £950.

...and has had for a quite considerable time.

DrJeep wrote:This one is definitely a restoration. How do I know? Because the listing says so...

I was hoping nobody would read that...

Ghosthunter.

DrJeep wrote:This one is definitely a restoration. How do I know? Because the listing says so...

For this to be a restoration, it would have to have been coloured red originally, which it probably was not.

If the colour is different from what it was originally, I would call it a repaint, not a restoration.

ChFalkensteiner wrote:

DrJeep wrote:This one is definitely a restoration. How do I know? Because the listing says so...

For this to be a restoration, it would have to have been coloured red originally, which it probably was not.

If the colour is different from what it was originally, I would call it a repaint, not a restoration.

See here.

You’re both right, of course - it’s a repaint, though the seller called it a restoration and priced it at £25. It does make me wonder if his tan Morris might really be a restoration, as he’s kept its price at £950 for years.

DrJeep wrote:You’re both right, of course - it’s a repaint, though the seller called it a restoration and priced it at £25. It does make me wonder if his tan Morris might really be a restoration, as he’s kept its price at £950 for years.

On the tan Morris ad he has always stated that it was an original tan version in not good (tired) condition so he repainted it !!! He has just basically destroyed what was once a valuable model by doing this and made it around the same value as his othe rrepaints.

Moyboy wrote:

DrJeep wrote:You’re both right, of course - it’s a repaint, though the seller called it a restoration and priced it at £25. It does make me wonder if his tan Morris might really be a restoration, as he’s kept its price at £950 for years.

On the tan Morris ad he has always stated that it was an original tan version in not good (tired) condition so he repainted it !!! He has just basically destroyed what was once a valuable model by doing this and made it around the same value as his othe rrepaints.

Since the base photograph appears to show the reinforcement under the baseplate tab slot, i would suggest that it is not a restored original tan model, but a repainted green or blue version.