bunglebus Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 I must have been bored a week or two ago, things keep arriving. Despite being possibly the ugliest toy car of all time, I felt I needed the red Lone Star E Type I must also have a little bit of madness, because I think with a re-think of the wheels and stance, it could actually look quite good Datsuncog and Isopon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 And there's more. Spotted a donor for my distorted wheelarch Pullman Mercedes Getting it required buying a job lot. Mercury has cracked pillars, a fairly common problem I've had one of these before, can't remember if it sold on here or eBay I took this to be an early Matchbox but it isn't - any guesses? Lastly this Ford LTS fuel tanker RichardK, eddyramrod, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Sink the wheels inward and Bonneville Salt flats the hell out of that E type! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, andrew e said: Sink the wheels inward and Bonneville Salt flats the hell out of that E type! andrew e and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: I must have been bored a week or two ago, things keep arriving. Despite being possibly the ugliest toy car of all time, I felt I needed the red Lone Star E Type I must also have a little bit of madness, because I think with a re-think of the wheels and stance, it could actually look quite good Blimey, Lone Star made some great stuff but something went horribly wrong there - it looks like it's had an allergic reaction and puffed up. The Leyland cattle truck is a Budgie I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, quicksilver said: Leyland cattle truck is a Budgie I think 10 internet points! eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, quicksilver said: it looks like it's had an allergic reaction and puffed up The blue one is still strangely proportioned, no idea why they decided to jack it up and fit wheels off a truck andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, bunglebus said: The blue one is still strangely proportioned, no idea why they decided to jack it up and fit wheels off a truck Some decent sized wheelarches would help but it's still a pretty hopeless replica. Had they ever actually seen an E-type before designing that or is it based on a child's drawing? bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Here's what they based it on bicycle repairman, AndyW201, andrew e and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 8:31 PM, 155V6 said: Postman bought these today. What, you mean he's a collector too? I hope he didn't charge you over the odds when he sold them on to you! Meanwhile... There's resto work going on here, and in the near future there will be pics too. 155V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Live 'out at the shops' update, for those interested in modern castings of old VWs. Isopon, andrew e, RichardK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 OMG I'd be in heaven! The Moon bus, baja set and Matchbox Porsche especially are lovely. Think the Moon one goes for good money on eBay too, how much is $10 in £? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, bunglebus said: OMG I'd be in heaven! The Moon bus and Matchbox Porsche especially are lovely. Think the Moon one goes for good money on eBay too, how much is $10 in £? About £5.50 bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, sierraman said: About £5.50 They start at about £20 on eBay with postage as none in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, bunglebus said: They start at about £20 on eBay with postage as none in the UK Possibly be worth filling your suitcase if you had a return flight from Australia. There would be about a tenner margin I reckon. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Datsuncog, RoadworkUK, bunglebus and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Datsuncog and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 But will the Nemesis' Funky Trainers make an appearance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Friday it is, and a Tat Friday too. Despite not hauling my lazy arse out of bed until 7.25, I didn't arrive in much beyond 8. Stall was... stalling. Nemesis was... nemesising. EDIT: clearly, he has a whole wardrobe of funky Adidas trainers! Keeping it old-school... Tragically, not an awful lot new in today: The buses and boxed stuff have mostly been here before. The general tat so lovingly* displayed is a literal mixture of the remaining dusty collector's stuff that's been around since the market reopened, and the tatty toys that arrived the other week. Plus more broken MoY/ DG rubbish in the tubs. Lesney stuff probably too far gone to be worth the candle, sadly. 1/43 ERTL Ford Coupe - tyres are perished, but could this interest any of our customisers out there? Corgi Cubs not-a-Jeep, just because they cropped up in conversation the other week: Police car made me pause - I've never seen an example of these with glazing fitted before. Doubt it makes it a sooper-rare desirable thing, though. Mmatching Bburago Pporsches, both equally defenestrated. The £2 bus box was back! Mostly just RMs and Atlanteans and the like, but some more recent rammle too: Plaxton Paramount in East Kent coaches colours, and a Leyland National in United trim. Plethora of Plaxton Pointers/ Dennis Darts - Thamesway and Stagecoach... ...Maidstone and District... ...and Transmac - Hong Kong? Plus no-name plastic CMB Dennis(?) Up top, there wasn't much in the way of really old stuff: Tinplate Bedford S, missing a wheel and with no manufacturer indicated beyond 'Made in England', was about the height of it. Some Corgis, mind: I already have the TX4 FX4 with a slightly later box, and although I'm looking for an XJS, I'd prefer a black Mettoy-era Supercat version, rather than this late-issue in grey, jammed into the wrong box. Tinplate and plastic bulldozers not so much my bag. Dinky Austin TX4 FX4 in Silver Jubilee cash-in garb also available: Not sure of the prices on these, but I'd expect around a tenner to maybe twenty on the Dinky, because Dinky. Vaguely interesting book nestling among the others, too: Ex-library book about 4x4s, or 'Cross Country Cars' dating from the 1970s. Binding a bit loose and probably no information you couldn't find online these days, but an unusual publication nonetheless. So! With very little to cause temptation, I took a spin round the rest of the market, but there wasn't much to grab me there either - Oul Paddy still had the big broken Maisto Jag XJ220 and Lincoln limo (I know, shocker); while the other tat stalls had nothing of any real interest either. The Charity Stall wasn't here today, and Alan's Emporium seems to have vanished entirely - there does seem to be a general creep away from the antiques and collectibles stalls towards the batteries, sports socks and cig lighters stalls, or the ones selling knock-off Bob Marley t-shirts and ones with images of wolves and a full moon... you know the sort I'm talking about. Well, I'll go round again and take a final look, but will be heading on in 20 mins - so if there's owt you like the look of, sing up quick! I'm very nearly finished my scone... (First market breakfast of 2021 that's not been scoffed outdoors) Burnside, bunglebus, Amishtat and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I can see a Superfast Vauxhall Guildsman in the first pic, and that's about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Just sold these Matchbox shunters and ’flat car’ on eBay for a decent sum. andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 The fenestrated Corgi Cub Police please @Datsuncog Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I can see a Superfast Vauxhall Guildsman in the first pic, and that's about it Yeah, other than the shonky wheels it's not too bad - though I've probably scooped half a dozen of these from the stall, so it's not giving me the vibes it once might! Glazing is a little scuffed, but not cracked at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Can you grab the Sydney Tour open-top Metrobus out of the bus box for me please Tim @Datsuncog? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: The fenestrated Corgi Cub Police please @Datsuncog Sure thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, quicksilver said: Can you grab the Sydney Tour open-top Metrobus out of the bus box for me please Tim @Datsuncog? Yes indeed - it's had a rough time of it in the box so may need a bit of care and attention; but is now in my possession! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 Hey Tim I think I see the roof of a red AEC RF bus in the £2 box? I'd be interested in that and the Stagecoach and the Thamesway Dennis Darts if you are going back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Is that a Sheffield city AEC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: Hey Tim I think I see the roof of a red AEC RF bus in the £2 box? I'd be interested in that and the Stagecoach and the Thamesway Dennis Darts if you are going back? I'll not be able to head back up to the market again today, I'm afraid - I drove up to Belfast for early doors to do a quick turn round the stalls, but had to be back in Carrick and at my laptop by 10 as I'm holding the fort today. Not sure if it's an RF or Leyland Tiger Cub - but I'll certainly pull it out, and the Darts too, if they're there next week! 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Is that a Sheffield city AEC? The cream one with the blue stripe, and with the orange Ovaltine ad? It is. Fancy it for next time? andrew e and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 Cheers Tim, it's definitely an RF as I used to have one many years ago with eh same adverts on the cove panels. If all 3 are there next week I'll take them! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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