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Got to both the normal and late start boot sales today. Resisted the temptation of this Puch

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Some ancient tyres

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And anything this guy was selling, interesting though some of it was

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Settle down with a nice cuppa while I show you all the cars I bought

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Um yeah that's it. Not sure if it was the forecast rain or whether everyone got pissed in the sun yesterday and couldn't be bothered, but both sites were underpopulated with slim pickings. 

At least it was all cheap, newer boxed tumble buggy was £1 and the others 10-50p

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18 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Got to both the normal and late start boot sales today. Resisted the temptation of this Puch

20220515_072947.thumb.jpg.5b5e51f439db9e234dea5d7c87db66cb.jpg

Some ancient tyres

20220515_100943.thumb.jpg.69eec068e39e6db85bac269b8ca7f475.jpg

And anything this guy was selling, interesting though some of it was

20220515_074509.thumb.jpg.5d71c03c99411a76c3cd2ab2a5a1c5ef.jpg

Settle down with a nice cuppa while I show you all the cars I bought

20220515_110405.thumb.jpg.08636941d7e78beb4acf7ff23b5b0078.jpg

Um yeah that's it. Not sure if it was the forecast rain or whether everyone got pissed in the sun yesterday and couldn't be bothered, but both sites were underpopulated with slim pickings. 

At least it was all cheap, newer boxed tumble buggy was £1 and the others 10-50p

The Mercury is the post 83 issue I think?

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8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

The Mercury is the post 83 issue I think?

I don't know anything about them but would guess repops. He had some good condition Corgi etc both Junior and full size but £1.50 upwards for Juniors and £5 plus on the bigger ones. No rarities

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34 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Every days a school day , I must admit I assumed they’d based it on a US Spec Mercury, but even that doesn’t explain the lumps between the lights and numberplate.

RS2600 and a few others seem to have had those no. plate lights

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Did a MK1 ever come with a steel sunroof though?

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Not much car boot luck here either.Having a couple of nights away,so visited a couple that I only get to 2 or 3 times a year.All I found were these,a plastic copy of a Majorette Citroen GS Camargue,& a Volvo Estate from a Kinder egg 😂20220515_114439.thumb.jpg.6e7ab2916e6ca343483c222979b3111d.jpg

The Camargue has a hole in the back with a spring in it,for some kind of launcher?20220515_114450.thumb.jpg.0916cdcba35ce6a04cd35d9fd27f0c90.jpg

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16 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

RS2600 and a few others seem to have had those no. plate lights

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Did a MK1 ever come with a steel sunroof though?

Yes, I suppose it makes sense if no rear bumper or using quarter bumpers on the back, then you’d need a numberplate light. I don’t think any factory Capris used quarter bumpers at the back though, I ran a MK1 Facelift 1600 GT fitted with a hot 2000 Pinto and GXL headlights, that I removed the bumpers from. I used to get stopped regularly by the Old Bill and one wanted to do me for dangerous bodywork , he even called up a Traffic Copper because I wouldn’t accept that it was illegal. Traffic bloke turned up in a Mk2 Granny , had a bit of a conflab with Plod , who came over and said he was letting me off this time 😊

The whole time I was waiting for one of them to notice the lack of numberplate light, lucky it was daylight, I suppose.

And yes, my 3000GXL , that I seized on a max  speed run with 185/60 tyres ( the follies of youth) had a steel sunroof. 

 

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Matchbox collection. 

I have approx 100 Matchbox vehicles that need a new home. They are mainly from the 60's to 80's but some are newer. The earlier ones are in poor to fairly good condition. The later ones very good to excellent. 

Shall we say £1 per vehicle plus postage depending on how many you might want. All of these can be collected from the SE25 area. 

Will post next.     

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