Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

DAF Tipper has K-14-63 I think, Cologne if it is

 

[Split_Pin]

51 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

That's annoying, not a valid UK reg. Some of the 80s onwards cars had non-UK plates, usually in conjunction with LHD

The only post 1986 MB I can think of is the W124 Mercedes D54CDG. A brilliant wee model too.

Volvo 760 was JS 7789

Skoda Estelle was 26351 DC

Corgi did some nice plates on their BP cars, PH1 on the Volvo 760 being an example. The Jaguar XJ6 and Mercedes 190 also had a cast in plate.

[andrew e]

Buckled… I’ve always liked this Dinky casting, but I’m sure it was something like £25 when it came out and I was leaving school and way to cool by then! So this kinda happened a few days ago…..

I do keep an eye out for these buses at toyfairs, but these always seem to be optimistically priced unlike normal £5-10 Matchbox era Dinkys. However I spotted a £3.99  ebay auction - where the postage was nearly the same - and I sure did buckle 😆

It’s a nice weighty model, nicely finished - I never figured out why it didn't appear in various repaints? It’s not as cream as my setting sun photos promise, whiter in the flesh. Chromes on the turn on the luggage rack but I’m sure this is only the 2nd or 3rd time its left the box. The internet says 1:43 or 1:50  scale, I reckon 1:50 is about right? 

Might also be nose swap, truck cab, shorty or bus recovery modify-able @danthecapriman  if you want to chop one up for a heady £8!

Anyway needlessly ticked off 30+ years later for the price of two coffees I recommend the odd buckle now and then 😆

[sierraman]

I remember that was the flagship of the Dinky range. 

[Lord Sterling]

53 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

The only post 1986 MB I can think of is the W124 Mercedes D54CDG. A brilliant wee model too.

D54 CDG was a real plate that was issued to a Volvo 340 (?) Last taxed in 2001.

I think I have that model Mercedes somewhere but I don't remember having one. It wasn't until you pointed it out that I learned that model Mercedes had a number plate!

My MB Jaguar XJ6 only has "Jaguar" cast into the plate:

[bunglebus]

RHY 72F on the Iso Griffo

[bunglebus]

MHH 30V on the 928

[bunglebus]

Rather pleasing RMP 264V on the Citroen CX (guess what colour Matchbox I'm currently sorting)

[flat4alfa]

20 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Post 85 Matchboxes seemed to have generic plates with 4 numbers and 2 letters so weren't of interest to me. Maybe some did have UK plates though.

Others to photograph that I cant recall the exact registration of are:

Mini Racing, articulated lorry with dump trailer, BMC1800 Pininfarina.

I'm the same, after becoming Matchbox International, the UK plate game started to wane

Try this in Google search:

site:cfalkensteiner.com "cast license plate" -"plate: none."

It filters the search using operators.  The Christian Falkensteiner website is comprehensive covering Lesney (1953) through to Super GT (1991)

I found the first number plate on a Lesney casting was 1960, on the No.4 TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE AND SIDECAR as 637 CMT

Followed in 1961 by No.36 LAMBRETTA & SIDE CAR as 439 ABA

Followed in 1962 by No.66 HARLEY DAVIDSON AND SIDECAR as 241 KMD

The first non-motorcycle was the No.2 (2-c) MIUR HILL DUMPER also for 1962 catalogue

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

801 TVP on what's left of my Muir Hill Dumper

[bunglebus]

KAB 14T on the Merc 450 SEL

[bunglebus]

Model A van is KG 6567

[bunglebus]

Merc Ambulance has an odd format, should it be LL-01-67 ?

[bunglebus]

BB-A 716 for the Mercedes 250 SL

[bunglebus]

Where's this one from? DA 8356 on the BMW 323i

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

after becoming Matchbox International, the UK plate game started to wane

The plate vanished off the Porsche 959 at some point, quite why I don't know

BM 1378

 

[Split_Pin]

That's exactly what I'm talking about, I didn't like those generic type plates.

Majorettes had smashing little plates up until the 1990s as well. I loved those. Most were the correct font too.

[bunglebus]

22 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

D54 CDG was a real plate that was issued to a Volvo 340 (?) Last taxed in 2001.

I think I have that model Mercedes somewhere but I don't remember having one. It wasn't until you pointed it out that I learned that model Mercedes had a number plate!

My MB Jaguar XJ6 only has "Jaguar" cast into the plate:

The BMW 850 plate could almost be a UK reg, but not quite 

[Lord Sterling]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

KAB 14T on the Merc 450 SEL

KAB 14T was on a yellow Triumph Dolomite last taxed in 1988.

[andrew e]

I reckon a lot of these were toolmakers or gaffers cars at the factory.

[Split_Pin]

JTB214S Escort RS 2000

JBV149R on the excellent Golf LS

 

 

[bunglebus]

26 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

JBV149R on the excellent Golf LS

Think that plate changed when they started selling it as the Rabbit in the USA, became FLT 878 - which could be from either side of the pond

Is this the only reg shared by two different castings (technically)?

[Split_Pin]

Just now, bunglebus said:

Think that plate changed when they started selling it as the Rabbit in the USA

It's from our @eddyramrods neck of the woods too

[Dick Cheeseburger]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

RSH16S, Bedford TM Horse Box

AJW 53R Bedford TM car transporter

KCF 188W, Rover SD1 Comes up as a beige Ford

KCF 17W, Volvo F10 Comes up as a 'CZ'.

DLK 257M, Mercedes SL Cabriolet 

PMC425D VW 1600 Type 3

LYX549F Zodiac MK4

DVB 257G Beetle 1300

Astra MK2 B169 UNK

Post 85 Matchboxes seemed to have generic plates with 4 numbers and 2 letters so weren't of interest to me. Maybe some did have UK plates though.

Others to photograph that I cant recall the exact registration of are:

Mini Racing, articulated lorry with dump trailer, BMC1800 Pininfarina.

Then there are some SuperKings, the Datsun 240Z and Capri II (YOL 235P)

Jag XJ6 was E51PFW and the white Cosworth was F335MHH which is too new a mark for the car.

OLM 162F Matchbox No71 Ford Heavy Wrecker

JBV 149R Matchbox No7 Volkswagen Golf LS 

RSH 88T Matchbox No55 Ford Cortina

GNP 40T Matchbox No39 Rolls Royce

SPB 41S Matchbox No53 CJ-6 Jeep

[eddyramrod]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It's from our @eddyramrods neck of the woods too

I've had a couple of BVs; from memory it came from Blackburn or Burnley.  TB is a Lancashire County combination, I've had some of those too.

[bunglebus]

54 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The plate vanished off the Porsche 959 at some point, quite why I don't know

BM 1378

BM 4582 on the MK2 Golf

 

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I've had a couple of BVs; from memory it came from Blackburn or Burnley.  TB is a Lancashire County combination, I've had some of those too.

According to my source Blackburn, TB just says Lancashire 

https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm

[Lord Sterling]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

RSH16S, Bedford TM Horse Box

AJW 53R Bedford TM car transporter

KCF 188W, Rover SD1 Comes up as a beige Ford

KCF 17W, Volvo F10 Comes up as a 'CZ'.

DLK 257M, Mercedes SL Cabriolet 

PMC425D VW 1600 Type 3

LYX549F Zodiac MK4

DVB 257G Beetle 1300

Astra MK2 B169 UNK

Post 85 Matchboxes seemed to have generic plates with 4 numbers and 2 letters so weren't of interest to me. Maybe some did have UK plates though.

Others to photograph that I cant recall the exact registration of are:

Mini Racing, articulated lorry with dump trailer, BMC1800 Pininfarina.

Then there are some SuperKings, the Datsun 240Z and Capri II (YOL 235P)

Jag XJ6 was E51PFW and the white Cosworth was F335MHH which is too new a mark for the car.

Rover SD1 is KGF 188W of which there is no allocated to anything.

[Lord Sterling]

59 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

OLM 162F Matchbox No71 Ford Heavy Wrecker

JBV 149R Matchbox No7 Volkswagen Golf LS 

RSH 88T Matchbox No55 Ford Cortina

GNP 40T Matchbox No39 Rolls Royce

SPB 41S Matchbox No53 CJ-6 Jeep

GNF 40T:

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, Lord Sterling said:

Rover SD1 is KGF 188W of which there is no allocated to anything.

😳 I thought it was KCF for at least 40 years but there it is right enough.

My whole childhood feels like it's been a lie now 😂

[Lord Sterling]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

KCF 17W, Volvo F10 Comes up as a 'CZ'.

Also, in terms of CF vs GF:

KGF 17W rather than CF. Its the best image I could find.

Although "GF" was indeed an allocation to South West London, it seems that anything with CF was changed to GF and found not to be allocated to anything.