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11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Have a measure of the wheel diameter, might have something in the spares box

Thanks for that. They are 12.5mm on the outside edge and 17mm on the inside edge. Rims are 9mm deep. If no luck,  I may have to source a set of four scalextric wheels or something. 

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2 hours ago, EML said:

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Unknown brand of Mercedes T1 tow truck, very high chance of Chinesium manufactured. Extra shite  points for a cracked front screen

Pretty sure that's Hongwell. I owned one of those tow trucks and a van version of it that opened the rear barn doors

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Today's arrival is far from mint, but I don't recall seeing a Majorette Renault 17 before. I really love these, such a futuristic shape for their age

 

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Three(!) exhausts

I definitely need to line this one up with the Matchbox effort, they're even the same colour

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6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

There's also the Corgi Major Ford H-Series Holmes Wrecker...

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...but it could be classed as a rescue vehicle, could it not?

January 31, 2020.

The day Market Blokey sold that to you for £15 - I still can't believe it.

Doesn't it look fantastic!  Can I buy it for £20?

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Had a delivery

A non-working oddball custom box van arrived

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Body is die-cast, no branding, says Made in Hong Kong.  Approx 1:36 if based on something real.  Any ideas?  

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Got the motor working

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Oiled up the AWD running gear

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Gave it a new battery

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It now does this !

The flickering head lamps are meant to do that too - it's part of the mechanism.

 

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36 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Had a delivery

A non-working oddball custom box van arrived

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It's die-cast, no branding, says Made in China.  Approx 1:36 if based on something real.  Any ideas?  

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Got the motor working

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Oiled up the AWD running gear

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Gave it a new battery

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It now does this !

The flickering head lamps are meant to do that too - it's part of the mechanism.

 

VW LT. Got one the other week but I don't think mine does anything, Much prefer yours!

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12 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Just seen this lot on Facebook,if only we knew someone in Essex who liked this sort of thing 😉https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/265958025026780/?ref=facebook_story_share

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I think I'll pass - even with that unusual Evel Knievel dragster

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They're all just too broken - you'd probably make your money back on the Transit alone, even with a knackered side door

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Cor!  I must have missed that one.  Yours has opening rear doors.  What's inside?

I thought LT early first series too, but grille is too thin.  Just spent a bit of time looking up similar Spanish Ebros and Spanish Jeeps from the seventies but all come back to the LT.

Porthole window ....on just one side ...is interesting

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6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I think I'll pass - even with that unusual Evel Knievel dragster

They're all just too broken - you'd probably make your money back on the Transit alone, even with a knackered side door

I think the 'convertible' Green Hornet will get a fiver too.  Did you see all the other stuff she has too?

I like the TR7, Green Hornet, Transit and the big sucking thing missing from the Dinky road sweeper back here

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35 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

The plastic LT? van reminds me of these

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Body, suprisingly, is die-cast, not plastic.

Yes, that one too, which is why I went down the equivalent EBRO road after looking up early MB100, discounting the light units front and rear and wanting my life back

To be fair, the fella in Hong Kong back in 1983 charged with getting the model drawn very likely never saw any in real life and had a couple of photos to work from

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Hong Kong like-LT Van was got for £7 offer.  Weak moment - but could see it had a mechanism to task and I don't have a pub to visit any more.

The seller seems to focus on much pricer Dinky and sixties-era Corgi, so asked about what else he might have similar, and this lot arrived in the box too ...FOC !

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Which was generous.  Or maybe just felt sorry for me.

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Dolly likes the Saico 1:32 wacky Renault Sport Clio despite its screen and the 'TT-101' 1:34 Beetle with opening things.  The Mercedes 1931 SSKL is plastic and marked 'SM' with a leaping deer logo ; The Lancer is Hongwell ; the Beetle roofless cabrio is Welly.

There was also a 1:43 R/C Aston Martin by Toy State in there too.  Will post on that later if can get it working.

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4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

January 31, 2020.

The day Market Blokey sold that to you for £15 - I still can't believe it.

Doesn't it look fantastic!  Can I buy it for £20?

Sorry - this one's in the Not For Sale cabinet!

Unless a mint and boxed one shows up on the stall for £30...

Still a few replacement bits needed from Steve Flowers; one hook, one weight, the air horns, and door mirrors.

But it is magnificent.

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