Matchbox Superfast 2 x No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus "Esso" - both are white interior, 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips (1) bright red body, dayglo pink base - Near Mint with a couple of minor marks to roof and offside label in Good to Good Plus "New" type G box; (2) dayglo pink body, dark red base - Excellent Plus (factory casting flaw to front panel and body paint finish a little uneven) in Excellent but a little creased "New" type G box. (2) £40-£50
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Matchbox Superfast No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus "Cyprus Airways/Cyprus the Perfect Island" - bright red body & base, white interior, 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips - Excellent Plus (nearside label discoloured) in Good Plus to Excellent "New" type G box. £80-£100
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Matchbox Superfast No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus "The Baron of Beef" - brick red body and base, white interior, 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips - Good Plus to Excellent with some small paint chips and rub marks to labels in Good Plus to Excellent but a little creased "New" type G box. £20-£30
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Matchbox Superfast No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus "Inn on the Park" - brick red body & base, white interior, 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips - overall Near Mint but glue starting to show through labels in Excellent to Excellent Plus "New" type G box. £50-£60
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Matchbox Superfast No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus "N.A.M.C./The Miniature Vehicle" - brick red body & base, white interior, 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips - Near Mint to Mint in Near Mint "New" type G box. £80-£100
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Matchbox Superfast No.75a Ferrari Berlinetta - metallic green body with head-lamp cowls, without silver trim to grille & head-lamps, clear windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, 5-spoke narrow wheels 2 of which have tread pattern cast, the other 2 without - Near Mint to Mint (factory casting flaw to rear wing) in Near Mint to Mint "New" type G box. Superb example of this rare transitional issue. £260-£300
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Matchbox Superfast No.75a Ferrari Berlinetta - red body with partial head-lamp cowls, without silver trim to grille & head-lamps, clear windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, 5-spoke narrow wheels, front wheels with tread pattern cast, rear wheels without - Excellent Plus (has scratch to leading edge of hood bulge in Excellent to Excellent Plus "New" type G box. £30-£40
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Matchbox Superfast No.75a Ferrari Berlinetta - red body with head-lamp cowls, with silver grille & head-lamps, clear windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, 5-spoke narrow wheels with tread pattern cast - Excellent to Excellent Plus (paint loss to raised door & wing outlines) in Good Plus "New" type G box (has original retailers price stamp in blue ink of 59 cents to one picture face and Regular Wheel No.75b Ferrari Berlinetta - metallic green body without head-lamp cowls, clear windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, wire wheels - Excellent Plus (hood is slightly sunfaded) in Good type F2 box. (2) £30-£40
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Matchbox Superfast No.75b Alfa Carabo - metallic candy pink body, clear windows, ivory interior, scarce bare metal base, 5-spoke wide wheels - Excellent Plus (does have some scratching to black plastic rear engine cover) in Good discoloured "New" type I box. £30-£40
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Matchbox Superfast 4 x No.75a Alfa Carabo - all are clear windows, ivory interior, lemon yellow base (1) candy pink body, 5-spoke wide wheels; (2) Streakers issue pink body with lime green & yellow tampo print, 5-spoke wide wheels; (3) Streakers issue red body with lime green & yellow tampo print, 5-spoke wide wheels (small crack to windscreen and in earlier period incorrect type I box); (4) Streakers issue - bright red body with lime green & yellow tampo print, 5-arch wheels, Japanese issue J7 box - Excellent to Mint (Streakers issue have usual minor factory tampo print flaws) in Fair but complete to Good Plus boxes. (4) £30-£40
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Matchbox Superfast group of mostly early 1970's issue Cars, Commercial Vehicles and Trailers. Including No.6a Ford Pick-up Truck with sea green base; No.10a Leyland Pipe Truck; No.30a Faun Crane Truck; No.45a Ford Group 6 - metallic magenta body with sea green base; No.67a Volkswagen 1600TL - metallic candy pink body with high arches, 5-spoke wide wheels (missing 2 front bumper driving lamps) plus others similar (see photo), along with 1980's issue twin pack No.2a Mercedes LP Trailer (missing canopy) - condition varies from Good to Excellent in Poor to Good type G boxes and 12 x further unboxed similar models including 2 x No.28a Mack Dump Truck; 2 x No.42a Iron Fairy Crane; No.54a Cadillac Ambulance; No.29a Fire Pumper Truck Code red issue plus others similar - condition varies from generally Good to Near Mint although Greyhound Coach only Fair; Regular Wheel No.32b Jaguar E-type repainted dark red with Superfast wheels fitted; 2 x spare plastic canopies and 6 x spare plastic horses & dogs - Good to Near Mint. (qty) £40-£50
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Matchbox Superfast group of Cars all with NON ORIGINAL REPRODUCTION labels fitted. 2 x No.56a BMC Pininfarina and 3 x No.68a Porsche 910 - apart from being fitted with reproduction labels models are generally Excellent to Near Mint in Poor to Good Plus type F and type G boxes. (5) £25-£30
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Matchbox Superfast twin pack TP6 containing No.61b Ford A Series Wreck truck - red body with white tampo print, amber windows, white jibs with red hooks, matt black base; (2) No.29b Racing Mini - red body without labels fitted, clear windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, centre-cut 5-spoke wide wheels - Near Mint to Mint in Fair torn but still factory sealed blister pack. £20-£30
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Matchbox Superfast twin pack TP8 containing (1) No.18a Field Car - dark yellow body with "Chequer Board" hood label, black textured roof, black interior, gloss black base, chrome 4-spoke wheels; (2) No.38a Honda Motorcycle & Trailer - dark yellow trailer with Honda labels, metallic emerald green bike, centre-cut 5-spoke narrow wheels - Near Mint to Mint in generally Good factory sealed blister pack but corners of blister are crushed. £30-£40
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Matchbox Superfast twin pack TP2 containing (1) No.35a Merryweather Marquis Fire Engine - red body, grey grille & base, 5-arch wheels; (2) No.55a Mercury Park Lane Police Car - white revised body casting with Police shield door labels, blue roof-lights, clear windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, dot-dash wheels - Near Mint to Mint in generally Good Plus factory sealed blister pack but edges of blister are a little damaged. 3 x unboxed models (1) No.4a Dodge Stake Truck - dark green stake body, bare metal base, spiro wheels with black axle clips; (2) No.28a Mack Dump Truck - cast open cab steps, early balloon profile spiro wheels with maroon front axle clip; (3) No.66a Greyhound Coach - amber windows, white interior, gloss black base, 5-spoke narrow wheels with maroon front axle clip & black rear axle clip - Excellent Plus to Near Mint unboxed and empty type I box only for No.29b Racing Mini - Near Mint to Mint. (5) £50-£70
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Matchbox Superfast group of early to mid 1970's issue empty boxes (some duplication) including 3 x No.19b Road Dragster; No.26a GMC Tipper Truck; No.36b Draguar; No.71a Ford Heavy Wreck Truck; No.72a Standard Jeep; 2 x No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus plus others similar (see photo) - condition varies from Fair tape repaired to Good and 1979 copyright MP1 multi pack empty box - generally Good but inner vac-form tray has multiple cracks. (23) £20-£30
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Matchbox Superfast group of early 1970's period empty boxes. Type G empty boxes include No.6a Ford Pick-up Truck; No.31a Lincoln Continental; No.33a Lamborghini Miura (missing one inner end flap); 2 x No.34a Formula 1 Racing Car; No.36a Opel Diplomat; No.48a Dodge Dump Truck; No.57b Eccles Trailer Caravan and No.74a Daimler Fleetline Bus; along with empty type H box for No.14a Iso Grifo and empty type I box for Dodge Charger - Good to Excellent and 1975 UK Catalogue - Excellent Plus. (12) £50-£60
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Matchbox Regular Wheels No.40c Farm Hay trailer - factory shrink-wrapped pack of 6 x models all assumed Mint although tyres can be heard to be loose within boxes in Near Mint to Mint type F2 boxes. £50-£70
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Matchbox Regular Wheels No.40c Farm Hay trailer - factory shrink-wrapped pack of 6 x models all assumed Mint although tyres can be heard to be loose within boxes in Excellent Plus to Mint type F2 boxes (small tear to shrink-wrap). £50-£70
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Matchbox Regular Wheels No.40c Farm Hay trailer - factory shrink-wrapped pack of 6 x models all assumed Mint although tyres can be heard to be loose within boxes in generally Near Mint to Mint type F2 boxes although one box is a little crushed with small tear to one inner end flap and only Excellent. £50-£70
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Matchbox Regular Wheels No.40c Farm Hay trailer - factory shrink-wrapped pack of 6 x models all assumed Mint although tyres can be heard to be loose within boxes in Near Mint to Mint type F2 boxes. £50-£70
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Matchbox Regular Wheels group of mid to late 1960's issue mostly Cars & Trailers including 2 x No.8e Ford Mustang; No.22c Pontiac GP Coupe; No.31c Lincoln Continental with metallic blue body; No.37c Dodge Cattle Truck (missing cattle); No.51b Farm Tipping Trailer (missing barrels); No.40c Farm Hay Trailer (tyres very loose and contained within box) - condition varies from Good to Excellent in Fair to Good boxes and Superfast No.27a Mercedes 230SL - Good in Fair incomplete Regular Wheel box. (12) £40-£50
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Matchbox Regular Wheels group of mostly 1950's issue Commercial and Military Vehicles. Including No.1b Aveling Barford Diesel Road Roller; No.16a Low Loader Trailer (missing rear ramp); No.24a Hydraulic Excavator; 2 x No.29a Bedford CA Milk Float; 2 x No.49a US Army Half Track (one model missing both tracks the other missing one track) and No.30b Magirus Deutz Crane Truck with black plastic wheels - generally Good to Excellent apart from low loader trailer which is only Fair in Poor to Fair boxes many of which are incomplete. (8) £40-£50
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Matchbox Regular Wheels group of mid to late 1960's issue Cars and Commercial Vehicles including No.11c Taylor Jumbo Crane with red ballast box; No.20c Chevrolet Impala Taxi; No.25b Bedford TK BP Tanker; No.29c Fire Pumper Truck "Denver" (has been silver paint superdetailed); No.49b Mercedes Unimog (tyres loose and contained within box); No.40c Farm Hay Trailer (tyres very loose and contained within box) plus others similar, condition varies from Good Plus to Near Mint in Fair to Good Plus boxes. (9) £40-£60
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Matchbox Regular Wheels group of late 1960's issue Cars and Commercial vehicles including No.13d Dodge BP Wreck Truck (box missing one end flap; No.29c Fire Pumper Truck (roof-light pushed into cab); No.31c Lincoln Continental with sea green body; 2 x No.46c Mercedes 300SE Coupe (1) green body; (2) metallic blue body; No.71b Jeep Pick-up Truck - white interior, gloss black base with patent number, small diameter black plastic wheels plus others similar (see photo) - Excellent to Mint in Fair to Good boxes. (12) £60-£80
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Matchbox Superfast group of early 1970's issue Cars, Commercial vehicles and Trailers. Including No.5a Lotus Europa with metallic blue body; No.9a cabin Cruiser & Trailer; No.26a GMC Tipper Truck; No.45a Ford Group 6 - metallic lime green body with racing number 45 nose label, dark amber windows, ivory interior, chrome engine, dark graphite grey base; No.49a Mercedes Unimog - metallic silver-blue body without silver grille, flat profile spiro wheels plus others similar (see photo) - generally Excellent to Mint apart from No.51a AEC Pointer Tipper Truck which is only Good Plus in Fair to Good Plus boxes. (15) £70-£90
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Matchbox Kingsize K17 Ford D Series Articulated Low Loader with Case Bulldozer load "Laing" and K18 Dodge Kew Fargo Articulated Horse Transporter with grey stalls - both Excellent to Excellent Plus in Fair tape repaired early issue type E boxes with inner plastic vac-form trays. (2) £30-£40
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Matchbox Regular Wheels No.61b Alvis Stalwart - BP Exploration labels, yellow plastic hubs - Excellent to Excellent Plus with some small paint chips to mostly to base and tyres a little loose in Excellent type G Superfast style box with old glue mark to one striker side. £40-£50
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Matchbox Superfast group of harder to find variations (1) No.3b Monteverdi Hai - lighter shade orange body with racing number 3 hood label, light blue windows, ivory interior, bare metal base, 5-spoke wide wheels; (2) No.15b Forklift Truck - red body with black plastic steering wheel, labels facing front, lemon yellow mast with grey forks, sea green base, spiro front wheels, 5-spoke rear wheels; (3) No.53a Ford Zodiac - metallic emerald green body with high arches, bare metal base, small diameter 5-spoke narrow wheels; (4) No.62d Chevrolet Corvette with black interior, bare metal base - Excellent Plus to Mint in Fair to Excellent boxes. (4) £40-£50
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Matchbox Superfast 5 x No.17b Daimler Fleetline Londoner Bus (1) "Impel 73" - red body with bare metal base; (2) "Impel 76" - cream lower deck, tan upper deck, gloss black base; (3) "Impel 79" - red body with gloss black base (glue showing through labels); (4) "Silver Jubilee" with metallic dark graphite grey base and 2 x No.17c Leyland Titan Bus "Impel 82" (5) "Silver Jubilee" with bare metal base - both with black plastic base - Excellent to Near Mint in Fair to Excellent boxes and blister pack. (7) £30-£40
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Matchbox MC23 Porsche Gift Set; KS808 Rolls Royce Superking Gift Set containing Super Kings and MB Series Rolls Royce Silver Spirit; 8 x various mid 1970's to early 1980's Lesney England period Superfast models - Fair to Excellent Plus in Fair and incomplete to Good boxes; 6 x 1980's to early 1990's Matchbox International MB Series models - Excellent to Mint in Fair to Good Plus gold and blue window boxes some of which have been opened; 2 x Woolworths "Buy a Convoy get 2 Cars Free" blister packed sets (1) "Tizer"; (2) "Pirelli" - Excellent to Mint in Fair to Poor opened and resealed blister packs and 2 x 1/72nd scale plastic kits (1) North American F86 Sabre; (2) Northrop CF116 (F5B) - both unchecked for exact completeness but parts attached to sprues and complete with instructions - Excellent in generally Good boxes. (25) £30-£35
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Matchbox "The Perfect Toy" MICA re-issue early Lesney Moko large scale Site Mixer (1) red engine cover & chassis, green barrel & wheels - Near Mint to Mint in Excellent box; (2) green engine cover & chassis, red barrel, yellow wheels - Good (unfortunately chassis has snapped in 2) in Good to Good Plus grubby box showing this to be No.48 of only 300 models produced - both boxes have been signed by the former director and co-founder of Lesney Leslie Smith OBE. (2) £40-£50
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Matchbox group of Regular Wheel and Superfast models. No.25c Ford Cortina; No.34c Volkswagen Camper Van with roof up; No.54b Cadillac Ambulance; No.67b Volkswagen 1600 TL (missing one front tyre) and No.71b Jeep Gladiator Pick-up Truck - Fair to Good in Fair boxes all of which have been tape shut at one end. Empty type F1 box for No.63c Dodge Crane Truck - Good with surface tear to one end flap; Roadway Series R4 Grand Prix Race Track, has been used and missing some small cut-out accessories but Roadway and most building predominately complete - Good in Fair original type E paper sleeve. Unboxed models include Regular Wheel No.36a Austin A50; No.41b Jaguar D-type and No.61a Ferret Scout Car - Fair to Good; Superfast include 3 x No.29b Racing Mini with metallic bronze body (one model missing labels); 2 x No.54b Ford Capri (1) orange body with matt black hood; (2) dayglo pink body with matt black hood and No.72b SRN6 Hovercraft - generally Good Plus to Excellent unboxed. (16) £20-£30
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Matchbox Speedkings K50 Street Rod Pre-production colour trial model - lighter shade red body with darker shade red chassis, black plastic roof, seats & grille, model has factory un-spun base rivets - Near Mint unboxed. £80-£100
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Matchbox Speedkings 2 x K50 Street Rod (1) Pre-production colour trial model - lighter shade red body, darker shade red chassis, black plastic roof & seats, model has factory un-spun base rivets - Good Plus (paint chips to wings, passenger side front wing bent out of shape and missing radiator grille); (2) standard issue production version in metallic two-tone green, black plastic roof & seats, model has factory un-spun base rivets - Excellent Plus (missing radiator grille and rear opening trunk lid). (2) £50-£60
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Matchbox Speedkings K45 Marauder - metallic magenta body with racing number 7 labels, yellow interior & rear wing, light amber windscreen, green base, model has factory un-spun base rivets - overall Excellent but damage to labels and K59 Ford Capri Mk.II - light tan body with dark brown roof, matt black base, model has un-spun base rivets - Good Plus (missing interior and glazing unit). (2) £40-£50
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Matchbox Super Kings K70 Porsche 911/930 Turbo Pre-production/trial model and components. (1) body casting only in red with matt dark grey hood, underside of hood is without the K70/1 numbering fitted to production models; (2) final production body casting with K70/1 cast to underside of hood, complete with opening doors; (3) bare metal body & base, clear windows, coral pink interior & bumpers, bare metal base, Maltese Cross wheels, model has un-spun base rivets and suspension clips have also not been spun down onto the inside of the base resulting in these being loose within the body (missing rear lamp cluster) - Excellent to Excellent Plus. (3) £30-£50
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Matchbox Speedkings group of K50 Street Rod and K53 Hot Fire Engine components including 13 x body castings 7 of which have Fire Chief labels applied and 2 complete with chrome rear step & pump; seated Fireman driver figures; various chrome engine & chassis components with un-spun rivets, black plastic hoods, yellow ladders - condition varies from Good to Mint. (qty) £30-£40
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Matchbox Speedkings and Super Kings factory components including un-spun bodies, various bases (some with suspension & wheels), interiors, glazing units, figures, wheels & axles etc (see photo) - condition varies generally Good to Near Mint. (qty) £50-£70
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Matchbox Super Kings Adventure 2000 Series models and component parts including 2 x K2001 Raider Command detachable Command Car with un-spun base rivets; 2 x K2002 Flight Hunter with un-spun base rivets; 2 x K2003 Crusader with un-spun base rivets (both missing wheels and front axle clip); various individual body components, rubber tracks, plastic figures etc. (qty) £60-£80
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Matchbox Kingsize group of bare metal factory castings comprising 2 x K4 Leyland Tipper Truck tipper body only both complete with rear metal mould extensions (these would have been knocked off during the factory fettling process before the castings were used for assembly) and 4 x castings for K1 O&K Excavator cab & chassis complete with amber windows, cab body has factory un-spun rivets - Excellent to Mint. (qty) £30-£40
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Matchbox Models of Yesteryear 7 x factory "Trees" from the multi impression moulds used for the model wheels, each tree comprising 42 individual wheels - 6 x tree of yellow 12-spoke wheels and 1 x tree of lilac solid wheels along with a further tree of yellow 12-spoke wheels but 2 wheels missing and central column of tree also missing (see photo). These trees are as ejected from the factory moulds - Excellent to Mint. (7) £10-£20
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Matchbox Superfast No.50c Harley Davidson Motorcycle factory plastic Tree of 6 x red plastic engine components (3 x left hand & 3 x right hand) as original ejected from the factory multi impression moulds (tree originally would have had 8 components but 2 of these have been removed), interestedly the reverse of these engine castings refer to the model No.MB63 not MB50 - overall Excellent Plus but does have a couple of tiny paint marks to 2 engines. £10-£20
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Matchbox Models of Yesteryear group of various plastic Trees containing individual model components as ejected from the factory multi impression moulds. Individual trees include 2 x Y6 Rolls Royce Fire Engine radiator grilles & rear ladder rests (1 grille detached); 2 x Y8 MG TC radiator grille & windscreen; further Y8 tree but this is missing one set of parts; Y21 Ford Model A radiator & front bumper (one bumper missing) Y12 Ford Model T radiator, head-lamps & dashboard; 2 x Y8 Sunbeam Motorcycle seat (both trees incomplete, 5 seats missing); single Y11 Lagonda rear folded hood and what appears to be a factory preproduction prototype tree containing 2 only (originally 4), Y5 Talbot Van radiator & head-lamps components which has a recess for a separately applied radiator grille and flat rather than detailed head-lamps. Excellent to Mint. (qty) £20-£30
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Matchbox Regular Wheels No.46c Mercedes 300SE Coupe - bare metal body casting with factory un-spun rivets and green painted body casting for No.30c Faun Mobil Crane, bare metal grille & base complete with front wheels & axles, factory un-spun base rivet - Near Mint. (2) £20-£30
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Matchbox Superfast No.38d Ford Camper Pre-production trial body casting in burnt orange complete with cream plastic camper body which is fitted with trial amber windows, underside of body casting is stamped MB35 which was the original number allocated to this model but subsequently released into the range as model No.38, has original factory label applied to hood stating "Approved Model" - Excellent. £20-£30
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Matchbox Superfast No.20b Range Rover Police Patrol factory Pre-production colour trial model - red body with white roof, clear frosted windows, bare metal base - Good Plus (missing all interior components & wheels). £20-£30
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Matchbox Superfast pair of models with factory un-spun base rivets (1) No.70d Ferrari 308 GTB - burnt orange body & base, clear windows, black interior, 5-arch wheels; (2) No.5c US Mail Truck Gliding Club twin pack issue body - yellow with hood label, black interior, matt black "No.38 Jeep" base, 5-arch wheels (possible pre-production issue with this base?) - Near Mint and Excellent unboxed. (2) £40-£50
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Matchbox Superfast 4 x No.52a Dodge Charger factory bare metal body components. (1) Pre-production casting with smooth interior wheelarches (production versions have a slightly thicker rear wheelarch with cast parallel lines to the interior wheelarch), interior of body casting is completely smooth without front & rear rivet post and without front & rear ejection rings, the rear wheelarches also have a single step rather than a cut-out double step on production castings and there is also no "MB52" model number cast to underside of hood, this casting is complete with part of its original factory metal "tree"; (2) as (1) but without tree; (3) the underside of body casting now complete with model number, rear mould impression number, front & rear rivet posts, front & rear ejector rings, front interior retaining post and opening roof hinges; (4) final production issue casting which is the same as (3) but now has the additional cast lines to the interior wheelarches. The lot also includes a single opening roof casting complete with its factory metal tree as ejected from the mould and a very rare dark amber glazing unit. Interesting lot which shows the progression of casting changes from pre-production to full production - Excellent to Mint (couple of casting flaws to 2 bodies). (6) £50-£70
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Matchbox Superfast group of production and Pre-production parts for No.3c Porsche 911/930 Turbo (1) pre-production bare metal body casting only which differs from production castings by not having the front numberplate cast, interior of body casting does not have the front & rear rivet post braces cast, the opening door braces are also not cast; (2) metallic brown production body (has high metallic sheen paint finish), complete with bare metal doors, dark yellow interior, bare metal base, model has un-spun base rivets; (3) production issue metallic silver body casting only, complete with pale yellow interior and a very large quantity of bare metal door components - Excellent to Mint apart from silver painted body which is Good to Good Plus. (qty) £30-£40
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