The Toy Box

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This was a recent find. I knew my old childhood toy box was in the loft over the garage somewhere but had not seen it in at least ten years. Digging for some other long lost possessions my son managed to unearth it. These are the Corgis, Dinkys, Huskies and Matchboxes I played with as a child. After my time with them they passed through the hands of my brother's children and given that they were in a pretty sorry state after my years with them, the subsequent owners were pretty tough on them too, so these are as playworn as it gets. I was also a pretty bad and very persistent amateur repainter so you will see some horrendous repaints here. There seems to be an obsession with metallic red, blue and green paired with matt black and some pastels. I must also have been heaviy into customisation using decals from Airfix aircraft, ships and anything else that came to hand.

My strategy is first to record this collection as it emerges from the Brookes Beattie biscuit tin in which it has spent the past forty or so years and maybe do a little selective restoration as time goes on.

  

 

Model ID Maker No. Name Colour

920

 Matchbox

67

 Saladin Armoured Car 6x6 Military drab green
918 Matchbox 54 Saracen Personnel Carrier Repaint
928 Corgi 431 Volkswagen Type 2 Pickup repaint
897 Dinky 626 Military Ambulance Drab green
892 Dinky 250 Mini-Cooper Police Repaint
887 Corgi 1490 Corgi Cargoes - Skip and Churns Red / Silver
883 Corgi 000 Bedford Tractor Unit Repaint
876 Matchbox 53 Mercedes Benz 220SE Maroon
1004 Matchbox 65 Jaguar 3.4 Repaint
947 Matchbox 50 Commer Pick-up Mk VIII Repaint
946 Husky 6 Ferrari Berlinetta 250 GT Repaint
932 Corgi 238 Jaguar MkX Blue
931 Corgi GS14 Jeep Tower Wagon Red
930 Dinky 319 Weeks Tipping Farm Trailer Red/Yellow
927 Husky 31 Oldsmobile Starfire Coupe Blue
867 Corgi 314 Ferrari Berlinetta 250 Le Mans Repaint
902 Matchbox 6 Euclid Dump Truck Repaint
854 Husky 15 Volkswagen Pick-up Repaint
855 Husky 5 Lancia Flaminia Pale Blue
856 Corgi 233 Heinkel Trojan Economy Car Repaint
857 Corgi 261 James Bond's Aston Martin Repaint
858 Dinky 167 AC Aceca Repaint
866 Dinky 255 Ford Zodiac Police White
868 Matchbox 12 Volkswagen Microbus Repaint
873 Matchbox 66 Greyhound Bus Repaint
900 Corgi 248 Chevrolet Impala Saloon Repaint
933 Spot-On 183 Humber Super Snipe Estate Car Repaint
922 Dinky 342 Austin Mini Moke Repaint
903 Corgi 309 Aston Martin DB4 Competition Model Repaint
877 Husky 10 Guy Warrior Coal Truck Yellow (with some repainting)
889 Husky 24 Ford Zephyr 6 Estate Car Blue
869 Corgi 341 Mini-Marcos GT 850 Metallic dark red
870 Corgi 312 Jaguar E-Type Competition Model Repaint
875 Matchbox 73 Ferrari F1 Red
878 Matchbox 17 Removal Van Repaint
879 Matchbox 59 Ford Fairlane Fire Chief's Car Repaint
886 Corgi 417s Land Rover Breakdown Truck Red
890 Matchbox MP1 BP Autotanker Repaint

835

 Corgi 264 Oldsmobile Toronado Blue

837

 Corgi 332 Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato Blue

896

 Matchbox 44 Rolls Royce Phantom V Pale gold

899

 Matchbox 63 Ford 3 Ton 4x4 Service Ambulance Repaint

901

 Matchbox 64 Scammell Army Breakdown Truck - 64 Green

916

 Dinky 164 Volkswagen 1600TL Repaint

917

 Matchbox 22 Pontiac GP Sports Coupe Repaint
       

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