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Irwin Interior Decorator Set

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Stearmen

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A look inside the Lesney Matchbox factory in 1962.

[video=youtube;d_Yjyy_Rp2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Yjyy_Rp2A[/video]

Thanks VC. I remember my first Matchbox, it was Jimmy Clark's Lotus, I believe the Indianapolis version. A new friend of mine had just moved into the neighborhood, his dad was stationed in Great Britain prior to the move, so we traded. I can't remember what I put up, must not of had any sentimental value!
 

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How many of you can remember you're first Matchbox car? As I stated earlier, mine was one of Jimmy Clark Lotus's. Funny how that sticks with you almost 50 years latter!
 

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Ferret or a Dingo scout car! I think I still have it. I know I have some of the classic cars like a Maxwell and a Rolls silver cloud(?).

Ha! Think I will find them and make them a special spot in the man cave project!
That would be fitting!
 

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That is awesome Victor!!! The condition looks great from the photo!

I dunno how it happened, but these three relics somehow survived our two sons ( now 35 and 33). I managed to find them on a very dusty shelf in their old bedroom. They were originally mine. I think I got the scout car in like '64. Had a few other models, but they have long gone the way of the Dodo.

 
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Thanks, Renault!

I was selling at a flea market today and found that Mercedes there. Those cars of yours look like Matchbox. I had the one in the middle. It was from their Models of Yesteryear series.
 
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V.C., that is one really nice Tonka you got there. How did you manage to find an unscratched version.

Mike

Just luck I suppose though I believe it might be a restoration. It's a lighter blue than the original paint and the lightning bolt on the decal seems to be skinnier than the original. I was selling at a motorcycle/bike flea market yesterday and came upon it when I was walking around there. The seller had several other vintage Tonkas but this one, of course, stood out. I paid $60 for it.
 
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Of course, I sure could break mine! [video=youtube;xMjxOD1lJq0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMjxOD1lJq0[/video]
 

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