This my all time favourite Matchbox casting. The Bedford "Evening News" van.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/chrycopaul/Picture007.jpg

Very nice!!

Those colors are so bright. Here's one with black wheels:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b228/PropMonster/Matchbox_1_75/1953-69/Matchbox42A01.jpg

Christian F informs us that Corgi is re-releasing a similar model, but it's expensive and I fear that distribution in N. America may be limited.

That was my very first diecast car. My aunt gave it to me for my 4th or 5th birthday, along with the white/tan Thunderbird. I still have them, packed away somewhere. They both put in a lot of heavy duty play hours.

It's nice to see a mint one of these; kinda hard to believe that mine also looked like that at one time (for a few days, at least).

Thanks for the great pix!