Once again I have been blessed with some very fine cars - this lot of 23 mint or very near mint cars and 7 catalogs cost me $160 from a local antique dealer who bought them from a police auction as part of a 400 car collection,most of which was Superfast and Corgi Juniors 1975-80,just outside my collecting focus.However there were these gems......the Lesney army vehicles are all in the first run extra dark olive shade from two-packs.
The artwork in the 7 catalogs which date from 1962 is superb,some are a little playworn but I am just very glad to finally own these for myself after many years of wanting them.The gold with yellow seats 69 Rolls has eluded me since childhood (although I have owned a common blue one for most of my life) so this is one of the 2 cars in this lot most wanted by me.The Scorpions Porsche 910 in uncommon magenta rather than the usual lime is also a pleasing find.
Lesneys great rivals are all represented in this lot, with the Corgi Juniors Ironside truck complete with working wheelchair lift,the superb British Corgi Rally Escort with Monti Carlo plates,the French Majorette Fiat 127 with Lesney style dog hanging out of the side window, Best Box of Holland Citroen Dyanne (the only playworn car in the lot),Playart of HongKong Porsche 916 and a HongKong Hotwheels redline Buzz-Off .Aside from a toyfair on December the 7th these are my last planned additions in 2008,and looking back I can say that my collection has gained some superb additions this year to equal the superb 2006 & 2007,and aside from the Playarts bought from ebay USA all found locally at flea markets ,toy collector markets and deals with local collectors :wave:
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Very nice additions. I love that Ironsides van.
The pink car looks like a HWs Sugar Caddy. What make and brand is it?

Very nice additions. I love that Ironsides van.
The pink car looks like a HWs Sugar Caddy. What make and brand is it?

The pink Caddy is a Corgi Juniors, in the range for less than 3 years in this pink and a sugary blue too.But the same casting started off in 1969 as a Husky in mid blue with a hood and real street wheels, before turning metallic dark green and gaining skinny speedwheels, and then white with a black hood before getting the Hot Rodder treatment in 1972.Both this pink Caddy and the Ironsides van are upgrades for me so the previous examples are up for sale

Good stuff. You don't see many Scorpians. I like the pink caddy as well.

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Here is the pink Caddy with the first 3 colours applied by Corgi to the casting when it had the standard motor and hood. The 4th colour white with black hood ,and the sixth colour,sugar blue with the Hot Rodder motor are still missing from my collection

SMS88, sent you a PM.

SMS88, sent you a PM.
Got it ,thanx!
All of these are upgrades or new to my collection except the 3 VW T1 & T2 buses which are all for sale on ebay (AKA ofas for any MCCH members viewing this threaD:wave:)

For everybody that like fords and rally cars, Here are all 6 of the major different versions of the 1968 Ford Escort Mk1 issued by Corgi, plus a beater that I have polished up to look like it has an aluminium body
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Noice!
I dig that gold Cornish w/white int....must be one of the last versions?
I gut me the blue Caddy-lack Sm-Eldorado, but it sure ain't a Caddy-lack color. You're olive green met. version is much nicer!
That little 2CV is neato!
Is the scorpion sticker rare? I've only seen one in catalog art I think.

Thanks for the Rally pics

Sweet buys there!~