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Growing up in New Zealand in the 1950's Diecast or indeed any models were hard to come by.
Shipments of mainly " Dinky " Toys and " Matchbox " Toys came in as import licences permitted.
Corgi, Triang - Spot On, and others were seen at times.
My go to shop was " Martins " in Custom Street, just along from where my father worked at Briscoe and Company, and when I first started work for ANZ bank in January 1966, it was in the Customs Street - just along from Martins, how convenient ..
I had been gathering Dinky and Matchbox for many years and " Micro Models " - made by Lincoln Industries, too.
Micro Models were made under licence from the Australian " Micro Models " Company
Came across these images recently and they are something I have never seen before.
- " Matchbox " Toys made by the same Lincoln Industries, in New Zealand. - the serial numbers on the boxes are very
different to Matchbox UK which were originally number " 1 to 75 " for the " regular " series.
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Does anyone know much about them ??.
On the post there was a link to a Robert Newsom in the UK .. who had some details of " Matchbox Toys Downunder ".
" http://www.robertnewson.co.uk/articl...nMatchbox.html ".
One of my " winter " jobs this year will be to finish a Matchbox scale Diorama with a little bit of Model railway in it and also to repaint / repair and make this " Matchbox E - Type Jaguar #32 " as the Scott Wiseman now Kent Larsen winged E-Type.
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Will need input from " Chaindrive " about the huge wing !!
Note ; details on the top photo - it is, of course a Landrover not a GP " Jeep "
Tom Colby is an Austin Healey guy I met at the AH Snowmass Colorado USA, 30th Anniversary event in July 1982.
Tom now runs the " Speedwell " business in the USA specialising in modified Austin Healey Sprites.
He also likes Slot Cars it would seem..
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Good to see the Lola T70 and a Bill Thomas Cheetah in the pits.