Lesney #29a-Bedford Milk Float Restoration

This was one of my quickest and easiest restorations to date. There's only two pieces, the body and chassis, plus wheels and axles. This one had been poorly repainted at some point, and the axles were badly bent.

But it was a nice solid early Lesney, and it cleaned up nice!

Lesney #26c-GMC Tipper Truck Restoration

Another one of my finds from across the pond, I think I gave 40p for it, which was probably too much in its original state! But I saw the potential..

Pretty gross huh? I hope you can see the cobwebs in the cab. Luckily whatever made them was not still residing there...

Anyways, I never really cared for the red and green that this model came in. I never understood why Matchbox felt the need to have a green chassis and green windows. So with it apart, I decided to change that!

After:

What would you trade?? Vintage Matchbox Commecial

Someone posted this on a Matchbox Facebook group that I'm a member of, and I thought it was too cool not to share. I had no idea you could trade in old cars. I wonder what they did with the old ones? Happy Saturday everyone, I might have a project update or two for you later today.