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Topic starter
30/09/2025 9:23 pm
...someone superimposed a MB 42a Bedford Evening News Van over a real Bedford News Van but preserved all the 1:1 detail in the background? Well....
30/09/2025 10:40 pm
I had this one as a kid and also in my current MB collection.
01/10/2025 8:03 am
Neat idea. Just needs the rear door to match the rest!
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
01/10/2025 1:41 pm
Darn, I've been meaning to do an image like this for a while. This is what happens when you wait too long.
01/10/2025 5:19 pm
What great fun. Great pictures and subject matter.
03/10/2025 5:43 am
That is very cool ! I still have the blue Dunlop tire Bedford van that I got as a kid and I always liked it a lot.
03/10/2025 7:56 am
@michaeldetorrice I have the blue Dunlop van too Mike but like all of my childhood MBox, Dinkys, Corgis, etc. the original didn't have a chance of survival...lol. Here's a pic and a pleasant reminder of some others many of us enjoyed as kids (and adults in some cases). 😉
03/10/2025 11:50 am
Jack, the van that you had and that Chris and Graeme photo-modded must have been very popular for Matchbox, as I still have mine.
03/10/2025 2:09 pm
@michaeldetorrice Amazing that as a kid you didn't beat it to bits.....all mine met that fate.
Topic starter
03/10/2025 2:27 pm
"Amazing that as a kid you didn't beat it to bits.....all mine met that fate."
Same here, I saved virtually nothing from childhood. 99.9% of my toys were either taken apart, smashed, traded away, lost, or burned. Once I discovered girls, who needed toys? 🙄 🙄 🙄