Lotus Super Seven

The real thing...

Colour Trial

I very rarely find these even though I spend an unhealthy amount of time looking! This was in a lot with some other interesting pieces I will show later.

Gruesome Twosome

3 genuinely different Gruesome colours.

Iso Grifo

A real one!

In Case You Never Noticed Part 3

Dark blue Iso Grifo's, light and dark blue interior...

Countach Tempa Colour

I love these, mainly because there are so many variations. This is the Lime v Green tempa, which quite different once you see them together.

Nice Error

The Vantastic sticker lady must have had a day off.

In Case You Never Noticed Part 2

Some Tractors say FORD, others don't...

Tempa Variation

Missed this one before, the tempa on the back of the blue Citroen SM is either flat or V shaped.

Shades of Zodiac

Again, unless you see them together, you might not notice. Two shades of Zodiac green.

Hungarian Jeeps

Not much else to say really - except the roofs always fall off of these.

Monteverdi Hai

One of my favourite 'Top Trump' cars from the '70s, these pics are ace!

Hard To Find?

Not sure about this Blue Shark - this is the only one I've seen so - amber glass, hard to find? Discuss.

Tempa Tamper

I found this Mazda in a set I bought from Canada - it included 3 genuine colour trails (Cosmobile, Porsche 911 and Soopa Coopa). As you can see it only has the tempa on the headlight covers but under close inspection you can see the very light imprint on the paint of the full tempa design. However I have heard that these are very hard to remove so??? Anyway, it has purple glass, so it's rare anyway!

In Case You Never Noticed!

A new regular feature! As the title suggests, some Matchbox secrets that may have escaped your attention. Today - No72 Dodge Commander - some have wide wheels, some have narrow. I bet you feel better now?

More Charger III Madness!

Early issue with hood sticker, quite hard to find

Check out the thin wheels on this example - this is regarded as an error not a variation

The two Japanese issue boxes

On the left, smaller 5 spokes on the Japanese issue and standard on right

Charger III Colour Shades

Colour shades of the Charger III, once you see these together you can see that they are actually quite different.

Mazda RX500

Here's a pic of the real Mazda RX500, interestingly this one is the same colour as the model for a change!

Thought I'd show how I document my collection. I take a photo of each piece as it comes in, and create a kind of trading card including all variation details, value and rarity ratings. All printed on photographic quality paper, 4x6in.
I would be willing to do the same for anybody else's collection, but it would cost about a £1 each (not including paper) as it is quite time consuming!
waynelamport@yahoo.com
for more info.