I believe Paul actually made that pen on a wood lathe and most likely stained it as well. If so, you have a one of a kind, hand-made pen....which is pretty cool!
In my mind the Ute is not considered a pick up. It is as Marty describes, a utility vehicle developed in Australia, but it was made from a car, not a truck. Seems some poor Australian farmer needed a vehicle that would serve both as a farm hauler(light duty) and for going-to-church on Sunday. It was not dedicated to one function or the other. A truck here in "the Americas" was developed to be dedicated to hauling, whereas now they seem to be more dedicated to hauling moms dads and kids all over the place, but generally just to soccer games and the grocery store, lol! ;^)
Some of those models are amazing! Frankly they all were special. You really must sweat which model to restore each week. Thank you for keeping your schedule, now I'm caught up, it's fantastic to have the two appointments in the calendar each week to look forward to.
The Maharaja of Matchbox Makeovers has found his Mountain top! Marvelous, Magnificent and Magestic! Oh, Marty of Matchbox Makeovers, Please continue having fun with your toys and continue making videos of Makeovers, Mail offerings and Mayhem of our hobby! God Richly Bless you, your wife and crew assisting you!
ERF was a British truck manufacturer. It was established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden from whoms initials the company was named. Its factory in Middlewich closed in March 2002, and it was discontinued as a marque by owner MAN in July 2007.
Nice lot of donations there Marty! The first ute was designed by Lew Bandt an engineer at Ford Australia in 1933 and the first prototype was completed later that year using the front end and passenger compartment from a 1933 3 window coupe, the chassis and running boards from a 33 sedan and a modified tray from a 1933 1/2 ton truck. First year of production was 1934. The story goes a farmers wife from the Bendigo area sent a letter to Ford Australia asking them to develop a multi-purpose car that her husband could use to drive both of them to church on Sunday and take the pigs to market on Monday.
The Model T had a "pickup" model, but it really wasn't what we think of as a pickup (or ute) today, more of a flatbed with very low sides. The first modern concept of the type does indeed seem to have been made by Ford Oz.
With the table standing somewhere in the landscape and the microphone on the table I was waiting for you saying something like "and now for something completely different" xD
Those were some really interesting Matchbox models and they will look great when they are restored. I am really looking forward to you customizing the Mini Cooper into a racing version with numbers and the roof Union Jack on it. It will be a perfect fit with the Jaguar model. Thanks for sharing this great un boxing.
It always amazed me that the Car carrier truck was made an Accessory Pack since Lesney debuted the Major Packs, the same year, 1957. The truck first came with black lettering and metal wheels, then orange lettering and changed to grey plastic wheels, then later black wheels. The last version had a red truck with grey trailer with the black plastic wheels. I have over the years been able to accumulate one of each version. They have a special place in my collection.
Soooo many packages ! They are a tribute to your MATCHBOX restoration skills that so many people send you vehicles. Have you considered asking Koala Kevin to be present and help at future unboxings ? If nothing else, Kevin can keep those pesky spiders at bay :-)
Love the unboxing-I keep calling out to M'Julie "Look a Foden- my dad had the same Prefect in baby blue-OMG! My brother John had the Bedford van..." nostalgia is great innit!
new to your channel. enjoying it a great deal. Marty the guy Paul that sent you that pen does amazing work. as I don't think you understood what he meant. He made it from a piece of wood he probably hand selected.Its a treasure and one of a kind. Donna in California!
Great video and nice assortment of cars! I have the gold Ford Cortina and the Fiat 1500 WITH the luggage, plus a few more ones I've spotted on your channel from time to time (VW bus, fire engine, Douglas dump truck, etc). Maybe I'll try restoring them myself one of these days--you certainly are an inspiration!
Both companies' factories were in Sandbach in Cheshire until they folded. Fodens had amazing 2 stroke Diesel engines and complex multi speed gearboxes and they sounded absolutely fantastic when hauling up hills.
Another great video, well done! Had the pleasure of visiting Australia twice, and loved it there. Really liked the t-shirt you were wearing. Keep up the good work 👍
Great video as usual incidentally the car transporter is a Bedford RL similar to the military ones used by the R.A.F. with their 'Queen Mary' aircraft transporters. :)
Another great unboxing Marty I particularly liked the Hillman Minx, I used to know an old lady who had a farm and her Hillman Minx was regularly used to transport Goats and Geese in the back seat that car stank to hell it was horrible lol!, She even drove it six miles once with the handbrake on! Smoke was billowing out of the thing and she didn’t even notice! Lol!, Thanks for the memories Marty catch you Saturday bye for now.
Here in the USA and in my farming part of the country we would modify Model T and Model A Fords by making a bed for them. Carry produce to town. The Ford Motor Company built its first factory assembled pickup truck in 1925. But an impatient public was way ahead of Henry Ford by cutting up the rear of Model Ts and making their own pickups. We had a Model T Pickup. Great video...captjack
3:58 the windscreen (shield) on the red truck takes on the background! 😂 I love how you have to turn off the effect when using the main camera with green items. Great video sir!
Hi Marty, I'm excited about the Car Transporter, I've got one in my collection and I will have a go at it after you do yours. I"ve had a good look at mine, but I'm a bit nervous about maybe destroying it in the strip down process. I'm sure you will give me all the guidance I'll need... :) Keep up your great work, it is totally addictive.
That A50 was very cool, also the Prefect is a 100E and in that series the 2dr was designated as the Anglia... I had a 1959 Prefect 100E as my first classic car, sidevalve and heaps of fun. Keep up the good work Marty 👍
You are so lucky with the donations you receive , but in reality I bet you can't find most of them in Oz! The racing mini is really great to restore and if you remember my email I sent a few months back, it included a picture of the one I restored. Water slide transfers are available for that model on eBay. Look forward to Saturday's video.
it is the Mercedes builders supplies scaffolding truck .. it originally came with scaffolding and walking board in yellow plastic , it was only done in silver with maroon grille and green windows , it has either red builders supplies decals or there is a rarer green decaled version .. was available later in superfast version
Marty, I know you love all types of Matchbox cars, but I love the classic ones before Hot Wheels and "Super Fast" came out. The 1950s and 1960s classic hard axels, the earlier the better. Those vintage ones you received are the ones I like seeing you restore. My mother has a 53 Hillman "Minx" convertible and the color was the blue you described, which was called: "Lobelia Blue".
Marty hopes this helps you, ERF was a British truck manufacturer. It was established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden from whoms initials the company was named. Its factory in Middlewich closed in March 2002, and it was discontinued as a marque by owner MAN in July 2007.
Ute, a utility coupe, lays on the chassis of a car. The front of the car, AKA passenger body and the rear of the car, AKA the cargo tray are in one piece. ... Pickups, on the other hand, are made out of 2 pieces: a cab and a cargo bed, laying on a strong chassis, derived from trucks.
The "binz" ambo at the end is my fave as one of collection must haves i love unique hearses and ambo's and that one is a great catch most that ive watched get restored usually have a broken tailgate
I just wanted to give you a quick tip for the echo. You can make a kind of pillow fort by hanging blankets around you it dampen the echo very eficiently and doesn't cost anything other than a little time to setup ! love the video keep up the good work
ERF was a British truck manufacturer. It was established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden from whoms initials the company was named. In the 1930s insurers were becoming increasingly reluctant to underwrite steam boilers. As a result, Edwin believed the future of the lorry building industry lay in diesel engine power. However the Foden boardroom did not agree, and consequently he resigned along with his son Dennis. With the help of his son Dennis and two former colleagues, including Ernest Sherratt who became Chief Engineer, Edwin worked to build the first ERF diesel lorry in 1933. And both Foden and ERF continued to make trucks as separate companies until take overs by multi nationals in the 2000s
Dennis Brothers, have no connection to either ERF or Foden. Dennis was founded in 1895 by brothers John Cawsey Dennis (1871-1939) and (Herbert) Raymond Dennis (1878-1939) and based in Guildford Surrey. The became part of the hestair group which included Duple coachbuilders, later on hestair hit financial troubles Duple dissolved and Dennis was taken over by management backed by banks to become the trinity group - later the Dennis group. It then merged with Mayflower (Alexander bus bodies) and Paxton (coach bodies) to reduce overheads and the group was called transbus. This was dissolved in 2018 and vehicles are now under the Alexander Dennis (ADL) brand though this may change as Alexander have been sold to a North American company in 2019.
At 10:40, The blue 'Dunlop' van is a Bedford 'C.A.' This is known, in the UK, to fans of Banger Racing, as a 'Crispy Ambulance'. Likewise, there was a smaller Bedford van, the 'H.A.', is known as the 'Hungry Ambulance'. And why not? Another great video, Marty. Nice one.
Small trucks and pickups already existed but the sedan based ute was invented by lew bandt in Geelong. He wanted a vehicle comfortable enough to go to church on Sunday with his wife but able to use around the farm and to take the livestock to market through the week. The ones that already existed were too rough and ready. The big bridge on the Geelong ring rd is named after him
Yep, Fiat 1500 came in Green and red/orange (orange being the rarer one ). The 'Model Supplies' UK replica luggage fits a treat. I believe the red version came as part of a larger set.
Great video as usual Marty; love the background (where is it located please). Be careful dropping all the wrapping paper and such, as I am reminded of a T-shirt I saw years ago here in the milds of Southeast Texas: " Don't Rubbish Australia".
If I'm correct, the first pickup truck was built by International Harvester Company (IHC) in Chicago, Illinois back in 1907 when they started producing their light line of trucks.
Marty, nice green screen. Although the screen did create an echoey effect to your room. Nice haul. Some real old ones. Oooo, I liked the flying table effect. Oh, maybe it was the mic, not the room. After the technical difficulties the mic sounded less echoey. I love the Nestle's van with the sliding door. My parents had a Hillman Minx in American in the late fifties. Their's was almost a military green color. Oh...your arm disappeared. See ya later.
I believe Paul actually made that pen on a wood lathe and most likely stained it as well. If so, you have a one of a kind, hand-made pen....which is pretty cool!
In my mind the Ute is not considered a pick up. It is as Marty describes, a utility vehicle developed in Australia, but it was made from a car, not a truck. Seems some poor Australian farmer needed a vehicle that would serve both as a farm hauler(light duty) and for going-to-church on Sunday. It was not dedicated to one function or the other. A truck here in "the Americas" was developed to be dedicated to hauling, whereas now they seem to be more dedicated to hauling moms dads and kids all over the place, but generally just to soccer games and the grocery store, lol! ;^)
Fantastic early Matchbox. Don't roll your chair back too far from the table. That looks like a long way down.
Some of those models are amazing! Frankly they all were special. You really must sweat which model to restore each week. Thank you for keeping your schedule, now I'm caught up, it's fantastic to have the two appointments in the calendar each week to look forward to.
Thanks Everard, I'm glad you are a regular viewer.
That red Mercedes Truck was used in a Bank heist
parked over a tunnel they were digging into the bank
No, they used it for turnip transportation .....but the bottom dropped out of the market lol!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
boom , tishhhh we're here all week !!
94k subscribers mate, the world love's ya !!
How can you even hate him!?he's realy amazing!!!!😁
A great way to spend a rainy Texas morning, fresh coffee and a fresh Marty's Matchbox Makeover video.
The Commer Van is a nice find with it’s sliding door still present!
Love the arm teleporting the pen and case back home. Keep up the good work!
I enjoy these unboxing videos. This time it looks like you're reaching into another dimension every time you reach to your right 😁
That was a fantastic collection of cars and vans sent to you. Incidentally i hope that you cleaned up your litter when on 'location'.
Oh yes Raymond , I carried it back down the mountain and put it into a recycling bin.
Great cache of vintage Matchbox. I could never find these in America. Can't wait to see the restored, Thanks!
Fun to watch Marty. Looking forward to the restorations!👍🏻👍🏻
ERF - was a British truck manufacturer est:1933 by Edwin Richard Fode. Factory closed in March 2002. Keep up the great videos and work.
Thanks for the info Mark!
A very good opening. Mr. Byrd sent many rare ones. Those stirrers were excellent also.
Loved it all, so many generous/caring people in the world it's nice to not always dwell on the bad things happening around the world.
E.R.F was the initals of Edwin Richard Foden who established the company in 1933 😊 good vid as always mate
It ended up as part of MAN trucks.
The Maharaja of Matchbox Makeovers has found his Mountain top! Marvelous, Magnificent and Magestic! Oh, Marty of Matchbox Makeovers, Please continue having fun with your toys and continue making videos of Makeovers, Mail offerings and Mayhem of our hobby! God Richly Bless you, your wife and crew assisting you!
ERF was a British truck manufacturer. It was established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden from whoms initials the company was named. Its factory in Middlewich closed in March 2002, and it was discontinued as a marque by owner MAN in July 2007.
yep and the truck with good blue paint underneath was a foden aswell tho he thought it said foder :)
Nice lot of donations there Marty!
The first ute was designed by Lew Bandt an engineer at Ford Australia in 1933 and the first prototype was completed later that year using the front end and passenger compartment from a 1933 3 window coupe, the chassis and running boards from a 33 sedan and a modified tray from a 1933 1/2 ton truck. First year of production was 1934.
The story goes a farmers wife from the Bendigo area sent a letter to Ford Australia asking them to develop a multi-purpose car that her husband could use to drive both of them to church on Sunday and take the pigs to market on Monday.
The Model T had a "pickup" model, but it really wasn't what we think of as a pickup (or ute) today, more of a flatbed with very low sides. The first modern concept of the type does indeed seem to have been made by Ford Oz.
Check the packaging Marty, there should be a door for the horsebox in there somewhere!
Sorry Marty, the first production pickup or ute was made by Ford. The model T Runabout in 1925
Although he probably got the idea from a farmer, possibly Australian.
With the table standing somewhere in the landscape and the microphone on the table I was waiting for you saying something like "and now for something completely different" xD
Hi Marty it always a pleasure watching yorur makeovers
Thank you Michael.
Excellent video Marty! I like that car transporter!
Those were some really interesting Matchbox models and they will look great when they are restored. I am really looking forward to you customizing the Mini Cooper into a racing version with numbers and the roof Union Jack on it. It will be a perfect fit with the Jaguar model. Thanks for sharing this great un boxing.
It always amazed me that the Car carrier truck was made an Accessory Pack since Lesney debuted the Major Packs, the same year, 1957. The truck first came with black lettering and metal wheels, then orange lettering and changed to grey plastic wheels, then later black wheels. The last version had a red truck with grey trailer with the black plastic wheels. I have over the years been able to accumulate one of each version. They have a special place in my collection.
Just caught this one enjoyed it the vintage cars were amazing
Your arms kept disappearing! 😂
When you went floating in the clouds I was thinking...
The GOD of Matchbox cars! 😂😂
I too would like to thank people for sending you tools and cars to restore as it keeps my favourite channel going 😁
Every one of these videos is Christmas with Marty!
MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody!!
Soooo many packages ! They are a tribute to your MATCHBOX restoration skills that so many people send you vehicles.
Have you considered asking Koala Kevin to be present and help at future unboxings ? If nothing else, Kevin can keep those pesky spiders at bay :-)
Love the unboxing-I keep calling out to M'Julie "Look a Foden- my dad had the same Prefect in baby blue-OMG! My brother John had the Bedford van..." nostalgia is great innit!
The Mercedes truck is a number 11. Along with decals you’re going to need the scaffolding which went with it.
Getting great cars from people! So Cool!! Everyone Loves them some Marty!! ‼️🏆‼️
new to your channel. enjoying it a great deal. Marty the guy Paul that sent you that pen does amazing work. as I don't think you understood what he meant. He made it from a piece of wood he probably hand selected.Its a treasure and one of a kind. Donna in California!
Great video and nice assortment of cars! I have the gold Ford Cortina and the Fiat 1500 WITH the luggage, plus a few more ones I've spotted on your channel from time to time (VW bus, fire engine, Douglas dump truck, etc). Maybe I'll try restoring them myself one of these days--you certainly are an inspiration!
Marty,
Just wanted to tell you Thanks for all you do!
Your help on my shunter is greatly appreciated.
I hope to repay you someday!!!!
Bob
No worries Bob, I am just happy to help!
My dad bought a new 1970 Cortina. He let me ramble around the property with it. I never got it on the road but I loved it.
I still have a 1970 Cortina!
Thanks Marty! Loads of enjoyment as always.
Glad you liked it! - Thanks for the feedback.
Marty ERF Edwin Richard Foden . The family owned Foden trucks till Edwin branched out on his own.
Well done scots.
Pretty much what I was going to say. The sugar truck's a Foden too Marty. The Dunlop's a Bedford.
Both companies' factories were in Sandbach in Cheshire until they folded. Fodens had amazing 2 stroke Diesel engines and complex multi speed gearboxes and they sounded absolutely fantastic when hauling up hills.
I should have scrolled down before I commented as these comments cover the points that I also made.
Another great video, well done! Had the pleasure of visiting Australia twice, and loved it there. Really liked the t-shirt you were wearing. Keep up the good work 👍
Marty...can't believe you littered that beautiful scenery!
Very echo-ie for outdoors! ;-). The first factory pick up/ute was 1925, but I can't believe no one chopped the back off a car before then!
davie maclean first Ute was made in Australia in the year 1934 and it was a Ford
Great video as usual incidentally the car transporter is a Bedford RL similar to the military ones used by the R.A.F. with their 'Queen Mary' aircraft transporters. :)
The blue Dunlop van is a Bedford van and the car in the car transporter was a Vauxhall Cresta . Great video as always. Love what you do mate.
bedford ca drove one of those at work once
Ah I thouht that was an old 50s Consul but I checked the vid again and you are right the rear wheel arch is more pronounced on the Cresta and Velox.
Lovely. A Bedford articulated car transporter.
THANK YOU...for sharing. Very nice from a lot of generous people.
Wow! That car transporter is amazing
I really enjoy the unboxings as well as the makeovers. Love the green screen work! Thank you!👍🏼🤘🏼😎
Another great unboxing Marty I particularly liked the Hillman Minx, I used to know an old lady who had a farm and her Hillman Minx was regularly used to transport Goats and Geese in the back seat that car stank to hell it was horrible lol!, She even drove it six miles once with the handbrake on! Smoke was billowing out of the thing and she didn’t even notice! Lol!, Thanks for the memories Marty catch you Saturday bye for now.
Here in the USA and in my farming part of the country we would modify Model T and Model A Fords by making a bed for them. Carry produce to town. The Ford Motor Company built its first factory assembled pickup truck in 1925. But an impatient public was way ahead of Henry Ford by cutting up the rear of Model Ts and making their own pickups. We had a Model T Pickup. Great video...captjack
20 cwt = 1 ton. the first car my dad bought when we first came to Australia in the 60s was a ford zephyr. still watching your great videos, Marty
I'm hoping somebody has sent you a stinking, minging little Lesney F1 Ferrari 73. Would love to see that model restored by yourself.
Entertaining as usual. Some nice early castings there.
Love the background. Your show is always great, you have a great on air presents.
You have chosen a nice location.
A nice wood turned pen, also my son's hobby.
I enjoy both, woodturning and Matchbox Makeovers, to watch.
Hoping to see restoration videos again soon.
Isn't green-screen just the greatest thing? I loved the "portable hole" effect at 6:28, a convenient little void to put stuff in.
I am not familiar with any of those first few vehicles. All new to me. Lovely donations.
Me too! - Hope you liked seeing something new as I did.
Love the new background.
I literally could not wait to see what Marty got.
Interesting to see the car transporter. I have a version of that, but it has a red tractor and gray trailer.
3:58 the windscreen (shield) on the red truck takes on the background! 😂 I love how you have to turn off the effect when using the main camera with green items. Great video sir!
Looks like you made a sojourn to Ayers Rock (Uluru). Great video as always, Marty. Love the transport truck & trailer.
Hi Marty, I'm excited about the Car Transporter, I've got one in my collection and I will have a go at it after you do yours. I"ve had a good look at mine, but I'm a bit nervous about maybe destroying it in the strip down process. I'm sure you will give me all the guidance I'll need... :) Keep up your great work, it is totally addictive.
I thought you were going to fly over backwards after you were excited about opening that package.
Do love how you put the cars into thin air
The little blue van is a Bedford doormobile.
My grandad had one after the war.
That A50 was very cool, also the Prefect is a 100E and in that series the 2dr was designated as the Anglia... I had a 1959 Prefect 100E as my first classic car, sidevalve and heaps of fun. Keep up the good work Marty 👍
Had the green radio truck. Looked up the real truck, it was cool !
You are so lucky with the donations you receive , but in reality I bet you can't find most of them in Oz!
The racing mini is really great to restore and if you remember my email I sent a few months back, it included a picture of the one I restored.
Water slide transfers are available for that model on eBay.
Look forward to Saturday's video.
it is the Mercedes builders supplies scaffolding truck .. it originally came with scaffolding and walking board in yellow plastic , it was only done in silver with maroon grille and green windows , it has either red builders supplies decals or there is a rarer green decaled version .. was available later in superfast version
and yes someone has cut the base out .. but you have to wonder why .. maybe a model railway use to give animated loading scene or whatever
Based on a Merc 508 or 608 maybe
For a man sitting on top of mountain you have a lot of echo
And electricity.
And surprisingly little wind! :-O
Marty, I know you love all types of Matchbox cars, but I love the classic ones before Hot Wheels and "Super Fast" came out. The 1950s and 1960s classic hard axels, the earlier the better. Those vintage ones you received are the ones I like seeing you restore. My mother has a 53 Hillman "Minx" convertible and the color was the blue you described, which was called: "Lobelia Blue".
Marty hopes this helps you, ERF was a British truck manufacturer. It was established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden from whoms initials the company was named. Its factory in Middlewich closed in March 2002, and it was discontinued as a marque by owner MAN in July 2007.
Ute, a utility coupe, lays on the chassis of a car. The front of the car, AKA passenger body and the rear of the car, AKA the cargo tray are in one piece. ... Pickups, on the other hand, are made out of 2 pieces: a cab and a cargo bed, laying on a strong chassis, derived from trucks.
The "binz" ambo at the end is my fave as one of collection must haves i love unique hearses and ambo's and that one is a great catch most that ive watched get restored usually have a broken tailgate
Love the vid but miss the old background.
I just wanted to give you a quick tip for the echo. You can make a kind of pillow fort by hanging blankets around you it dampen the echo very eficiently and doesn't cost anything other than a little time to setup ! love the video keep up the good work
Nevermind, after the mic went down the audio was so much better !
ERF was a British truck manufacturer. It was established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden from whoms initials the company was named.
In the 1930s insurers were becoming increasingly reluctant to underwrite steam boilers.
As a result, Edwin believed the future of the lorry building industry lay in diesel engine power.
However the Foden boardroom did not agree, and consequently he resigned along with his son Dennis.
With the help of his son Dennis and two former colleagues, including Ernest Sherratt who became Chief Engineer, Edwin worked to build the first ERF diesel lorry in 1933.
And both Foden and ERF continued to make trucks as separate companies until take overs by multi nationals in the 2000s
Scots Diesel are “Dennis” trucks from the same family or am I reading too much into that name lol. Have a lot of Dennis garbage /refuse trucks here
Dennis Brothers, have no connection to either ERF or Foden. Dennis was founded in 1895 by brothers John Cawsey Dennis (1871-1939) and (Herbert) Raymond Dennis (1878-1939) and based in Guildford Surrey.
The became part of the hestair group which included Duple coachbuilders, later on hestair hit financial troubles Duple dissolved and Dennis was taken over by management backed by banks to become the trinity group - later the Dennis group.
It then merged with Mayflower (Alexander bus bodies) and Paxton (coach bodies) to reduce overheads and the group was called transbus.
This was dissolved in 2018 and vehicles are now under the Alexander Dennis (ADL) brand though this may change as Alexander have been sold to a North American company in 2019.
Scots Diesel cheers. Great information.
A excellent selection of model cars a great show Marty look forward to more shows🏆🏆🏆
At 10:40, The blue 'Dunlop' van is a Bedford 'C.A.' This is known, in the UK, to fans of Banger Racing, as a 'Crispy Ambulance'. Likewise, there was a smaller Bedford van, the 'H.A.', is known as the 'Hungry Ambulance'. And why not? Another great video, Marty. Nice one.
Thanks for sharing another interesting unboxing video Marty!
100 weight is ~50kg __ Here in the US its ~45.5kg. It was used in trading commodities. Beautiful models. Can't wait to see what they look like.
Really fantastic old models there . Thee was a suitcase for the Fiat in unboxing No5 Marty in a plastic bag with some tyres.
I am a huge Ford cortina fan. I can't wait to see that one get the MMM treatment.
Marty, I've got to tell you, you're very sympathetic and likeable!
Small trucks and pickups already existed but the sedan based ute was invented by lew bandt in Geelong. He wanted a vehicle comfortable enough to go to church on Sunday with his wife but able to use around the farm and to take the livestock to market through the week. The ones that already existed were too rough and ready. The big bridge on the Geelong ring rd is named after him
Was hoping to spot Kangaroos loitering in the background. That was a real nice batch of vintage matchbox, one of which I noticed had no number at all.
We want to see your collection!!
One day soon I shall do a vid of all my makeovers.
Without them. The world will stop.
Nice one marty love your unboxing uploads.😊
Yep, Fiat 1500 came in Green and red/orange (orange being the rarer one ). The 'Model Supplies' UK replica luggage fits a treat. I believe the red version came as part of a larger set.
Yeah... :) love seing you unbox, voice of a child on Christmas eve. :)
Remember some sunblock sitting there on top of the World. :)
Thanks for watching TDM!
Always!!! And today is a public Holiday in Denmark, and the warmest June 5th in many years. And fathersday, so you just made it even better. :)
Great video as usual Marty; love the background (where is it located please). Be careful dropping all the wrapping paper and such, as I am reminded of a T-shirt I saw years ago here in the milds of Southeast Texas: " Don't Rubbish Australia".
Nice. I think the MATCHBOX transporter will look very nice with some cars in the trailer.
Hi Marty, loved the vid, wonderful scenery by the way shame about the low flying traffic.
That Kevin the Koala sure is a handful.
If I'm correct, the first pickup truck was built by International Harvester Company (IHC) in Chicago, Illinois back in 1907 when they started producing their light line of trucks.
Marty, nice green screen. Although the screen did create an echoey effect to your room. Nice haul. Some real old ones. Oooo, I liked the flying table effect. Oh, maybe it was the mic, not the room. After the technical difficulties the mic sounded less echoey. I love the Nestle's van with the sliding door. My parents had a Hillman Minx in American in the late fifties. Their's was almost a military green color. Oh...your arm disappeared. See ya later.