WANTED - Matchbox 480!

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:52 am

I'm never home when eBay auctions end, and even with my max bid, i still never win....i've bid and lost on 7 now

So if anybody has one, let me know! I'm re-spraying it the colour of my car, and lowering it as a nice novel interior feature

So, so sad, but i don't care...

Let me know

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:16 pm

Good luck! Took me ages to win one. Although I was looking for a played with one rather than a MIB one.
Mines lowered already, just waiting for the respray!

pol · Post by **pol** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:55 pm

How exactly do you lower a matchbox car?!

Are you sure you want to lower it?!

pol

hjkort · Post by **hjkort** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:39 pm

pol wrote:How exactly do you lower a matchbox car?!

like all kids do, use them as skates...

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:41 pm

Or use a mallet

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:53 pm

pol wrote:How exactly do you lower a matchbox car?!

Are you sure you want to lower it?!

pol

I'm aware of the lowering issues with a 480 but its not going to be doing many miles once finished. Tyre wear isn't a problem either.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:01 pm

only slightly off topic.....has anyone ever seen any in 1:43 scale?
wouldnt mind a couple for the slot track.....not scalextric...slightly bigger i think.
rgrds
rob

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:02 pm

Not matchbox but minichamps. 1/43'rd scale and very nice it is too!

muddyfox470 · Post by **muddyfox470** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:47 pm

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ian

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:07 pm

Roo wrote:

Not matchbox but minichamps. 1/43'rd scale and very nice it is too!

cheers dude.....will keep an eye out on minichamps then.
hmm....s40 btcc colours me thinks lol
rgrds
rob

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:29 pm

Got one.

Ã‚Â£3.49 delivered! So it's getting lowered, stereo, clay/wax, alloys...

MGB_GT · Post by **MGB_GT** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:03 am

Hmmm, it seems Matchbox chaved my car out of the box. However rally stripes look much better than the rims which originally looked like minature CD's on each wheel.

The good thing is, even with a broken rear axle this 480 still drives!

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:27 am

MGB_GT wrote:Hmmm, it seems Matchbox chaved my car out of the box. However rally stripes look much better than the rims which originally looked like minature CD's on each wheel.

The good thing is, even with a broken rear axle this 480 still drives!

very posh, thats a laserwheels matchbox 480!

MGB_GT · Post by **MGB_GT** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:26 pm

Hmmm, it might have been posh once, I suppose like a lot of other 480's

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:20 pm

Roo wrote:

Not matchbox but minichamps. 1/43'rd scale and very nice it is too!

who is the kit maker?

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:54 pm

aibast wrote:
Roo wrote:

Not matchbox but minichamps. 1/43'rd scale and very nice it is too!
who is the kit maker?

The clue is under the picture...

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:23 pm

The MiniChamps 1:43 model is very, very, very nice. It's based on a 1986 ES and is very well detailed! Only 3024 produced, so it's a bit of a limited item, but reasonable enough to get a hold of.

AHC Models also made a few 1:43 480s. Mine was new and unused when I bought it, but it doesn't seem to be of very good quality, even though it is quite slick with the opening doors and pop-up lights! If I had of known this I wouldn't have displayed it on my dash, as it is now wreaked and they seem quite hard to get a hold of!

Just did a search actually, and I came across these (very, to me) interesting links:

http://web.telia.com/~u85310201/innehall/models.html

AND, proof that there is a 1:43 scale Cabrio out there:

http://www.antp.be/perso/modelcars/deta ... m=24&e=&f=

I don't have any of the Matchbox models, they never turn up when I want one yet when I'm not looking for one there's always a few looming around!

Were there any other brands that released a 480?

I'd absolutely love an 1:18 early Turbo, or even a white Celebration!

Oh, just found one from Pilen:

http://www.carmodel.net/zoomPage.php?OT ... QnLCAnMCcp

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:58 pm

I dont think theres ever been a 1/18th 480. Would be really cool to have one though!

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:19 pm

Roo wrote:I dont think theres ever been a 1/18th 480. Would be really cool to have one though!

Not as far as I've looked into!

...I just have a secret list of all the cars I wish were available in 1:18!

MGB_GT · Post by **MGB_GT** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:14 pm

I've two of the AHC models also. Cost me almost Ã‚Â£80 for a grey ES and a white Cabrio model on eBay. Thanks mainly to a bidding war amongst site members. I don't want to keep them perfect, much better to display them nicley and get some use out of them I feel. The matchbox one is so bad because I had that as a kid and played with it until it reached that condition.

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