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andyfromboston

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  1. Picked up at a jumble sale today, looks like a Massey but seems unusual with the two wide flotation tyres on the front. Of course you people will tell me its bog standard...... :laugh: If anyone wants it make an offer, I just bought it for my Britains spares box.
  2. I deal with Bunnings supplying tyres and wheels for their machines and I mentioned this model to Robin Bunning today.........he's very keen to see the finished article, he may well have browsed this forum already. Needless to say I think its superb.
  3. Glad everything is OK..... If I find any more Britains odds and ends I'll offer them on here 1st in future. I do pick up a lot of Britains at boots but most people put silly prices on common stuff, I know today someone had a very damaged modern Ford with no seat or cab and still wanted a fiver for it. I did have a massive box full or spares and broken stuff sell on e-bay last spring to Belgium, at 4kg the postage was around the 30 quid mark but in fairness the guy paid within an hour of me telling him the bad news.
  4. The wheels haven't been painted and the paint has a few small chips but nothing serious. if anyone wants to make an offer for it feel free, I was going to chance it on e-bay but if anyone can find a use for it then fair enough.
  5. No chance of finding the top I'm afraid, it was in a box of random junk. Reminds me of last year when some pikeys had a massive box and I mean massive in probably 20kg's worth of broken Britains. There were at least 5 part combines and 20 or 30 tractors as well as dozens of implements. I just started looking through it and a chancer piped up that he'd just bought the lot for a fiver.......
  6. I know its the chassis of one of the tipping trailers but weren't they usually red? Is this an Autoway variant? Whatever, it stands me at 50p from a car boot this morning.......
  7. £65?!!!! Is that about right for that model in that box? Or is it a greedy dealer trying to rip someone off? And 'rare'? I find that difficult to believe, I thought it was quite a common model. All my stuff's like that, in those kind of boxes in excellent condition. I never took my Britains outside, always played with it on the carpet and when I packed the farm away the implements and tractors went back in the boxes.
  8. I know from my childhood that in Boston (a very rural area) we had two major toy shops and both stocked the full range of Britain to the extent that if you wanted something and they didn't have it they'd get it for you within a week or 10 days. The proof of what was on offer back in the 70's and 80's is borne out by what turns up weekly on local boot sales, I must have 30 or 40 items in the garage that have been picked up this summer alone, and there are 2 or 3 serious dealers on the boots who charge silly money for their goods. Agree wholeheartedly about the current quality but then again look how farming has changed in The UK over the last 30 years. Gone are the days of farms running 10+ tractors, its now all done by one or two big machines (or contractors) and the implements they tow are becoming more and more specialized. Gone are the days of their being 6 or 7 firms building balers/discs/drills etc, its down to 2 or 3 manufacturers building a limited range of big implements. I think the moral is to look after what we have, because those early toys were special and will never be repeated.
  9. The name says it all, I'm Andy from Boston in Lincs I've got all my early 70's - early 80's Britains Boxed in the loft, there's about 10 boxed tractors, a combine and 20 or 30 implements all immaculate up there. I keep adding bits from what I find at boot sales, modern stuff does not interest me, just the 70's die cast Made in England items. Not looking to sell either despite what I could get on e-bay for the 3 boxed Ford 5000's and the Massey 135!
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