Just spotted this very interesting video on You Tube, on the famous BP Autotanker, made by Thompson Brothers (Bilston) Limited. Only one was...

The earliest motor cars were basically horse-drawn carriages, without the horse. These were followed by box-like vehicles at the beginning o...

I picked up this neat Matchbox Super Kings Peterbilt rescue truck from 1978 whilst in Germany. Lacking one hook and a lot of chrome it was r...

Sometimes manufacturers get things wrong. Here is a howling example from Matchbox. The Amundsen-Scott Station is a US scientific base at the...

At a recent fair in Auckland I spotted a loose Matchbox Superfast Ford Group 6 racing car in metallic purple, which I snapped up.  It joins ...

I'm chuffed with my new car boot camper. It's a beauty.  Matchbox Super Kings Camping Cruiser from 1970. In superb nick too. No rest...

My childhood was dominated by tvsf, the worlds of Gerry Anderson, Star Trek etc. There is remarkably little difference in my adult life now...

Check out British Pathe's 1965 clip of Matchbox cars being made and designed! Talk about brilliant! What do you think?

I adored toy car ramps in the Sixties. They were everywhere. Plastic ones. Metal ones. They always had two wheel boards, an ele...

One of my favourite Matchbox toys, the Alvis Stalwart. I've always been fond of Matchbox toys, especially the ones that came out ...