MATCHBOX restoration and custom: No. 46A Morris Minor 1000 - DIECASTRESTOS

Restoring a Lesney Matchbox No. 46A Morris Minor 1000, in the Matchbox range from 1958 until 1960.
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This is one of the rare ones. A beautiful and solid little casting of the Morris Minor, one of the most 'quintessentially British' cars around. Two models go up for restoration this time, one dusty, unloved and rusted, while the other has been repainted - not terribly but not brilliantly either. I hesitated whether to restore these as they are a bit like hens teeth, but luckily as they were both in fairly poor condition I didn't have to pay a premium for them. One gets a full restoration while the other gets a custom paint job with some of those intricate details highlighted. It is a minor miracle!
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[@paulorth2251]

Fine example of simple, practical, and enduring British culture.

[@s1mon1983]

They came out really nice. The extra bits of chrome really looked good

[@danrussell3439]

Amazing job. 👍👍👍👍

[@martindaredare]

Excellent work Jason on both castings,good colour.

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Nice work looks awesome great job on both cars cheers KC Tasmania Australia

[@whoswho119]

Lovely job on both!

[@johnkelley9877]

Fantastic work! Thanks for sharing this neat tutorial.

[@arjnsdca]

They both look great!

[@MrStevenDeer]

Nice job, love them both

[@HammyTechnoid]

My Dad had a Morris Minor way back when I was a kid, 1961. It was a blu-ish color like yours. It had a hole in the middle of the front bumper where a hand crank could be inserted on to crank start the engine by hand. It was a tiny thing. My Dad liked it.

[@tomflyinghat9122]

Nice job.

[@iriefixdiecasts6338]

Beautiful resto.

[@timcooley8749]

Man them look good nice job.

[@geauxbearsdiecastworkshop149]

Awesome resto

[@briansdiecastthailandstoth6747]

Nice work on both models mate Brian Thailand

[@eamonmcdermott4032]

Top notch old bean

[@lrg3834]

Simple models that are designed to last hundreds of years. Nice work.

[@vehiculosescala1646]

Very good restoration friend, the car was beautiful, greetings

[@urideamabal]

Both turned out nice. Really like the color on the custom.

[@imaginacustom7660]

amigo fabulosa restauración quedaron impecables felicitaciones buen video ...exitos x100pre 👋👍✌🤝

[@lesbird2074]

Two nice restorations, By the way, the Traveller estate was only a two door, unless of course you're counting the rear doors to the load area.

[@DieCastRestos]

Yeah rear doors too!

[@MatchboxGarage]

Beautiful job mate 😎 I have never seen one of these in real life, would love to have one in my collection

[@bentandre5524]

the red one does it for me....

[@nathanobrien6875]

Excellent job. The lesney Morris is a great old casting and I’m lucky enough to own the first tan/brown version.

[@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176]

only just learned recently that matchbox made a minor ..amazing really as I grew up in the 60s 70s and the real minor made it to the 70s and was hugely popular so surprising matchbox didn't have it as a range staple fodder piece

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice builds on both cars. Like the color choices.

[@NavyVeteran1776]

Great job sir. You sounded a bit rushed in this one hope all is well.

[@NaughtyGoatFarm]

Very nice. We have one of these. Marking on the bottom of ours says NO16 up near the front bumper. I'm trying to find info on what that number relates to.

[@DieCastRestos]

That is interesting, do you reckon it could be the number 4 has been damaged in any way? It wasn't all that clear it was a number 46 on the model I showed on camera so that could be a possibility. Or a casting error that hasn't been widely reported perhaps?

[@NaughtyGoatFarm]

@@DieCastRestosactually you are correct. On closer inspection it does say 46.