MATCHBOX restoration: 42B Studebaker Lark Wagonaire
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Restoring a Lesney Matchbox No. 42B Studebaker Lark Wagonaire, in the Matchbox range from 1965 until 1969.
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This battered Lesney Matchbox 42B Studebaker Lark Wagonaire has certainly seen better days. It has been painted over while missing paint in some areas, had a smashed window piece, a broken tow hook, and I initially thought it was missing its signature sliding roof (spoiler - it wasn't).
It replicate's one of the final vehicles from Studebaker, a Wagonaire based on the third generation Lark. These were designed to optimise Studebaker's limited lineup without spending out on retooling by adding a unique sliding roof allowing for a pick-up style cargo bed. They were built between 1963 and the firms demise in 1966.
The Matchbox model arrived in place of the Evening News Van in 1965. It was always painted blue but it came in many, many shades of the colour. For the initial and final runs, the sliding panel was the same colour as the body, while those in between were painted the same pale blue as the 7B Ford Anglia. That was the case for my model, originally presenting a mid to turquoise blue with that pale panel. I have to say that I was very pleased with the outcome on the paint match for this resto.
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these models are everywhere.great job jason
Restored by Jason to the highest standard.
Wow! Probably my favorite make-over that you've ever done! It looks so damn good!! Factory fresh!
As always great restoration! And it’s always nice to hear a little automotive history about each car you restore
Such a cool set with the hunter and pupper. Great shade of blue too
It looks brand new Jason! I agree, the Tamiya colors look good and look like the original colors. Thanks for sharing this.
Nice one,Jason.I had an early one,without the dog/man.sold it to a model railway club in '73 for a fiver!
I'm in a hospital down the road where Studebakers were built in Southbend. Very nice Restoration
Hope you have a speedy recovery!
Nice restoration, details and paint job 👌 👍
Very nice. Now I need to get started on mine.
Very nice restoration, the car looks awesome now. Very interesting informations of the original carhistory as well.
Beautiful restoration Jason. I've seen a few of these being restored and many like yours had the roof section trapped inside the model rather than missing.
What a great transformation! I have one minus most of its paint in my collection and was always a favourite with the sliding roof panel 👍
Excellent work Jason! I'm fortunate enough to have one of these in my collection courtesy of my late uncle, though the hunter and dog are long gone.
Interestingly, General Motors took the sliding rear roof idea and applied it to its GMC Envoy XUV in the mid-2000s, with basically the same results (i.e. lots of leak/sealing complaints and sales that were way below projections).
Very nice restoring their again my friend another car I've never seen before keep up the good work have a good weekend tell your dad hi and God bless
Great job Jason 👍
love the colur xxxxx
Solid resto, well done 👍
Very nicely done!
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Nice one Jason. Great colour match. Even better than your best restos. Great to see the real car as well as never seen any in photos even. Keep er lit ya boy ye
Great restoration Jason I agree with a previous comment just like new. How do you manage to get such a good finish from a rattle can. Glad you included the man and dog as well they really do add to the model. Also thanks for the history so Matchbox had it in the line after the actual car stopped production
Excelente, una vez más 👏🇪🇦
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Nice!!
Great job man! I was just wondering, where do you get 'reproduction' parts such as the window assembly that you were speaking about? As the owner of a seedy one myself, I was wondering what ideas you had to make a replacement sliding door in the scenario that yours was missing? Thanks 👌 amazing video
Thank you! I use model-supplies.co.uk but there are a fair few places reproducing these days - especially on eBay
Bonza renno! Can't help wondering why you didn't cut back the damaged tow hook so you could mount the replacement piece in toto. It looked to be a decent fit around that support piece.
The repro was not flush - it was stepped and when it was pushed back together the step left a gap in the back meaning the base wouldn’t connect either. Too busy talking about the real car to comment on that clearly!
@@DieCastRestos ~ fair enough. We just don't trust 'lucidity-challenged' glue enough to do what you ended up doing. Would've squished the part of the replacement hook that had to go into the body with some pliers.
I keep meaning to ask, how do you dispose of the caustic soda solution when you're done paint stripping? Loved your choice of blue on this one!
I just dilute and you can then safely pour it away down the drain. It’s used as a drain cleaner anyway but when it’s diluted and have used as little as I do it’s probably not all that effective at cleaning my drains!
Studebaker made such great and reliable cars. Such a loss of American manufacturing prowess.