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Restoring Matchbox MG models

PART TWO

ast time, we looked at how the simple Matchbox replica of the MG TD can be restored. Following the Abingdon factory, Matchbox replaced this model by the new MGA and, just as the real thing represented a technical advance on its predecessor, so too the Matchbox model is of a slightly more sophisticated construction. Whereas the TD was in one piece with the axles threaded

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