Toy Fire Truck:help:

[GH]

A while back I was detecting on a buddies farm & I found a toy fire engine with steel wheels. The underside says Lesney England would any one out there know what something like this worth as an antique collectible?
My friend is an antique collector & he couldn't ID this toy in any of his books!
Would appreciate any help on this.

 

[Beale]

I did a quick Google. The Lesney company made toys for Matchbox. I saw similar on E-bay for $10-50 starting bids. My suggestion take good pictures post to E-bay and see what happens?

Good luck it is a great find, Beale.

 

[NM5K]

Normally those have black plastic wheels with steel pin
axles. Would be kind of unusual to see one with steel
tires, but maybe some of the older ones had them.
The problem with matchbox cars that are dug up is the
axles are usually rusted, and the tires won't turn.
That would probably chop the value down a good bit unless
it was a super rare one. There are sites that have lists
of matchbox cars. I've found quite a few of them so far.
All were pretty much ruined as far as the axles..
Also, I think you can date those pretty close if you can
match up the model number with lists on the web.
I did it with a bus I dug up.. Was from the early 60's..
MK

 

[GH]

The only writing is "Lesney England" there are no dates or model #'s
no other writing
3 wheels turn, one is jammed from the fender hitting it.

Will have look on Ebay, thanks guys.

 

[NM5K]

Sounds like friendlier ground than we have..
There should be a serial number somewhere.
Might be kind of hard to read though.
I just grabbed one that I had found..
On the bottom, it says "matchbox series No 45".
That is how you can get the appx date.
Here is a list of the models.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones7317/public_html/index
The vast majority you will find will be the "I-75"
series. You can look at #45, which had an "A and B"
version. Mine was the ford corsair. Mine came
with a boat, but was long gone by the time I
found it. Mine is totally intact, but some
scratches on the paint, and as usual , rusted
wheels and axles.
I think I may have found yours, and yep, one version
did come with grey metal wheels..
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones7317/public_html/1index/9fire.htm
The original version came out in 1955, and the
first of the 2nd version 57.. Yours is one of those
first two, and the 2nd of the 2nd version had grey
plastic wheels. So it's 55-57 or so vintage.
Here, our ground eats those alive.. Rare to find one
with even moving wheels. I found a corvette that was
ate in half ...Fell apart as I dug it up. I think a
clump of fertilizer got it... Some I find are pretty
decent , except for the frozen wheels.. IE: the corsair,
and the 63 German model bus I found.
MK

 

[pizzacoil]

If you want to sell it, good luck, and I hope you get a decent coinage in exchange for it.

HH

P.S. I'd keep it, but that's just me.

 

[GH]

Yep, looks like the 1st one, because there are no #'s anywhere on it, just Lesney & England. I used my 20x loop to view.

Any ideas on price? Probably keep, for now.

Thanks for the help.