MATCHBOX Major Pack restoration: M7A Thames Trader & Jennings Cattle Truck trailer

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Restoring a Lesney Matchbox Major Pack No. M7A Jennings Cattle Truck, in the Major Pack range from 1960 until 1967.

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Something had to be done about the aberration of a repaint on this Matchbox Major Pack Jennings Cattle Truck. It looks as if it had been once painted brown over its original red and tan livery, and then again in black. The former owner was sure to coat the tyres too. It made it look very dark and mysterious indeed. Sure enough, the rear ramp door had broken off. But with a stroke of luck, the door with its broken hinge was to be found within the trailer.

The model was in the Matchbox Major Pack range between 1960 and 1967. All models were painted in the same livery except for one very rare variation which had a blue cab and copper coloured trailer body. All models had either grey knobbly plastic wheels or black knobbly or fine tread wheels.

The cab is based on a Thames Trader, built by Ford UK between 1957 and 1965. The fascia appeared more than once in the Lesney range, featuring on the Matchbox 13C Wreck Truck and the 28B Compressor Truck. However, I couldn't find much about 'Jennings' who I assume were the manufacturers of livestock trailers.

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Hackers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ4Of3lID84

Outro
HOME - Flood
https://soundcloud.com/home-2001/flood

Thames Trader image credit:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kitmasterbloke/48598415872

Outro footage:
https://youtu.be/GshweOFubqU?si=yRagyl3vGVzWtzMe

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