Morris Minor Saloon Matchbox 1:64

El Morris Minor fue un automóvil británico fabricado entre 1948 y 1971 en tres series sucesivas: el MM entre 1948 y 1953, la Serie II de 1952 a 1956 y finalmente el Minor-1000 de 1956 a 1971. Fue diseñado por Sir Alec Issigonis y muchas de sus características se consideraron revolucionarias. Se produjeron más de 1.3 millones de unidades.

En 1941, pese al esfuerzo de guerra en el que estaba involucrada la Nuffield Organization y a estar de hecho prohibida la producción de vehículos civiles de uso privado, el vicepresidente de Morris, Miles Thomas quiso preparar el terreno para los nuevos productos que habrían de lanzarse al finalizar la guerra. El ingeniero jefe Vic Oak ya había atraído la atención de Thomas hacia las avanzadas ideas del joven ingeniero Alec Issigonis, especializado en diseño de suspensiones pero interesado en el diseño general de los productos. Esta preocupación se había mostrado en particular durante el desarrollo del Morris Ten que contaba con carrocería monocasco y para el que había diseñado una suspensión delantera independiente por triángulos superpuestos y muelles como resorte junto con una dirección de cremallera, desechadas por cuestión de costes pero tan avanzadas que luego serían reutilizadas en el MG Y-type.

Con prácticamente todos los recursos dedicados al esfuerzo de guerra, Thomas aprobó el desarrollo de una familia de automóviles que sustituyeran al Morris Eight. Aunque nominalmente Oak estaba a cargo del proyecto, Issigonis fue el responsable final del diseño junto con únicamente dos proyectistas más, de modo que el proyecto bautizado 'Mosquito' por Thomas se mantuvo lo más en secreto posible tanto para Ministerio de Abastos como para el fundador Lord Nuffield, poco entusiasta de las ideas radicales del joven Issigonis.

La idea general de Issigonis era producir un coche práctico y económico que la población general pudiera permitirse y que igualara, cuando no superara el confort y diseño de los vehículos caros. Como el propio Issigonis resumiría en años posteriores respecto a su aproximación al nuevo modelo, él quería diseñar un automóvil económico que "al ciudadano medio le gustase poseer, en lugar de considerarlo una condena" y "la gente que conduce coches pequeños es del mismo tamaño que la que conduce los grandes y no cabe esperar que aguante los interiores claustrofóbicos". Issigonis quería un coche tan espacioso como fuera posible para su tamaño y que fuese agradable de conducir para conductores inexpertos. Igual que sucedería con el Mini años después, diseñó el Mosquito con un excelente comportamiento y una dirección rápida y precisa, sin ningún ánimo deportivo sino para hacer el coche seguro y fácil de conducir para cualquier conductor.

Monarch EV Tractor Matchbox 1:64 Electric.

Monarch Tractor is a Silicon Valley-based startup developing a fully electric and autonomous farming tractor. The company aims to create farming equipment that is both economically viable and sustainable. The company was founded in 2017 in stealth by Praveen Penmetsa, Carlo Mondavi, Mark Schwager and Zachary Omohundro. Praveen Penmetsa is the current CEO of Monarch Tractor. The company is headquartered in Livermore, CA and also has an office in Singapore. Testing and manufacturing of the product take place in California.

The company came out of stealth with the announcement of its $20,000,000 series A round of funding in March of 2021. The company raised $61,000,000 in their Series B round of funding announced November 17, 2021. In July 2021, Monarch Tractor announced its partnership with Hopville Farms in Oregon, funded by Conservation Innovation Grant. Monarch tractor has also received funding from the USDA through partnerships in California, Norway, and New Zealand.

1962 Mercedes Benz 220 SE Matchbox 1:64

The Mercedes-Benz W111 was a chassis code given to a range of Mercedes-Benz vehicles produced between 1959 and 1971, including four-door saloons (1959-1968) and two-door coupés and cabriolets (1961 to 1971). Their bodywork featured distinctive tailfins that gave the models their Heckflosse nickname — German for "fintail".

Introduced with a 2.2-litre inline 6-cylinder engine, the W111 spawned a pair of variant lines which bracketed it in 1961: downscale entry-level inline 4-cylinder engined vehicles sharing the W111 chassis and bodies, designated the W110; and the W112, a high-end luxury saloon built on the W111 chassis with its body but exclusive features, elaborate appointments, and the Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer's fuel-injected 3-litre M189 six-cylinder engine – at the time the company's largest.

Somewhat confusingly, both the W111 and W112 lines included vehicles with different Paul Bracq-designed bodywork, the 2-door coupé and cabriolet.

1991 Ford Aeromax L9000 Truck Tractor Matchbox 1:97 Pemex Autotanque Pipa Huachicol

The Ford L-series (also named Ford Louisville or, for the 1990s aerodynamic models, Ford Aeromax) is a range of heavy-duty trucks that were assembled and marketed by Ford between 1970 and 1998. Ford had been producing their "Heavy Duty" trucks since 1948 and their "Super Duty" lineup since 1958 marketed by various GVW ratings. Truck weight classifications 1-8 were a new concept brought about by the DOT National Highway Administration. The first dedicated Class 8 truck produced by the company, the L-series range replaced the F-series "Super Duty" and N-series (short conventional derived from the F-series). Produced as both straight trucks and semitractors, the Ford L-series encompassed a wide range of models through the Class 6-8 GVWR ratings in medium-duty, severe-service, and vocational applications. The line would become one of the most popular series of trucks Ford ever produced.

The L series was produced in the Kentucky Truck Plant near Louisville, Kentucky, which gave rise to the nickname "Louisville Line" trucks; as part of a 1996 redesign, part of the model line officially took on the Louisville nameplate.

Following the sale of the Ford heavy-truck line to Freightliner in 1996, the L-series was discontinued by Ford at the end of 1998. Freightliner would concurrently take over production of the Ford L-series, opening its Sterling Trucks subsidiary; the L-series became the Sterling A line, Acterra, and L line, remaining in production until 2009 when Sterling Trucks closed operations. FROM WIKIPEDIA.

1997 Land Rover Defender 110 Matchbox 1:64

After a continuous run of 67 years production finally ended on 29 January 2016, after a total of just over two million Land Rover Series and Defender models had been built. The two millionth unit was assembled with the help of a special team in May 2015, and charitably auctioned for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Societies later that year. The last Land Rover Defender, rolled off the production line, with the number plate H166 HUE, a reference to the first ever pre-production Land Rover, registration 'HUE 166'.

A special edition Defender Works V8, with 400 bhp (298 kW), was announced in January 2018. Until 2020 the Defender was last sold in the US in 1997, after which safety regulations prohibited its sale in North America.

An all-new 2020 Land Rover Defender made its global debut in September 2019 and is initially offered with two wheelbase options. This new vehicle, which shares no components or technology with its predecessor, has an aluminium monococque body.