Matchbox/Lesney 53f; Ford Flareside Pickup; Baja Bouncer, Lesney Superfast

This is a model right from the end of the Lesney period, being introduced in 1982, just a year before Lesney went out of business, however 19 variations of it are listed on the mb-db.co.uk website so it has obviously enjoyed a varied run under the new ownership(s) of the brand as all but one or two of these post-date the Lesney period. It is a model of the Series 7 Ford F150 pickup from 1982 in short wheelbase, flareside or stepside, four wheel drive format.

The only Lesney version listed in Ramsay is a blue version with tampos reading Baja Bouncer & 326, this same tampo set being shown on the mb-db website in Orange and referred to as pre-production prototype by Christian Falkensteiner on his site so we can assume that it too is a Lesney version. No version as far as I know demands a premium price.

This MBX was sourced in August 2017 from a private collection