My son and I have been reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at bedtime. We’ve seen the movies and we really enjoy the scenes with the flying car. When I read in the book that the car is a Ford Anglia, it occurred to me that I had seen a die cast version and I decided it would be fun to pick one up. There were quite a few offerings of the Lesney model on eBay, but I zeroed in on a lot of cars that included an Anglia and six other old Lesney trucks, all of them in less than desirable shape.
I’ve decided this Anglia is the version of the Harry Potter flying car after it has landed in and has been beaten up by the Whomping Willow.
1961 | 7 | Ford Anglia | light blue | silver plastic wheels
I’ve gotten to where I prefer my Hot Wheels and newer Matchbox cars to be in pretty clean shape, but for some reason I don’t mind some wear and tear on the old Lesney cars. In some ways, I think it adds to their character.
1957 | 47 | Trojan 1-Ton Van | red | gray plastic wheels
1959 | 20 | ERF 68G Truck | blue | black plastic wheels
1959 | 11 | ERF Petrol Tanker | red | black plastic wheels
1961 | 3 | Bedford Ton Tipper | gray with maroon dumper | black plastic wheels
1961 | 13 | Thames Trader Wreck Truck | red | black plastic wheels
1964 | 16 | Scammell Mountaineer Snowplow | gray and orange | black plastic wheels
The Race Case MBX 
Very nice Marc. This is my kind of stuff! Clearly, these cars were loved much more than ‘blister queens’.
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Thanks, Tony. I will admit, some of these originally had some pretty cool decals on them. But I guess you can’t have it all!
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[…] a bit more than this black-plastic-wheel model, but this one fits nicely with some of my other old Lesney Matchbox cars, especially my GMC Refrigerator Truck. Notice there is a little strip of red and white […]
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That Ford Anglia would look great restored to the Harry Potter colours!
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