Restoring a Budgie Morestone No. 5 Wolseley Six-Eighty Police Car, in the Esso Petrol Pump range from 1956 until 1970.
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Like many other Budgie/Morestone models, this No.5 Wolseley Six-Eighty Police Car is commonly and mistakenly referred to as a Lesney Matchbox. However, there is a connection. Rodney Smith, one of the founders of Lesney joined Morestone in the mid-1950s. The model designs were therefore very similar to early Matchbox designs featuring metal, or black or grey plastic wheels, crimped and later rounded axle ends, and hand painted and later mask sprayed trim.
Morestone were taken over in 1961 and renamed as Budgie Toys. However, the castings were not modified and modernised to keep up with the times. By the time Hot Wheels arrived in the late 60s, Budgie's sales had really begun to stagnate. All small scale castings were discontinued at this time.
The Police Car was simple, featuring a black body for its 14 years of production, silver base which incorporated a bell on the front bumper, a cast siren attachment, and silver trim to the grille, headlights, and rear bumper. Mine was missing the rooftop siren and had been badly scratched.
Wolseley's 6/80 was slightly longer than its sister model, the 4/50. The 4 or 6 referred to the number of cylinders the engine had. The 50 or 80 referred to the horsepower. The increase in length was to fit in the greater engine capacity. They were often used as police cars from when they entered production in 1948. Over 25,000 6/80s were built up until 1954.
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