Christian Falkensteiner's Matchbox International Pictures

MI 068 CHEVY VAN
(USA #68 1983, Team Convoy 1985-1989,
USA White Rose 1990-1995, Nigel Mansell 1993-1994,
USA Premiere 1997-1998, USA ASAP/CCI 1998-2004)

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the real vehicle - - - --------------------	0010 pearly silver Vanpire USA #68 1983 --------------------	0030 yellow Pepsi Challenger flat roof win. rims TM-1 --------1985--------	0040 yellow Pepsi Challenger raised roof win. rims TM-1/TC-7 ------1986-1989------	0050 white & maroon Dr. Pepper flat roof win. rims TM-3 --------1985--------	0060 white & maroon Dr. Pepper raised roof win. rims TM-3 --------1986--------
0070 brt. yellow STP Son of a Gun USA TC 1985-1986 --------------------	0090/0100 black Goodwrench 3 Pit Crew USA WR TC-54 ------1990-1991------	0110 black Goodwrench 3 5 Time Champion USA WR TC-54 --------1992--------	0120/0130 orng.-yel. Kodak Gold Film 4 USA WR TC-57 1991-1992 --------------------	0140 white & green Ken Schrader 25 gold hubcaps USA WR TC-59 --------1992--------	0150 brt. yellow Pennzoil 30 USA WR TC-60 1992 --------------------
0160 blue & fluo. orng. STP 43 USA WR TC-61 1992 --------------------	0170 black Pontiac Excitem. 2 yellow tampo USA WR TC-64 --------1992--------	0180 black Pontiac Excitem. 2 lemon tampo USA WR TC-64 --------1993--------	0190 black & green Mello Yello 42 USA WR TC-62 1992 --------------------	0210 fluo. orng. & whi. Purolator 10 USA WR TC-56 1992 --------------------	0220 blue & dk. orng. 21st National Truck-In USA promotional --------1993--------
0230 white & yellow Canon Williams with outline Nigel Mansell --------1993--------	0240 white & yellow Canon Williams wo/ outline Nigel Mansell --------1994--------	0250 orange-yellow DeWalt 08 black stripe USA WR TC-08 --------1994--------	0260 black & pink Fingerhut 98 USA WR TC-98 1995 --------------------	0270 powder blue Bostongas USA promotional 1995 pic by Tom Byrne	0280 orange blue & red stripes USA PC13 1997-1998 --------------------
0290/0300 white no tampo USA ASAP/CCI blank 1998-2004 --------------------

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Code 2 issues:

2010 black Automodels Sydney Motor Show AUS promotional --------1997--------	2020 black Automodels Melbourne Motor Show AUS promotional --------1998--------	2030 white ACS Claims Investigations USA ASAP pic from MB USA	2040 white Affinity Financial Services USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2050 white blk. American Int'l Recovery USA ASAP pic from eBay	2060 white blue American Int'l Recovery USA ASAP pic from eBay
2070 white AT&T USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2080 white ATD USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2090 white Atlantic City USA ASAP - --------------------	2100 white Bank One Loan Van USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2110 white Bell South USA ASAP - --------------------	2120 white Bostongas Eastern Enterprises USA ASAP pic from eBay
2130 white Bulldog Caster Co. USA ASAP --------------------	2150 white Colonial USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2160 white Columbia USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2170 white Comcast USA ASAP pic by Shabbir Malik	2180 white Consolidated Engineering USA ASAP --------------------	2190 white Contin. Firepl. left side USA ASAP pic from Van Toys
2190 white Dorothy Tester right side USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2200 white D / Field Services USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2210 white Duel left side USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2210 white TYO right side USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2220 white Eastern Security Systems USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2230 white Frye Electric USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------
2240 white Greenwood Trust Company USA ASAP pic from eBay	2250 white Home Lumber USA ASAP pic from MB USA --------------------	2260 white Huffman USA ASAP - --------------------	2270 white IHD - Instant Hardware Delivery USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2280 white Imperatore USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2290 white Janiking USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------
2300 white Jaytel Inc. USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2310 white Kweenz Destroy left side USA ASAP pic from MB Univ.	2310 white Indie right side USA ASAP pic from MB Univ.	2320 white Lynch Auto Group USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2330 white M. C. Dean Building Intelligence USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2340 white Matco USA ASAP pic by Shabbir Malik
2350 white MCI Scholar Award USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2360 white McKesson USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2370 white red & yellow design left side USA ASAP pic from MB Univ.	2370 white MQTZM right side USA ASAP pic from MB Univ.	2380 white Mystic Medical Equipment USA ASAP pic from eBay	2390 white News ABC 7 USA ASAP pic by Shabbir Malik
2400 white OGE Energy Corp. USA ASAP pic from eBay	2410 white blk. Penn State left side USA ASAP pic from eBay	2410 white blk. Penn State right side USA ASAP pic from eBay	2420 white blue Penn State left side USA ASAP pic from eBay	2420 white blue Penn State right side USA ASAP pic from eBay	2430 white Ploog Electric, Inc USA ASAP pic from eBay
2450 white Protection One USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2460 white RCA USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2470 white Riverside Key & Lock USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2480 white Sanolite USA ASAP - --------------------	2490 white Saw Sales & Machinery left side USA ASAP pic from eBay	2490 white United Abrasives Sait right side USA ASAP pic from eBay
2500 white Sears Home Central USA ASAP --------------------	2520 white Sears May I Rewards USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2530 white Sears Repair Services USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2540 white SecurityLink from Ameritech USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2550 white Servpro USA ASAP pic by Shabbir Malik	2560 white SMS USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------
2570 white Sonitrol USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2580 white Suter USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2590 white blk. camouflage left side USA ASAP pic from MB Univ.	2590 white The Camo Project right side USA ASAP pic from MB Univ.	2620 white USLife Bonus Program USA ASAP --------------------	2630 white USS USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------
2640 white Veca Electric USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2650 white Washington State University USA ASAP pic from eBay	2660 white water pump USA ASAP pic from eBay --------------------	2670 white Westec Security USA ASAP pic from Van Toys	2680 white Wonder USA ASAP pic from Van Toys --------------------	2690 blue, red & whi. 26th National Truck-In 1998 USA CCI pic from Van Toys
2700 white 31st National Truck-In 2003 USA CCI pic from Van Toys	2710 white In Memory of Robert Sheppard USA CCI --------2004--------	2720 white 32nd National Truck-In 2004 USA CCI --------2004--------	2730 white 33rd National Truck-In 2005 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2740 black No Treasure Hunt silver stripe USA CCI pic from MCCH	2750 black No Treasure Hunt yellow stripe USA CCI pic from MCCH
2755 white 35th National Truck-In 2007 USA CCI pic from Van Toys	2760 white 35th Nationals UK 35th Van Nationals GB CCI --------2009--------	2770 white 35th Nationals NSVA Members Van GB CCI --------2009--------	2780 white 35th Nationals 36 Years of Vanning GB CCI --------2009--------	2790 white green www.toyvan. co.uk GB CCI --------2009--------	2800 white blue www.toyvan. co.uk GB CCI --------2009--------
2810 white red www.toyvan. co.uk GB CCI --------2009--------	2820 white 37th National Truck-In 2009 USA CCI pic from Van Toys	2830 white 38th National Truck-In 2010 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2840 white 39th Nat'l Truck-In left side USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2840 white Van Nationals right side USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2850 white Brother Rat Fink left side USA CCI pic from MB Univ.
2850 white Ed Daddy Roth right side USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2860 white 18th Van Toy Convention 2011 USA CCI pic from Van Toys	2870 white 40th National Truck-In 2012 USA CCI pic from Van Toys	2880 white 20th Van Toy Convention 2013 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2890 white First National Truck-In Anniv. USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2900 white 41st National Truck-In 2013 USA CCI --------2013--------
2920 white 21st Van Toy Convention 2014 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2930 white 42nd National Truck-In 2014 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2940 white Nat'l Street Van square roof logo USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2950 white Nat'l Street Van round roof logo USA CCI pic from MB USA	2960 white Check Cashing Station 2014 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2970 white blue 22nd Van Toy Convention 2015 USA CCI pic from MB USA
2980 white blue & red 22nd Van Toy Convention 2015 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	2990 white 43rd National Truck-In 2015 USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	3000 white MBX with globe MB University USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	3010 white MBX Univ. Collection Specialists USA CCI pic from MB Univ.	3020 white 44th National Truck-In 2016 USA CCI pic from MB USA	3030 white 23rd Van Toy Convention 2016 USA CCI --------2016--------
3040 white 24th Van Toy Convention 2017 USA CCI --------2017--------	3050 white 45th National Truck-In 2017 USA CCI --------2017--------	3060 white Norway Van Club USA CCI pic from MB USA	3070 white 46th National Truck-In 2018 USA CCI pic from MB USA	3080 white Sport Systems USA CCI 2018 --------------------	3090 white 26th Van Toy Convention 2019 USA CCI pic from MB USA
3100 white 27th Van Toy Convention 2020 USA CCI pic from MB USA

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Pre-productions:

9030 yellow Pepsi Challenger diff. lett. size pic from 1985 catalog	9050 white & maroon Dr. Pepper diff. lett. size pic from 1985 catalog	9140 white & green Ken Schrader 25 silver hubcaps pic by Spike Jones	9160 blue & fluo. orng. STP 43 straight 43 pic by Spike Jones	9250 orange-yellow DeWalt 08 white stripe thanks to B. Beger	9610 yellow Smokin' Joe's 23 pic by Peter Lee --------------------
9620 silver-gray Goodwrench 3 pic by Peter Lee --------------------	9630 red Budweiser 25 pic by Peter Lee --------------------	9640 yellow Weetabix pic by Jim Gallegos --------------------	9650 white, black & neon orange Western Auto 17 thanks to B. Beger	9660 fluo. orng. & white Tide 5 pic by Anthony Moore	9670 fluo. orng. & white Tide 17 pic by Anthony Moore
9680 orange Charlie's Angels pic by Tom Byrne --------------------	9680 orange silver-gray metal China base copyright text pic by DTE	9690 black Mission Impossible pic by Chuck Wiersma --------------------

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Comparison pictures:

silver-gray & pearly silver Vanpire Lesney vs. MB Toys	LS 68-C & MI 068 original & re-creation - --------------------	yellow Pepsi Challenger flat & raised roof window rims --------------------	yellow Pepsi Challenger shades of blue tampo pic by T. Tiedtke	white & maroon Dr. Pepper flat & raised roof window rims --------------------	fluo. orng. & whi. Tide 17 & 5 pic by Jim Gallegos - --------------------
black Goodwrench 3 Pit Crew & 5 Time Champion --------------------	black Goodwrench 3 rear lettering variations pic by Peter Lee	white & green Ken Schrader 25 sil. & gold hubcaps pic by Anthony Moore	blue & fluo. orng. STP 43 italic & straight 43 pic by Spike Jones	black Pontiac Excitem. 2 yellow & lemon tampo --------------------	black Pontiac Excitem. 2 rear lettering variations pic by Peter Lee
white & yellow Canon Williams with & without outline --------------------	white 35th Nationals different roof lettering --------------------	white red, blue & green www.toyvan.co.uk - --------------------	silver-gray & pearly silver metal bases Lesney vs. MB Toys	pearly silver metal Macau & Thailand bases - --------------------	white metal Thailand & China bases - --------------------
white & silver-gray metal China bases MB Int'l vs. Mattel --------------------

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Variation listing (MS Word)

This model was used as a basis for Code 2 issues by ASAP and ColorComp, which are beyond the scope of this website.
They can be viewed on Shabbir Malik's website

Lesney Superfast variations (LS 68-C)

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