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  2. Matchbox (brand) - Wikipedia

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    matchbox.com. Matchbox is a toy brand which was introduced by Lesney Products in 1953, and is now owned by Mattel, Inc, which purchased the brand in 1997. The brand was given its name because the original die-cast "Matchbox" toys were sold in boxes similar to those in which matches were sold. The brand grew to encompass a broad range of toys ...

  3. Norwood Assembly - Wikipedia

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    Norwood Assembly. /  39.160889°N 84.44889°W  / 39.160889; -84.44889. Located in Norwood, Ohio, the Norwood Assembly Plant built General Motors cars between the years of 1923 and 1987. When it first opened, the plant employed 600 workers and was capable of producing 200 cars per day. At its peak in the early 1970s it employed nearly 9,000.

  4. White Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    White Motor Company. The White Motor Company was an American automobile, truck, bus and agricultural tractor manufacturer from 1900 until 1980. The company also produced bicycles, roller skates, automatic lathes, and sewing machines. Before World War II, the company was based in Cleveland, Ohio.

  5. Dennis Specialist Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Dennis Group website. Dennis Specialist Vehicles was an English manufacturer of commercial vehicles based in Guildford, building buses, fire engines, lorries (trucks) and municipal vehicles such as dustcarts. All vehicles were made to order to the customer's requirements and more strongly built than mass production equivalents.

  6. A Museum Received Two Astounding Ancient Treasures. No One ...

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    And it was far, far older than 1785. Inside were two bronze axe heads “carefully packed using foam cut-outs and cardboard,” the National Museum of Ireland stated in a press release. “The NMI ...

  7. How it started ... How it's going: Inflation down in June ...

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    The average sale price of houses has increased 29.3% as well, up from $396,900 in Q4 2020 to $513,100 in Q1 2024, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve. Shelter prices have increased 21.6% ...

  8. Powertrack - Wikipedia

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    Lesney Products. (1977–82) Powertrack is the brand name for the Matchbox 's slot car sets. Introduced in the late 1970s by Lesney Products Ltd, Powertrack models differed from other slot car sets because the cars could be seen in the dark as the cars had headlights. Matchbox's H0/00 (approx. 1:64) cars were smaller than Scalextric 1:32-scale ...

  9. The new hot truck comes from Japan and looks like a toy - AOL

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    July 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be ...