Matchbox Beaters: Peugeot 205 Turbo and 1980 Audi Quattro
When it comes to finding the vehicles that you're looking for you have a few options: you can find a mint one on a mint card that would be a challenge to find and not for the amount of money that you'd expect. Then there's a raw beater that needs a good restoration, so you bring it home, take it apart, clean it up, paint it, fix any missing parts, and either it can be a full restoration or a custom restoration. Or how about just leaving them as-is as beaters. In this case and famed streaming programs like Motor Trend's Overkill this is where you leave them in the rough shape but make modifications to make them special again. In my case it was these two Matchbox 1980's castings that needed some help yet they were fine as they are with a little touch up here and there. Click for Photo Gallery Audi Quattro If it wasn't for Quattro Audi would be just another German car maker. The idea behind the Quattro started in the 1980's