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Ford, Matchbox™, and Superlift Suspensions collaborated to convert a 2011 Ford F-350 XLT Super Duty into the Matchbox Superlift Brush Truck exhibited at the SEMA automotive specialty products trade event in Las Vegas last week. The truck was lifted 10 inches by Superlift and it sits on 41-inch Interco IROK tires. The tube armor that surrounds the truck looks like something you might see on wildland fire engines in New Jersey or Australia.
Visitors to the SEMA show received miniature die-cast versions of the truck, however the show was not open to the general public. A call to Mattel/Matchbox to ask if the die-cast will be available for sale was not immediately returned.
UPDATE: November 8, 2011: we heard from Dan Salazar at Mattel, who told us the Matchbox brush truck that was distributed at the SEMA show will not be sold or given away outside the show. Next year they will have a brush truck in their product line, but it will have a different color scheme and won’t come in the display case the truck at SEMA came in.
Thanks go out to Stephen
trying to find a full size play brush breaker firetruck for my grandson, he wanted one for xmas, could’nt find one, he still wants one, his birthday is coming up & would love to surprise him with one, but cannot find one, can you tell me where I can buy it. Thanks if you can help .
… say, can you let us know what comes of your attempt to get the matchbox mini’s? would love to get one of those. too. tanks
check ebay- but be ready to fork over $350 buckaroos!!
Thanks Steve. I was able to find two listings on ebay being sold by “pakshipmore”, but they expire in a couple of hours, at around 8:20 p.m. MT Nov. 14, 2011. There were no bids on either, probably because the starting prices were $165 and $310! Here is the description for the higher priced listing, which appears to be two trucks sold as one unit:
i want one !
Looks neat but the practicality of its use here in the west would be better used on paved roads.
Looks neat, but did it stay within GVW. Worked with a similar looking truck in 2006. He kept breaking stuff while our stock truck kept fighting fire.