Restoring a Siku V220 Tempo-Matador-Bus, produced from 1963 until 1971.
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Tempo were not a manufacturer I was aware of before this badly repainted Siku Matador casting fell into my hands. Between 1924 and 1966, the Tempo name was attached to a series of light commercial vehicles, cars, and off-roaders. The Matador alongside it's three-wheeled counterpart the Hanseat were Tempo's most popular offerings. In fact, the Hanseat, Matador, and Wiking models were all licensed to be built overseas, including in the UK by Jensen Motors who sold the Jensen Tempo 1500. They were licensed in India, Spain, and Uruguay.
The Matador bears some resemblance to the Volkswagen Type 2, though the 1949 Matador that released the same year as the T1 looked quite different. It did however use a Volkswagen 1100cc engine until 1952. The 1955 redesign is what this casting is based on.
The Siku model was coloured in green between 1963 and 1969, but from 1966 it could be found in a cream to off-white colour complete with a plastic canoe fitted to the roof. These outlasted the green model, running until 1971 listed as V264 instead of V220.
As for my example, it used to be khaki green, but a previous owner had slathered orange paint across it, hitting the windows, wheels and base which incorporated the grille and bumpers. While not a perfect paint match, I am very pleased to have resurrected this and provided myself with an education simultaneously.
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29 сен 2022
