That'll be great Dinky Toy, will let you know if by some great struck of luck I find some chequered one's in the mean time.
Think the sellers going to let the auction run, he had put these in a box for the tip and didn't realise how rare they were until he answered my wanted add on the oc forum, he was asking for offers and I thought another forum member had bet me to it so never bothered making an offer
. Turns out that he got loads of messages about them so decided to put them on Ebay as he realised they were worth a bit if money. What a muppet I am !!!!!!