detailed design with friction mechanism make this valuable piece a nostalgic automobile for all collectors and enthusiasts of vintage toys and classic cars.
The toy is made of stamped steel with a painted body and chassis base, with a lithographed steel-sheet interior. The tires are real rubber with whitewalls stamped and painted steel rings. Rim wheels, friction mechanism & body are made of steel. A must have for collectors and enthusiasts of post-World War II Japanese tin toy American automobiles.
FUN FACT: these toy cars were assembled by women over long tables, the final product boxed, then packed into large wooden crates for export to American toy stores in 1953.