MATCHBOX MODELS OF YESTERYEAR Y2-2 Issue 1** 1911 RENAULT 2-SEATER (VGCIB)

This is a Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y2-2 Issue 1** 1911 Renault 2-Seater and its original Type D1 box dating from 1963.

**Model designation is from “THE YESTERYEAR BOOK 1956 to 2000”

The car is in metallic green with bright red seats. This (Issue 1** variant) has a 4 prong spare wheel carrier, plated parts, Green steering wheel, type A rear wing brace, type 1 radiator casting, type 1 rear number plate with gaps, black fine tyres, 12 spoke wheels.

The car is in very good condition with just a couple of paint chips on the front wheel arches (odd flea marks elsewhere) and some glue residue from an old price sticker on the base of the sump which could be removed with care if required. The intriguing thing about this item is the wheels. Whereas the brass plating on the vehicle as a whole is aged towards dull silver, one of the rear wheels is distinctively brassier in colour and has a more distinct treaded tyre which makes me suspect that it has either been replaced at some point or is perhaps a factory error. The wheels are nevertheless all of the same type and there’s no obvious evidence of any tampering but being a rare Issue 1 there may have been an incentive to repair it.

 The Type D1 packaging is somewhat shabby, faded and creased but is nevertheless complete and has “NEW MODEL” on the end flaps.. It has clear tape repairs to partial tears to the insides of the end-flaps and some pencilled numbers on the picture face.

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