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11/09/2021 3:31 pm
No. 37A 2 Corgi Juniors NSU RO 80 Sedan on Blue.
This model was initially issued in 1969 as a Husky sold in Woolworth stores. That contract ended at the beginning of 1970 and Corgi Juniors were introduced.
This one is a transitional model, now quite rare and difficult to find. I knew that I had it and finally located it in a storage box today.
What makes it unique is the paper label on the base. Huky had been removed but the diecast Corgi Junior bases had not yet been made.
Here is the 1970 paper label N0.37A 2 NSU RO 80.
NSU Ro80
The NSU Ro 80 is a four-door, front-engine executive sedan manufactured and marketed by the West German firm NSU from 1967 until 1977.
The Ro 80 was voted Car of the Year for 1968 and 37,398 units were manufactured over a ten-year production run, all in a single generation.
Engine: 497,5 x 2 - two-rotor Wankel engine, rotary engine later used by Mazda.
11/09/2021 5:32 pm
Wow, you have had this model for 50 years. I think the oldest models I have are some Hartoy trucks, which are about 30 years old. I like the story about the real car. You do not here much about non-Mazda vehicles using a Wankel engine.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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