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LESNEY MATCHBOX 22B 1958 VAUXHALL CRESTA

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David Green
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In 1958, my parents bought me a new 1958 Vauxhall Cresta which we picked up in England and eventually shipped to Canada.

See 1/43 Forum for details.

In 1958, LESNEY introduced the Vauxhall Cresta about the same time a sales started of the full sized car.

I bought all the variations of the Matchbox Lesney model that I could find as they came out. They were sold in 13 variations with production stopping in 1964.

Here are my survivors from that time. Unfortunately give current values, I gave them to my children as playthings in the late 1960s. My children certainly enjoyed them.

Here are the best of my eight survivors.

 

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Note: There are two copper colour ones of slight tone difference.

 

Here are a few boxes. I lost the boxes years ago. Also, I never bought this strange two tone on the second box.

 

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I remember having one of these, I think it was yellow.  During the early 1960's I had some HO model trains, and I used the Lesney Matchbox models on my train layout.  Thanks for the memories.


Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA


   
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I still have most of these and love them.  Nostalgia I guess.



   
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