DESCRIPTION 

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING MATCHBOX NO Y - 18  1937  CORD  812   -   " MODELS OF YESTERYEAR "  IN  MINT CONDITION

IN THE ORIGINAL  DISPLAY BOX WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION .  THIS MATCHBOX WAS MADE IN  ENGLAND  NEARLY 41 YEARS AGO 

IN 1979 . KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE  SCALE SIZE IS 1:35 . THE ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS ARE ; L - 12  CM  W - 4,5  CM H - 4 CM

 

THIS  ABSOLUTELY STUNNING  MATCHBOX NO  Y - 18  1937  CORD  812   - " MODELS OF YESTERYEAR "   WOULD MAKE A GREAT  ADDITION  TO THE MATCHBOX   COLLECTOR'S COLLECTION . ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND TECHNICALLY ADVANCED CARS OF THE 1930'S  , THE CORD MODEL 812 HAD RETRACTABLE HEADLIGHTS , FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AND WITH A SUPERCHARGED ENGINE , REACHED 120 MPH . ALAS IT WAS THE LAST MODEL EVER PRODUCED BY THE  CORD  COMPANY WHICH WENT INTO LIQUIDATION SHORTLY AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 812 , THEREFORE MAKING THIS MODEL A COLLECTORS ITEM SINCE ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT WERE BUILT .

VERY IMPORTANT , PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE DESCRIPTION AND EXAMINE ALL THIRTEEN  OF THE PICTURES BEFORE BIDDING ON THIS ITEM . KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL  DISPLAY BOX IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT DOES  SHOW SOME SMALL SIGNS OF OBVIOUS SHELF WEAR BEARING IN MIND THAT IT WAS MADE NEARLY 41  YEARS AGO IN 1979 . KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL PRICE  LABEL  HAS BEEN REMOVED ( NOT BY ME )  FROM THE FRONT OF THE BOX AND LEFT A MARK ON THE BOX.    ( SEE PICTURE NO 11 )  

 IN MY HUMBLE OPINION , THE EXCEPTIONAL  QUALITY AND DETAIL OF THESE PARTICULAR MATCHBOX'S  IS AS GOOD THE DINKY'S AND CORGI'S MADE IN THE 50'S & 60'S IN GREAT BRITAIN. 

THIS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING MATCHBOX NO Y - 18 1937 CORD  812  IS FROM MY OWN PERSONAL  COLLECTION AND IT WILL BE VERY , VERY SAD TO SEE IT GO .