D258
Dinky 258 USA Police Car. Ford Fairlane. Very near mint/boxed. Scarce early issue with PAPER LABELS and DISHED wheels. From The Eric Slager Collection.
Notes
This Ford Fairlane Police Car was made between 1962-66 and has a gleaming black finish, red roof light and original straight aerial . Early issue with small dished wheels (usually larger shaped spun) and paper labels "POLICE’ on the front doors (usually white painted). Fine, unused black tyres with ‘M’ for Meccano embossed, light tread. Intact suspension. Matte black baseplate. Complete ‘POLICE’ lettering at bonnet, and boot.
Light age transparency to the door labels. Few tiny marks only the the paint finish.
The pictorial card box is very clean and intensely coloured! Complete, although there is a tear at a large end flap edge and a thumb tear at a small end flap edge. Trace of old tape at this site. Tiny tear at the tuck-in part of one large end flap. Period price at an end flap.
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