Japanese Tin Toy Edsels




58-Y1-01-01

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 Yonezawa Toy Ltd., Tokyo

10¼"

Medium blue body, orange roof & scallop! Red, white &
black interior

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Friction powered small series ’58 with Citation scallop trim. Rear license plate reads 7230. Scallop color doesn’t wrap around rear end. EDSEL appears in Citation-style scallop moldings. Yonezawa trademark located on package shelf. The SKK (Shinsei) trademark appears in the lower right corner of the box. The Yonezawa trademark appears on the left corner. According to Collecting the Tin Toy Car by Dale Kelley these toys also came in orange and white. They were also available as battery-operated, remote control toys like the Yonezawa police cars described elsewhere in this catalog.