Japanese Tin Toy Edsels




58-Y1-01-03

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 Yonezawa Toy Ltd., Tokyo

10¼"

Red body, white roof & scallop. (White may actually be a very light shade of blue.) Red, white & black interior.

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Box (illustrated)

Friction powered small series ’58 body with Citation scallop trim. Rear license plate reads 3216. Scallop color doesn’t extend beyond rear corners. EDSEL appears in scallops. Yonezawa trademark located on package tray. According to Collecting the Tin Toy Car by Dale Kelley these toys also came in orange and white. The SKK (Shinsei) trademark appears in the lower right corner of the box. The Yonezawa trademark appears on the left corner. They were also available as battery-operated, remote control toys like the Yonezawa police cars described elsewhere in this catalog.