matchbox 156 F1

i wanted to share a photo of this vintage model of vintage ferrari - a 156 F1

i was hoping some of you may identify the car by its number or some other feature i'm not aware of what can be s/n of original?

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Wheels on the car look like Corgi to me....

 

I think what you have there is a Lesney 1/56 scale. I found an article in Road & Track, March 1966, called "The Automobile in Miniature" which has a small black & white picture of this car bearing the #73. The car has a driver in it.

Matchbox = Lesney. Same thing. I didn't know that, not my area of expertise. Google it, pictures on ebay.

The actual Ferrari 156 "sharknose" never wore that number in a Grand Prix event.

It looks like it just competed in the Sahara Grand Prix!

 

Yes, that's the Matchbox (Lesney) Ferrari; it would have had a plastic driver figure and long exhaust pipes when new - see:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones7317/public_html/1index/73b.htm

It can be fitted with smaller front tyres and a crash-bar made of wire to make a more accurate-looking car.

Paul M

 

thank you greatly for your help, i think that's all i need to know

 

Here are a couple, modified and repainted:

http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hilltrips4gg.jpg



Paul M

 

I dont't think this is Matchbox, the tires dont look right to me. I have a similar car from the same era which is in nearly perfect condition which is why I was attracted to this thread. The Matchbox version has a little driver in the cockpit as well.



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Jon

 

That`s definately a well worn Matchbox car. I have one right here in my collection,although mine is Mint.
I still remember scraping up the 33 cents they cost back in the sixties,getting on my bike and going to L.H. Martins to buy one.
I used to be able to go to a candy store when I was a kid on Long Island and buy the old discontinued Matchbox cars for a quarter each. I sure wish I still had those cars now.

 

wouhaou....... j'avais cette 156/F1 il y a plus de 40 ans. elle portait le n° 36 Monaco 1961

 

It's a Lesney, here's a picture of mine, well now it's more the property of my son Mattthieu...
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