April 25, 2024
1950's Ichiko Japan-1953 PONTIAC TWO TONE W/ DRIVER IN TUXEDO-14"-A BEAUTY!
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1950's Ichiko Japan-1953 PONTIAC 2 DOOR SEDAN W/ DRIVER IN TUXEDO-14"-A BEAUTY! This is a beauty! For some reason this was my favorite car for 20 years....just a wonderful combination. impressive size along with the much scarcer early 50's 2 tone. An early 1950's Japan made 1953 Pontiac 2 Door Sedan by Ichiko. It's 14 inches long and nearly 7 inches wide, so it really is a big car. It is friction operated with rear wheel drive and a smooth growl noise to the motor. It's in lovely c-8/9 condition with an attractive 2 tone-scarlet red and cream color scheme. The driver is putting on the ritz, because he's dressed in a lovely navy blue tuxedo with a matching bow tie. He's a full dimensional tin figure. The interior of the Pontiac is also fully lithoed including the seats, floor and a dashboard with speedometer, dials, and radio. There's even a gas pedal lithoed on the floor. This is a scarce and desirable vintage tin car in wonderful condition. A bit of factory overspray occurred in production as shown. The whole run of these two tones had this overspray. Hence the small amount of them left today, i believe. It has a small amount of very light scratching and a tiny bit of spidering to one spot on the hood, but I'm really nitpicking. Most of the wear is on the bottom,with some light scratching on the roof.Some slight shrinkage of
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