Matchbox 42d; Tyre Fryer

Really strange rear engined machine from the fevered imaginations at Lesney back in the seventies. There is a massive, overscaled V8 engine on the back with 'Ford' cast into the rocker covers.

Tyre Fryer was made from 1972 through to 1977. The core 1-75 range product was always metallic blue some in lighter and some in darker shades. The base is either unpainted or black. Of these the one to look for is pale metallic blue with an unpainted base. The real prize though is a code 2 version, a promotional model made by the factory for Jaffa oranges in 1977. It is orange with yellow seats with a label on the bonnet reading Jaffa Mobile. These are rare and worth good money, although I sold two of the Jaffa cars in 2016 getting £45.00 and £31.50 for lightly playworn and unboxed examples, I sold another similar car (in the photos below) the following year for £4.97 so the money is not always there.