In good to very good boxed condition

1976-78 French Dinky Toys 2 CV Citroen No 500

Orange Body

Square Headlights

Rivetted Base

Plated concave hubs

"made in Spain, imprimee en Frace ref 500" on box.

The Car is in Very good condition with some age related box wear.

The box is in very good condition with some slight creasing.

Short History:

*info :- In 1974 labour was getting too expensive in France, and Meccano subcontracted the manufacture of some models to Auto Pilen s.a. in Spain. These models had already been made in France and were sold exclusively under the marque Dinky. When the Calais factory closed down some of the recent tools were sent to Liverpool where the models were produced with new baseplates. Some of these tools were later sent to Auto-Pilen where they were modified or updated before; being re-issued.. These models were sold in France under the marque Dinky, they were clearly identified as Dinky and as MADE IN SPAIN on the base plate. In Spain they were sold as Pilen and marked as such.