BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

August 1960

BOX TYPES :

B

SIZES AVAILABLE :

3

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

4

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

4

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Taking over the Removal Vans, the 17C Austin Taxi was issues in 1960 in a B5 NEW MODEL box showing the model in red with yellow wheels and red hubs, without any background. The C box was essentially the same box as the B5, without the NEW MODEL.

The D box, released in D1 and D2 sub-types, shows the pale maroon model with gray wheels.

All boxes are size 3.

RARITY

The NEW MODEL B5 box is probably the less common, but not particularly rare.

VARIATION LIST

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RW17C - AUSTIN METROPOLITAN TAXI

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

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Variation Name

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\17C-BBox.jpg

(Red model, yellow wheels, red hubs, no background)

1

B5

3

Blue/Black

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RW-17C-B5-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\17C-Cbox.JPG

(Red model, yellow wheels, dark grille, red hubs, no background)

2

C

 

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RW-17C-C-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\17C-DBoxD1.jpg

(Numbers without serifs)

3

D1

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\17C-D1.jpg

RW-17C-D1-1a

 

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\17C-DBox.jpg

(Numbers with serifs)

4

D2

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\17C-D2.jpg

RW-17C-D2-2a