BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

April 1965

BOX TYPES :

E

SIZES AVAILABLE :

5

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

6

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

1

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Despite still available for a portion of the F box era before being replaced by the 20A Superfast model Lamborghini Marzal, only E boxes could be found for the 20C Impala Taxi. That doesn’t mean there isn’t many variations for it! No less than 6 different E boxes could be found. First, the E2 box with “NEW MODEL” and the white target showing suspension was released. Followed the same end flap box, but “NEW MODEL” retired from it. This box can actually be found in two different variations: blue/blue and light blue/light blue top and bottom.

A fourth variation was released in E3 sub-type, followed by two E4 boxes: one without and one with the “®”.

The model shown is orange, with somehow greyish/charcoal black wheels

All boxes are of size 5.

RARITY

The E3 box is harder to find, but should not be considered rare in anyway.


VARIATION LIST

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RW20C - CHEVROLET IMPALA TAXI

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

Diagram Description automatically generated

(Orange body, "TAXI" labels, black wheels)

1

E2

5

Blue/ Blue

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\20C-E2New.jpg

RW-20C-E2-1a

2

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\20C-E2.jpg

RW-20C-E2-1b

3

Light Blue/Light Blue

RW-20C-E2-1c

4

E3

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\20C-E3.jpg

RW-20C-E3-1d

5

E4

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\20C-E4.jpg

RW-20C-E4-1e

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\20C-EBox.jpg(Orange body, "TAXI" labels, black wheels, (R) )

6

E4R

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\20C-E4R.jpg

RW-20C-E4-1f