BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

1958

BOX TYPES :

B, C, D

SIZES AVAILABLE :

3

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

9

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

8

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Appearing in 1958 as a successor to 22A Vauxhall Cresta, 22B used the same late box as the latter, with a blue rectangle as it was released in Size 3. The first B4 box would also use the drawing of the 22A used on the B3 box, but the picture is stretched to fit the size 3.

The first box to actually show 22B is the last B4 box and this picture was also used for the first B5 box. It features the model with a view from above and trees in the background. The second B5 box uses a front/side view and no background.

The two C boxes both use B5 designs.

The D boxes show the silver-pink model and black wheels. D1 and D2 were made for this model.

 

RARITY

The first B4 showing the 22A is probably the least common. Any C box is also nice to have.

VARIATION LIST

 

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RW22B - 1958 VAUXHALL CRESTA

 

 

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\22B-B4BoxSmallerNumberModelLower.jpg

(Drawing similar as 22A-B1-2a, but with larger numbers and model lower, blue square)

1

B3

3

Blue/Black

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RW-22B-B3-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\22B-BBoxB422AShown.jpg

(Drawing same as 22B-B3-1a, but picture stretched to fit size 3 box)

2

B4

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RW-22B-B4-2a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\22B-BBoxAboveSideView.jpg

(View from above, all red model dark background)

3

RW-22B-B4-3a

4

B5

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RW-22B-B5-3b

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\22B-BBoxSideView.jpg

(Front/side view, red model with yellow roof, no background)

5

RW-22B-B5-4a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\22B-CBoxViewSide.JPG

(Front/side view, red model with yellow roof, no background (same as B Box RW-22B-B5-4a))

6

C

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RW-22B-C-1a

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(View from above, all red model dark background (same as B Box RW-22B-B4-3a))

7

RW-22B-C-2a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\22B-DBox.jpg

(Numbers without serifs)

8

D1

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\22B-D1.jpg

RW-22B-D1-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\22B-DBoxD2.jpg

(Numbers with serifs)

9

D2

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\22B-D2.jpg

RW-22B-D2-2a