Super Car: The Century 21 Vauxhall Cresta

Here's another beautiful Century 21 toy car, the Vauxhall Cresta from the 1960's, which was sold by 'verstecken' on Ebay. It has rear wheel friction drive, chromed wheels, tinted windows, lift up bonnet revealing chromed engine and is approximately 12.5cm. The model number on the box edge is 3009-1 and on the car underside is embossed 3009.

If you look at the picture of the underside above you'll notice that the toy is actually a LUCKY car! So it would appear that Century 21 simply re-boxed it and that's it! Lucky toys also had their own identical boxed version as can be seen in the book Plastic Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s The Collector s Guide by Andrew Ralston if you have a copy.

Are there any more links between Century 21 and Lucky?

Postscript: here's an earlier post on this and other Century 21 cars.