Polistil model

[Eighteeteewhy]

Hi, I picked this up a while back, it's a Polistil FX1 Tyrrell Ford. It's in quite good condition, there's also a clear case to go over the top which has a crack in.

Does anyone know anything about them?



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[Morf]

I remember them from family holidays in the 70's, typically on sale in Italy (where they were made) and sometimes France.

As you can see, they were more the toy end of the market than realistic models - those tyres are impressively wide, even by '70s standards!

I think it's probably based on Jackie Stewart's Tyrreel 003 from 1971 - http://f1-history.deviantart.com/art/Tyrrell-003-F... - but the rear wing is very strange and I can't find pictures of that on the real car.

The plastic cases were one of the better features, I seem to remember that they were often sold in the Italian equivalent of Woolworths where they were "displayed" in those floor standing wire baskets that you rummage through, so the case had to be strong to protect them from destruction. I think there were two plastic fasteners (rather like Dzus) which held them in the case.

Not a lot more I can say other than what a google search will tell you, I'd suspect they're quite rare in this country but I don't think in this case rare would mean valuable - but I could be proved wrong!

Edited by Morf on Sunday 21st October 20:34

[Morf]

Morf said:

...I don't think in this case rare would mean valuable - but I could be proved wrong!

And now I prove myself wrong... http://www.carmodel.net/zoomPage.php?MTEwNTM8Oj4xP......

though it's often said that "Asking for and selling for are not the same thing".

[Eighteeteewhy]

Cheers fella, I found a similar one on eBay that went for about the same as the one you posted so it could be relatively collectable.

[dr_gn]

I remember as a kid the white shed at the end of the pit straight footbridge at Silverstone ("Silverstone Models"?) selling these in the '70's. Pretty sure my pal got one.

Every British GP I used to get a Corgi F1 car from there. Happy days.