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Saturday feb 27rd there is a small swapmeet organised by NAMAC in the nice IJssel-lake town "Harderwijk" which is not far for me.
I decided to atend the meeting and have a table with my MATCHBOX FRED BRONNER 1966-1968 displayrack for red blisterpacks on show.

This display is not set up in my room and I didn't take it with me at the last MECA show.
It could have been seen before on public display on a day meeting of the Dutch Yesteryear Club and the an earlier MECA meeting in Dusseldorf, Germany which was not that well atended. The header and the Ford mode T pack only were on display during the big exhibition in the Ford A museum during the summer of 2013.
Since then I managed to find more red blisterpacks.
I have 1 red pack at least for all models known in this type of packaging including the red Bugatti and yellow Mercer. (both only exist with one box type inside and a 1966 rear card)
However some of the packs do exist with D3, E or E1 boxes inside with 1966 or 1968 rear cards.
A they displayrack can hold 12 x 4 = 48 blisterpacks and I currently have only 34 of this type there is still space for more variations !

I hope to post better photos after the event in Harderwijk.









The packs are more expensive now then they were back 50 years ago !



marcel

I've never seen one in person AND YOU HAVE a 100! Wow!

A superb display, thanks for showing.

I find it odd that the price list makes no mention of a Y8 or a Y9...but one could have purchased one each of the others for $18.99 back then! I also have no idea how you avoid the temptation to open just one of those blisterpacks.

Squid wrote:I find it odd that the price list makes no mention of a Y8 or a Y9...but one could have purchased one each of the others for $18.99 back then! I also have no idea how you avoid the temptation to open just one of those blisterpacks.

The Y8-2 Sunbeam Motorcycle and Y9-1 Showmans Engine where not available in these blisterpacks. Probally because as they were not aimed to the USA market.
As you can see in my photos the Y9-2 simplex was available in these packs but the page I show you from the catalogue was just before that model was introduced into the range.

I have all the models loose with boxes, the way they were sold in other countries then the USA. The packaging and the fact they were never opened makes these more special and more valuable.

Here you see the page from the 1968 USA trace catalogue and the Y9-2 Simplex is mentioned here.



As I wrote in the earlier post these red blistercards for Yesteryears were avaible between 1966-1968 and exist with 1966 or 1968 rear cards.

marcel

The temptation to open this one and put the model the right way up is almost irresistible, but not quite!



Almost all of the models in these packs have seats and radiator grilles floating around loose now.

I spent Hours juggling my example. The model was upside down and the seat was loose, a Double Whammy', but I managed to do it and have put a warning label on the base of the blister to the effect...DO NOT INVERT.

I don't have the model with me for a picture, its at my other Home!

Ghosthunter.

This saturday there is the exhbition.
Good winter weather forecast.
I have to handcarry the rack into it's original carton and the 34 blistrpacks in 2 big cartons to the station here which is a 15min walk.
A 20min trainjourney will bring me to the village of Harderwijk and a collectorfriend will get me from the station there in the early saturdyamorning.

Photos to follow.

marcel

Good luck Marcel, please don't drop anything, I look forward to the pictures.

Ghosthunter.

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi