Yesteryear Collection

The Auburn 851 supercharged speedster was designed and developed by famous Gordon Buering.
Each car was fully tested and guaranteed to exceed 100 m.p.h with the straight 8 Lycoming 279.2 cubic inch (4.5 litres) supercharged engine. The American driver, Ab Jenkins, in fact drove one at an average of 103 m.p.h for twenty-seven hours.
This model replica was modelled on the vehicle currently residing at the Beaulieu Motor Car Museum in Hampshire, England.

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The Auburn Speedster was an American automobile manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company of Auburn, Indiana. Auburn was an American automobile brand from 1900 to 1937 . In 1925 the company was taken over by Erret Cord who incorporated it a few years later into his Cord Corporation . In 1937 that company went under financially in the Great Depression , and that also meant the end for Auburn.

The (Y19-1) 1936 Auburn Speedster 851 was introduced in 1979.

Variations/Rarities: It's first colour scheme was a light beige body with a light brown bonnet, boot and door tops and a dark brown baseplate and wings.
Soon the main body colour was changed to a darker beige.
The next recolour was to a light cream body with glossy black baseplate and wings.
This was followed by an all white body and baseplate with blue bonnet sides and doors.
The final version (1990) was made in Macau and once again it was coloured dark tan all over with cream doors and body sides.
There are no rare variations although models with odd coloured plastic interiors have been found which are assumed to be colour trials.

*1990 release:
Livery: (Tampo) - 'SUPER-CHARGED' in silver on black panel, above the exhaust manifold and offside grille.
Number plates: Lemon yellow SA29582 on pale blue lemon edged plate (one line for front plate and two for the rear plate)
Radiator: On the 1990 release the black radiator grille is faced with a chrome chevron bar. All other grilles are chrome.

In 1999 the Auburn 851 Supercharged Speedster was also released in white with red striping as part of the Matchbox Exclusives Edition 2000 Dinky range (DYM38179).

 

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Dark beige body & bonnet sides, dark brown chassis

Light cream body & bonnet sides, gloss black chassis

White body, blue bonnet sides and doors, white chassis

Dark tan body, cream doors & side panels, dark tan chassis

Livery, number plates & radiator grille of the *1990 release

 

Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002"
Issue Year of Release Colour Radiator Shell Bonnet Doors & Tail Tops Seats Steering Wheel Wheels Axles Threaded Screw Hole Baseplate Rarity Box
1 1979 Light beige body & bonnet sides, dark brown chassis Light beige Light brown Orangey red Black Cherry red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
2 Dark beige body & bonnet sides, dark brown chassis Dark beige Light brown Orangey red Black Cherry red solid (W) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
3 Dark beige body & bonnet sides, dark brown chassis Dark beige Light brown Orangey red Black Chrome solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
4 Dark beige body & bonnet sides, dark brown chassis Dark beige Light brown Orangey red Black Red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
5 Dark beige body & bonnet sides, dark brown chassis Dark beige Light brown Bright red Black Red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
6 Dark beige body & bonnet sides, darker brown chassis Dark beige Light brown Orangey red Black Cherry red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND R I
7 1983 Light cream body & bonnet sides, gloss black chassis Light cream Light cream Bright red Black Red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND S I
8 Light cream body & bonnet sides, gloss black chassis Light cream Light cream Bright red Black Cherry red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND S I
9 Light cream body & bonnet sides, gloss black chassis Light cream Light cream Bright red Black Chrome solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND S I
10 Creamy white body & bonnet sides, glossy black chassis Creamy white Creamy white Bright red Black Red solid (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
11 Creamy white body & bonnet sides, glossy black chassis Creamy white Creamy white Bright red Black Red 12 spoke (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND I
12 1985 White body, blue bonnet sides and doors, white chassis White White part blue doors Blue Black Blue 24 spoke (BW) Riveted No LESNEY © 1979 ENGLAND J
13 1990 Dark tan body, cream doors & side panels, dark tan chassis Dark tan Dark tan Dark brown Pale cream black spokes Chrome 24 (WF) Press-fit Yes MATCHBOX © 1979 MACAU D P/N
Wheels: BW - Black or White Walled Tyres; WW - White Walled Tyres; WF - White Flanged Tyres
Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare
Box: I - Straw coloured with clear panels; J - Red 'Made in England' with clear panel; N - Red 'Made in Macau' with card diorama; P - White with black printing only

 

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