Yesteryear Collection - 1906 Unic Taxi

The first (Y28-1) 1906 Unic Taxi was released by Lesney in 1984.
The unusual looking Unic was fitted with just one seat in the drivers compartment and the extra space was used to carry suitcases.
The first model was painted dark red and the wings and running boards were painted black and it had red, maroon or dark red 12 spoke wheels. In 1987 it was recoloured to dark blue body with a black baseplate / wings and in 1991 the final release was painted white with black baseplate / wings which had the base insription modified to read "Made in China".

Livery: (Tampo)
For those issues with logos on passenger doors; Very,very small upper case lettering coloured reddish brown located on the horizontal panels above the door handles.
'VL 5372' in white on black panel at front of hood.
Issue 12 (1991):
'LONDON' in black beneath passenger windows.
Black coachlining on both sides of body.

Variations/Rarities: The earliest Unics had no body-roof securing pins and small cushion shape tail light bases.
Midrange versions can be found with either cushion shaped tail lght bases or body-roof pins and the later issues had body-roof pins and flat cast bases to the tail lights.
The red Unics featured light brown coachlining around the window frames and below the windows had "London General Cab Company Ltd" printed in very tiny light brown lettering. Some earlier issues did not have the London Taxi Company tampo printed on the passengers side door.
The white Unic had the rear licence plate inscription removed and a tampo licence plate applied in its place.

There are no particularly hard to find models of the Unic.


Dark red body	Dark blue body	White body	Dark red body, gold 12 spoke wheels	The white Unic rear licence plate


Showing the cushion shaped (A - Type 1) and smooth based (B - Type 2) tail lights	Logo on passenger door	Early red Unics did not have body-roof securing pins

Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002"
Issue	Year of Release	Colour	Seats	Hood Tensioning Arms	Hood Body Pins	Wheels	Rear Lights	Plated Parts	Fare Meter	Cab Floor/Toolbox Lid	Logo On Passenger Door	Threaded Screw Hole	Passenger Windows Decoration	Baseplate	Rarity	Box
1	1984	Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	None	Bright red 12 spoke	Type 1	Gold	Gold plastic	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
2		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	None	Gold 12 spoke	Type 1	Gold	Gold plastic	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND	D	J
3		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	None	Bright red 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold plastic	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
4		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Bright red 12 spoke	Type 1	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
5		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Gold 12 spoke	Type 1	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND	D	J
6		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Bright red 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
7		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Dull red 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
8		Dark red body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Maroon 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	LONDON GENERAL CAB COMPANY LTD	None	Yes	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
9	1987	Dark blue body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Maroon 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	None	None	None	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
10		Dark blue body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Dull red 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	None	None	None	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
11		Dark blue body, glossy black chassis	Brown	Silver	Yes	Chrome 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	None	None	None	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
12	1991	White body, glossy black chassis	Black	Silver	Yes	Gold 12 spoke	Type 2	Gold	Gold metal	Silver	LONDON	Yes	None	MATCHBOX © 1984 CHINA		N1
Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare
Box: J - Red 'Made in England' with clear panel; N1 - Red 'Made in China' with card diorama