Yesteryear Collection - Vincent Fontaine

The (Y44-1) 1910 Renault Bus was based on the Y25-1 Renault AG van.

It had an all new diecast rear body and plastic roof complete with a rear step and brown plastic seats and was fitted with a clear plastic window unit.
The model had the open grab handles in the brass plated windscreen frame. It also had a brass plated handbrake lever and headlights.
The body was painted orange-yellow. It had a gloss black chassis, lower rear body and bonnet.
The Renault had 12 spoke red plastic push fit wheels with blackwall tyres.
The made in China baseplate was amended to include Y44 in the description and it had a hole inserted in it to secure it inside the new N style boxes.

Livery: (Tampo)
'VINCENT FONTAINE' in red on both cab doors.
'WESSERLING BUSSANG' in gold on a narrow red strip on both sides of body.
'BUSSANG TELEPHONE No.15' in gold on rear of body.
'VINCENT FONTAINE' in red on rear door.

Variations/Rarities: The yellow of the body can be found in bright or darker orange-yellow but the version with a red plastic roof is the hard to find version that everyone wants.

Interesting Facts: The tampo reads Wesserling Bussang and the bus would have been owned by a hotel and it would have been used by the hotel to collect patrons from the train station etc.


Vincent Fontaine; Wesserling-Bussang (Black Roof)	Vincent Fontaine; Wesserling-Bussang (Red Roof)		Extract from "Models of Yesteryear Catalogue 1992"	Issue variations

Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002"
A: VINCENT FONTAINE
Issue	Year of Release	Colour	Roof	Seats	Rear Step	Wheels	Plated Parts	Windows	Baseplate	Rarity	Box
1	1991	Bright yellow body, gloss black chassis	Black	Mid brown	Mid brown	Red 12 spoke	Brass	Clear perspex	MATCHBOX © 1986 Y44 Y25 CHINA		N1
2		Darker yellow body, gloss black chassis	Black	Mid brown	Mid brown	Red 12 spoke	Brass	Clear perspex	MATCHBOX © 1986 Y44 Y25 CHINA		N1
3		Bright yellow body, gloss black chassis	Red	Mid brown	Mid brown	Red 12 spoke	Brass	Clear perspex	MATCHBOX © 1986 Y44 Y25 CHINA	R	N1
4		Darker yellow body, gloss black chassis	Red	Mid brown	Mid brown	Red 12 spoke	Brass	Clear perspex	MATCHBOX © 1986 Y44 Y25 CHINA	R	N1
Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare
Box: N1 - Red 'Made in China' with card diorama