This favourite amongst "Models of Yesteryear" collectors was chosen by The Matchbox International Collectors' Association to be its first Code 1 model some 11 years after its formation in 1984 by Stewart Orr and Kevin McGimpsey.

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The YY027/SB was released to M.I.C.A members in May 1996. It had an identical casting configuration to that of the Great Beers of the World series - YGB11 'Whitbreads' 1996 issue 4, and the Yesteryear and Collectibles legends were tampo printed. The series number, however was printed in capitals. A collector in the U.S.A. found a Club Model with 'Models of Yesteryear ® Matchbox Collectibles' cast in the old format with the same test text tampo printed over the top. This variation appears to be unique, but other examples must surely exist. The box had a print design traditionally associated with that of the E1 box and end flaps endorsed with 'OLD Y-27 MODEL'.

Total production was 3,500.

Note: *Some wheel hubs were modified so that the axle hole did not go right through the wheel hub; hence the axle end was not visible in the centre of the wheel. This is Type B.

(1996)

Scale: 1:72