I remember seeing these in my old MB catalogs when I was little - around '71 or so,
but I've NEVER seen one until my cousin picked this one up for me.
The car is the Y-13 Daimler and it's mint and it even has the box!

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t32/Lummoxed/Ashtray.jpg

nice one lummox and for 18 bucks

If I remember right "Y" is for the larger 1/43? Models of yesteryear? So that thing must be fairly large.

Yes, the casting is pretty much identical to the Y-13 1/43rd Daimler Models of Yesteryear.
Other than the chrome finnish, the only difference is 2 posts cast into the base
so it can be screwed to the base.

I wonder how hard this series is to find?
Not that I'm big into it, but it was a nice gift from my favorite cousin.

Yes, the casting is pretty much identical to the Y-13 1/43rd Daimler Models of Yesteryear.
Other than the chrome finnish, the only difference is 2 posts cast into the base
so it can be screwed to the base.

I wonder how hard this series is to find?
Not that I'm big into it, but it was a nice gift from my favorite cousin.

This model is 1:45 scale. The Veterans or plated series is still fairly accessable but your cousin did very well with this one. Boxed models are not easily found and at that price a bargain. Nice catch.

very nice sounds like a good deal at $18.00 :)
the three pack veteran gif set was around for a while and more retail ready.

Veteran gift set were sold in 3-packs?!?!
These don't strike me as something that would have sold particularly well as a single,
then add 2 more to the mix? I'm shocked!
Very interesting.

Thanks for all the nice info, guys!

somebody might be able to post a picture of the three pack. i know it was in the early seventies catalogs , i’ll try and post it. it was a window box about three times the length of a single yesteryear window box.

another line was the souvenir matchbox. here is a souvenirs gold y-13 crossley pen stand.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1551/crosselyy13goldapc6.jpg

What's that one, early-mid eighties or so?

When I was a child it wasnt unusual to visit somebody´s home and see one of these YY plated ashtrays. I can remember my uncle had one and i was suprised that the car couldnt be driven off the ashtray.........the ultra-rare issue is the Buggatti type 33, one of the nicest YY after the blower Bentley IMHO

very nice

it was a mid 1970’s release.
here is the three pack from the 1971 pocket catalog.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/76/1971catalogvetrh8.jpg

This thread's allmost 3 years old?!?!?! Time flies!

Digging it up for obvious reasons.

And we haven't seen the Mighty Mountain around for a long time!

It's a very interesting release, Lummox. It would be a great addition to any Lesney collection.