Trawling eBay last week and found this Race & Chase that heralds from Japan. Branded 'Matchbox' it does not divulge a year but it's reasonable to assume its from 79/80 - the golden era for this product.
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Packaging is more european than the sparse US Speedtrack 'thrown in a box' look. Of note here is the the Japanese Police car which I shall comment on further down. Note the Race & Chase controllers branded as Speedtrack. Also of note is the inclusion of the Porsche Turbo - not a Corvette.
So here is the rare(?) black and white Police car - funnily enough I always wondered as a kid why the Police car wasn't black and white as most US police cars seemed to be.
As I pondered this I was contacted by Jonas Nordlindh who supplied this shot he found on the web.Of massive interest is the abundance of b&w police cars but also the Yellow cab version! If anyone can supply more information on this I would love to hear from you.
I am also extremely envious of whoever this lot belongs to - not lost on me is the ultra rare Saab and the still to be owned Escort.
I wonder if they have the 1980 Disco Chevy van?...
