Models of Yesteryear Y-3/2; 1910 Benz Limousine

These are the box notes: "For a 4 cyIinder car of 4.85 litres, this was an advanced machine in its day and could comfortably cruise at almost sixty miles per hour. This ‘Model of Yesteryear’ has been reproduced from the actual machine in the famous Daimler-Benz Museum at Stuttgart in Germany."

The 1910 Benz Limousine was the second MOY to have the number Y-3 (Y-3/2). It was produced from 1965 to 1984. It can be found in cream with a yellow roof, in light green with light yellow, black or dark green roof, dark metallic green with a yellow roof and a number of other colours. It is the colours listed which attract a premium. Dark metallic green with the holes in the base (which are for plinth mounting) filled in is the rarest model. It was also released in 1984 as part of the Connoisseur Collection. It had another outing in 1996 as part of the Matchbox Collectibles series