r/VintageMatchbox

I'm always looking for weird and obscure brands to add to the collection and this one definitely fits the bill. Tomte apparently had a decent sized line of cars back in the 70s but information has been kinda scarce. This seems to be a pretty hard to find and desirable car, had no idea when I bought it though. Its around 1:48 scale. Initially I thought it was a made of soft plastic but its closer to rubber or vinyl.

Clipped for the web:

The Ford Capri was conceived in the late 1960s as Europe’s answer to the massively successful North American Ford Mustang. It was built primarily at plants in the UK, Germany, and Belgium to balance costs while offering a sporty, accessible, and highly customizable fastback design.

I have seen these in Orange but they don’t come up that often.

I'm having a hard time finding another one of these in gold. All I see is silver. Box says 1995, but it could be a 1996 release. Let me know if you've got one, of any color!!

Minor resto work needed to bring them up.. but they're good.

Got an idea to write a blog about the ISO and another cast that I deem it's commercial rival. Will link / post on here if I ever get around to it.

Found this with the box

Paid $1.00 for this nice little M.G1100 no.64