#43A Hillman Minx

This is another of the first Matchbox cars I bought way back when. It dates back to a time before Lesney began putting in interiors and "glass" into the window openings. The Hillman Minx was a British family saloon, which Matchbox put into  production in 1958, while the Rootes Group (Commer, Hillman , Humber, Karrier, Singer, Sunbeam, and Talbot) built the real Minx from 1956-67. In 1967 Chrysler bought the Rootes Group, and then sold it to Peugeot 11 years later. — jc