List of 1973 Matchbox

Series 1-75

Most models in the 1973 Series 1-75 range were issued with Superfast Wheels.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Special Features	Color	Photo
1	Mod Rod	1971	Generic	red wheels	Yellow
2	Jeep Hot Rod	1971	Jeep		Pink
3	Monteverdi Hai	1973	Monteverdi	opening doors	Orange
4	Gruesome Twosome	1971	Generic		Metalflake gold-orange
5	Lotus Europa	1969	Lotus	opening doors	Metallic pink
6	Ford Pick-up	1968	Ford	removable topper	Red & white
7	Hairy Hustler	1971	Generic		Metalflake orange
8	Wildcat Dragster	1971	Ford		Orange
9	AMX Javelin	1972	AMC	opening doors	Metalflake light green
10	Mustang Piston Popper	1973	Ford	Rola-matic pistons move up and down when car rolls	Metallic blue
11	Flying Bug	1972	Volkswagen		Metalflake dark red
12	Setra Coach	1971	Setra		Red & white
13	Baja Buggy	1971	Generic		Metalflake light green
14	Iso Grifo	1968	Iso		Light blue
15	Fork Lift Truck	1972	Lansing Bagnall	tow hook	Red
16	Case Tractor	1969	Case	Removable yellow roof	Red & yellow
17	The Londoner	1972	Daimler		Red
18	Field Car	1969	International		Yellow & brown
19	Road Dragster	1971	Generic		Red
20	Lamborghini Marzal	1969	Lamborghini		Orange
21	Rod Roller	1973	Generic	front roller turns with steering stick	Yellow
22	Freeman Inter-City Commuter	1971	Freeman		Metallic pink
23	Volkswagen Camper	1970	Volkswagen		Orange
24	Team Matchbox	1973	Generic		Metalflake dark red
25	Mod Tractor	1972	Generic	tow hook	Metalflake pink
26	Big Banger	1972	Generic		Red
27	Lamborghini Countach	1973	Lamborghini		Yellow
28	Mack Dump Truck	1968	Mack		Lime green
29	Racing Mini	1971	Mini		Metalflake red
30	Beach Buggy	1971	Generic		Metallic pink
31	Volks-Dragon	1972	Volkswagen		Red
32	Maserati Bora	1972	Maserati	opening doors	Metalflake pink
33	Datsun 126X	1973	Datsun	opening rear engine cover	Yellow
34	Formula 1	1971	Generic		Metallic pink
35	Merryweather Fire Engine	1970	Merryweather		Metallic red
36	Hot Rod Draguar	1970	Jaguar		Red
37	Soopa Coopa	1972	Generic		Metalflake blue
38	Stingeroo	1972	Generic		Metalflake magenta
39	Clipper	1973	Generic	Rola-matic exhaust tips move up and down when rolled	Metallic pink
40	Vauxhall Guildsman	1971	Vauxhall		Pink
41	Siva Spyder	1972	Siva		Metallic red
42	Tyre Fryer	1972	Generic		Metalflake blue
43	Dragon Wheels	1972	Volkswagen	Body lifts up	Light green
44	Boss Mustang	1972	Ford	opening hood	Yellow & black
45	Ford Group 6	1969	Ford		Metallic dark red
46	Stretcha Fetcha	1972	Generic	opening rear door	White
47	DAF Tipper Container Truck	1968	DAF	tipping box with removable cover	Gray & yellow
48	Pi-Eyed Piper	1972	Dodge		Metalflake blue
49	Chop Suey	1973	Generic		Metallic pink
50	Articulated Truck	1973	Generic	pivoting removable trailer	Yellow & blue
51	Citroen S.M.	1972	Citroen	opening doors	Metalflake red-orange
52	Dodge Charger MkIII	1970	Dodge	opening canopy	Green
53	Tanzara	1972	Leyland	opening rear hatch	Orange
54	Ford Capri	1971	Ford	opening hood	Red
55	Mercury (Commuter Police Car)	1971	Mercury		White
56	BMC 1800 Pininfarina	1969	BMC	opening doors	Orange
57	Wildlife Truck	1973	Ford	Rola-matic lion in back rotates when rolled	Yellow
58	Woosh-N-Push	1972	Generic		Yellow
59	Mercury (Park Lane Fire Chief Car)	1971	Mercury		Red
60	Lotus Super Seven	1971	Lotus		Orange
61	Blue Shark	1971	Generic		Metalflake blue
62	Mercury Cougar	1971	Mercury		Lime green
63	Freeway Gas Tanker	1973	Generic	pivoting trailer	Red & white
64	Slingshot Dragster	1971	Generic		Orange
65	Saab Sonnet	1973	Saab	opening rear hatch	Metallic blue
66	Mazda RX 500	1972	Mazda	opening rear hatch	Orange
67	Hot Rocker	1973	Ford	Rola-matic engine hops when rolled	Metalflake light green
68	Porsche 910	1970	Porsche		Metallic red
69	Turbo Fury	1973	Generic	Rola-matic fans in rear rotates when rolled	Metalflake red
70	Dodge Dragster	1971	Dodge	body opens	Pink
71	Jumbo Jet	1973	Generic		Metallic blue
72	Hovercraft SRN 6	1972	Saunders-Roe		White & black
73	Mercury Commuter	1968	Mercury		Red
74	Toe Joe	1972	Generic	pivoting booms & hooks	Metalflake light green
75	Alfa Carabo	1971	Alfa Romeo		Metallic pinkish-purple

Super Kings

The following models were available in the Super Kings range for 1973.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
K-1	Hydraulic Excavator	1970	O&K	operational boom	Red & gray
K-2	Scammell Heavy Wreck Truck	1969	Scammell	operational boom & hooks	Gold & red
K-3	Massey Ferguson Tractor & Trailer	1970	Massey Ferguson	removable trailer with dumping bed	Red & yellow
K-4	Leyland Tipper Truck	1974	Leyland	operational bed & tailgate	Red with gold dump bed
K-5	Muir-Hill Tractor & Trailer	1972	Muir-Hill	removable trailer with dumping bed	Yellow
K-6	Cement Mixer	1971	GMC	mixer drum spins with wheels	Blue cab, red chassis, yellow plastic drum
K-7	Racing Car Transporter	1973	Generic	opening doors and ramp	Yellow
K-8	Caterpillar Traxcavator	1970	Caterpillar	shovel deck raises & lowers	Yellow
K-9	Fire Tender	1973	Generic	rotating ladder	Red
K-10	Pipe Truck	1967	Scammell	removable trailer with six interlocking pipes	Pink
K-11	DAF Car Transporter	1969	DAF	car ramp & upper deck raises & lowers	Yellow & orange
K-12	Scammell Mobile Crane	1969	Scammell	operational boom	Orange
K-13	Building Transporter	1971	DAF	removable unassembled yellow site hut	Light green
K-14	Scammell Freight Liner	1971	Scammell		Blue
K-15	The Londoner	1973	Daimler	Opening doors and Starting bell,	Red
K-16	Dodge Tractor with Fruehauf Tippers	1966	Dodge	dumping beds with removable trailer	Yellow with blue dump beds
K-17	Low-Rider with Bulldozer	1967	Ford + Case	removable trailer & bulldozer	Red truck & lime green trailer with yellow & red bulldozer
K-18	Articulated Horse Box	1966	Dodge	opening ramps with four removable white horses	Red truck with orange trailer
K-19	Scammell Tipper Truck	1967	Scammell	dumping bed	Red truck with yellow dump bed
K-20	Cargo Hauler and Pallet Loader	1973	DAF + Lansing Bagnall	removable pallets with lift truck and ramp	Lime green

Speed Kings

The following models were available in the Speed Kings range for 1973.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Special Features	Color	Photo
K-21	Cougar Dragster	1971	Mercury	opening doors	Purple
K-22	Dodge Dragster	1971	Dodge	Opening doors	Orange
K-23	Mercury Police Car	1969	Mercury	opening doors	White
K-24	Lamborghini Miura	1969	Lamborghini	opening rear hatch	Red
K-25	Sea Burst Power Boat and Trailer	1971			White and orange boat with yellow trailer
K-26	Mercedes Benz Ambulance	1971	Mercedes-Benz	opening doors and rear hatch with removable stretcher	White
K-27	Camping Cruiser	1971	Generic	opening rear door and top hatch	Yellow
K-28	Drag Pack	1971	Mercury	Mercury Commuter with Cougar Dragster on Trailer	Light green Mercury Commuter, pink Cougar dragster, yellow trailer
K-29	Miura Seaburst Set	1971	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Muira with Seaburst Power Boat on Trailer	Lamborghini Muira with white and orange boat on yellow trailer
K-30	Mercedes C.111	1972	Mercedes-Benz	opening rear hatch	Light green
K-31	Bertone Runabout	1972	Bertone		Orange
K-32	Shovel Nose	1972	Generic	opening hatch	Yellow
K-33	Citroen S.M.	1972	Citroen	opening doors	Dark red
K-34	Thunderclap	1972	Generic		Yellow
K-35	Lightning	1972	Generic		Red
K-36	Bandolero	1972	Generic		Blue
K-37	Sandcat	1973	Generic		Orange
K-38	Gus's Gulper	1973	Ford	body lifts up	Pink
K-39	Milligan's Mill	1973	Ford	body lifts up	Lime green
K-40	Blaze Trailer	1973	Generic	hatch lifts up	Red
K-41	Fuzz Buggy	1973	Generic	hatch lifts up	White
K-42	Nissan 270X	1973	Nisan	hatch lifts up	Orange
K-43	Cambuster	1973	Generic		Yellow
K-44	Bazooka	1973	Generic		Red
K-45	Maurauder	1973	Generic		Pink
K-46	Racing Car Pack	1973	Mercury	Mercury Commuter with Thunderclap on Trailer	Yellow Mercury Commuter, yellow Thunderclap, blue & yellow trailer
K-47	Easy Rider	1973	Generic		Blue and red trike with yellow rider
K-48	Mercedes 350 SLC	1973	Mercedes-Benz		Red
K-49	Ambulance	1973	Generic		White
K-50	Street Rod	1973	Generic		Green with black top
K-51	Barracuda	1973	Generic		Blue

Sky Busters

The following models were available in the Sky Busters range for 1973.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
SB-1	LearJet	1973	Gates		Yellow & white
SB-2	Corsair A7D	1973	Ling-Temco-Vought		Green & white
SB-3	A 300B	1973	Airbus		Silver & white
SB-4	Mirage F1	1973	Dassault		Red
SB-5	Starfighter F-104	1973	Lockheed		White & silver
SB-6	MIG 21	1973	Mikoyan-Gurevich		Blue
SB-7	Junkers 87B	1973	Junkers		Green
SB-8	Spitfire	1973	Supermarine		Green
SB-9	Cessna 402	1973	Cessna		Green & white
SB-10	Boeing 747	1973	Boeing		White & Blue
SB-11	Alpha Jet	1973	Dassault/Dornier		Red
SB-12	Skyhawk A4F	1973	Douglas		Blue & White
SB-13	DC10	1973	McDonnell Douglas		White & Red
SB-14	Cessna 210	1973	Cessna		Orange & White
SB-15	Phantom F4E	1973	McDonnell Douglas		White
SB-16	Corsair F4U-4	1973	Vought		Blue

Models of Yesteryear

The following models were available in the Models of Yesteryear range for 1973.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
Y-1	1911 Ford Model T	1966	Ford		Red & white
Y-2	1914 Prince Henry Vauxhall	1971	Vauxhall		Metallic blue
Y-3	1934 Riley MPH	1973	Riley		Red
Y-4	1909 Opel Coupe	1967	Opel		White
Y-5	1907 Peugeot	1969	Peugeot		Yellow & black
Y-6	1913 Cadillac	1967	Cadillac		Metallic green
Y-7	1912 Rolls-Royce	1968	Rolls-Royce		Silver & red
Y-8	1914 Stutz	1969	Stutz		Metallic red
Y-9	1912 Simplex	1968	Simplex		Red
Y-10	1906 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost	1969	Rolls-Royce		Green
Y-11	1938 Lagonda Drophead	1973	Lagonda		Red & Gold
Y-12	1909 Thomas Flyabout	1967	Thomas		Blue & tan
Y-13	1918 Crossley RAF Tender	1973	Crossley		Blue with tan top
Y-14	1931 Stutz Bearcat	1974	Stutz	Release delayed to 1974	Light and dark green
Y-15	1930 Packard Victoria	1969	Packard		Gold
Y-16	1928 Mercedes SS	1972	Mercedes-Benz		Green & black
Y-17	1938 Hispano Suiza	1975	Hispano Suiza	Release delayed to 1975	Silver & black

External links

• Matchbox Collectors Catalogue International Edition 1973, www.realpriceguides.com
• Matchbox Collectors Catalogue U.K. Edition 1973, www.flipsnack.com