Mebetoys Model #A-27, Ferrari P4

This is an early model in the Mebetoys series and appeared in 1968. It first appeard in the 1968 Mebetoys catalog.Based on the Ferrari 330 P4 race car, the Mebetoys Ferrari P4, model number A-27, was converted to make the Gran Toros Ferrari P4 (model # 6614). Both models were made simultaneously until the Hot Wheels Gran Toros series (Series Sputafuoco) was discontinued. After 1972 some of the Mebetoys version of this model (#A-27) were packaged in the third generation European package that had the Gran Toros name on the sticker. Outside of the box this model is indistinguishable from the Series Mebetoys model and has a different base and wheels as the Hot Wheels Gran Toros / Sputafuoco version (model # 6614).