Best Box model cars catalogue

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Best Box was a Dutch manufacturer of miniature cars More

On November 1, 1960, Mr. J. van Min the company "IFABEX" op.
This company became/was owner of Best-Box from Amerongen.
The sales office Vanmin from Voorburg was the importer of the Danish Tekno,
and later Vanmin would also completely take over the production of Tekno and move it to the Netherlands.

Vanmin wanted to have a Dutch counterpart for Matchbox
For this, Vanmin contacted metal sprayer Brouwer from Amerongen.
Brouwer contacted construction workshop Spiejo from Hilversum, of Messrs Spierenburg and De Jong.
Spiejo made the molds (moulds) for the models, which Brouwer cast.
In 1960.? the first model came out, a Ford T.
This model was commissioned by the hat company "Pelger" from The Hague, on the occasion of their 50th anniversary.
The second model was a DAF 600, allegedly based on a Lion Toys model.

The first Best Box models were mainly passenger cars and Formula 1 racing cars
and some DAF trucks.

In 1968 the company was taken over by the Fund for Social Institutions (FSI) and moved to Heerlen.
In 1971 the name was changed to Efsi, perhaps because the name was very similar to Matchbox.
There are also various models made in Chile in the 1970s and/or 1980s.

In 1988 production was discontinued and company name changed to "HOLLAND OTO" now in Weert

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