Rare Ichida Corvette Sting Ray 001 diamond finger Japanese, circa early 1960s, red and cream tinplate body, racing number '001', registration number 'Df-001', plated side exhausts and other parts, blue driver, hidden machine guns to bonnet, in box with illustrated lift off lid (E box G) 31 cm Literature See Smith, Ron & Gallagher, William C., the Big book of tin Toy cars Commercial and racing Vehicles, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Pa, USA, 2004, p.169 (illus.) for similar example.