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The first examples were delivered in June 1957, to a cheering public<br />

and press, but at the auto Show in September, there already was too<br />

much competition from other makers, thus initializing the writing on<br />

the wall for the small microcar manufacturing firms. victoria decided<br />

to pack it in, and their last car was delivered in February 1958. This<br />

example is significant in that it is the earliest known car, being the fourth<br />

built. It was restored in Canada for the first Bruce Weiner Collection,<br />

where it was sold, and then it returned to the museum seven years later.<br />

It is correct in every respect, down to the rare cloisonné victoria badge.<br />

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