A wonderful car. The Riley was in the first group of cars issued in 1956 and to my mind the best. It is a superbly designed car and the model reflects this well.
The red model is generally the normal 205 so this is a particularly rare find to have a red one with a working Mechanical motor. The paint on this one is excellent with only a small number of small chips and the silver work is good and the wheels and tyres sound. The black base is very clean apart from the usual wear on the 'differential' housing.
This is possibly one of the rarest models that you might have found in a box at your local toy shop in my collection at the moment.
You really will not see many of these around. Very rare and an excellent investment. I also have a similar model without a box.