Lotus – original vintage early 2000s? new old stock Manhattan Windsor keyring with dark tan leather keyfob

An original new old stock Lotus keyring which we would think will have been produced in the early 2000s .

We have just this one keyring in this new old stock condition with this dark tan leather keyfob to offer – when this keyring has been sold this listing will be cancelled .

These Manhattan Windsor Lotus keyrings had quite a long period of production  – probably from the 1980s into the early 2000s.

This particular example is mounted onto the original plain display card  – so we would think that it dates from the early 2000s .

Having a plain un-printed display card leads us to believe that it will have been one of the last of these keyrings which Manhattan Windsor produced and most unusually in dark tan leather whereas all other examples which we have ever listed have been in black leather .

Earlier examples usually came mounted onto a display card printed with Manhattan Windsor’s details .

This keyring is in new old stock condition with a vitreous enamel badge mounted onto a genuine full grain dark tan leather keyfob gold embossed ‘ TOP GRAIN LEATHER ‘ .

The vitreous enamelling is in green and the ‘ egg yolk ‘ yellow which Manhattan Windsor generally used for these Lotus keyrings .

The keyring is still mounted onto it’s original display card within a cellophane sleeve .

Cellophane tends to go brittle with age and the cellophane sleeve has become damaged when we opened it to inspect & photograph the keyring .

Made by Manhattan Windsor Co. of Birmingham – their details are cast onto the back of the badge .

Manhattan Windsor have now sadly been closed for many years – they were the best known British manufacturer of top quality automotive keyrings from the 1970s onwards and their products were exported all over the world .

The quality of their leather automotive keyrings has never been equalled before or since .

Superb quality British made keyrings the like of which we will probably never see again .

The keyring in the photos is the actual one which you will receive .