This little building is another of the earliest sets available to complement the town plan. With a coloured row of bricks at the base and a rounded corner at the rear, it has the same deco feel as the larger Esso service station.
It came supplied with two lamp posts and two Volkswagen Beetles (long version). Such boxed versions as I've seen online usually have the cars in the colours shown above.
At the rear of the building is a car-sized entry next to the back door. This allows a car to be put on display in the window, though getting it in and out tends to involve some jiggling and rattling around.
My building has been assembled entirely from period-correct cellulose acetate parts, including the old plates with the waffle pattern underneath. Because it's relatively small, the building doesn't fall apart as easily as larger structures, but should still be handled with some care.
The sign above the special display window was localised for each market and therefore exists in a number of language versions. To keep things neutral, it was illustrated without text in folders, idea book and the rear of the town plan.
The display window and printed brick were available separately with a single Beetle (held together with a printed strip of paper around them), next to the pavilion as a whole in a boxed set. The lamp posts were also available separately in a box of four.
Images from a Belgian version of the 1958 folder, from which I took over the nice 'pavilion' description. A single Beetle on its own cost 15 Belgian Francs at the time (compared to a plain loaf of bread at 7 - 7.50 francs). On the internet it's easy to find building instructions for this garage, either by name or set number.
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