Little red Car

This was found underground in the backyard of my recently purchased home (built 1900). It looks like a Matchbox car to me, or perhaps a  similar brand (UK maybe) that isn't produced anymore.
Being the toy car enthusiast I am, I cherish them all - even the rusty & recked. It's still cute and most of the red paint is still on. I think it had a high, dome roof (sort of like an old Bentley)
that rusted off. Any thoughts?

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Pics  are'nt in-largeing enough here but it looks like it might be what they called a tootsie car. And by the way... &   to the forum from Kansas.    Check out Ebay typing in "tootsie car" to see if you find one like it and see its worth maybe...TootsieToy is a manufacturer of die cast toy cars and other toy vehicles.
 
The TootsieToy brand has its origins in a range of miniature cars in the form of charms, pins, cuff links and the like, introduced circa 1901 by the Chicago based Dowst Brothers company. The first actual model car from the company was a 1911 closed limousine which was followed by a 1915 Ford Model T open tourer. By the early 1920s the name 'tootsie' was being used as a brand name and "Tootsietoy" was registered as a trade mark in 1924. The 'Tootsie' moniker apparently came from one of the Dowst Brothers' granddaughters, whose name was "Toots".[


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