Moko Lesney Matchbox 42b Studebaker lark wagonaire

The body was recoloured to a slightly lighter medium dark blue as found on the 12c Land Rover and the roof slide was recoloured to a much lighter blue as found on the 7b Anglia which can vary from light blue to light blue-grey. The slide kept its new light blue-grey shade throughout the rest of production until the last recolour when it reverted back to the original shade of dark blue.
Later still the model was recoloured again to a lighter more turquoise shade of blue which can be found in a bright or much duller shade.
The final recolouring was back to the medium dark blue (12c) which was very similar to the earlier shade used but this last recolour was with a new two pack paint which uses a pale blue undercoat so although looking similar to the earlier version it is actually quite different.

It should be noted that the various paint shades used to colour this model are notoriously difficult to photograph as the photos always seem to look more turquoise and this effect is hightened when models are photographed with a flash or under artificial light.
To add a little interest Lesney included a white or off white plastic hunter and dog with the model which are pictured on the front of the box, I would include photographs but my own hunter and dog are not at hand at the moment so photos will follow soon.
All colour variations can be found with or without a towing guide cast in which makes me think that both types were in production for the life of the model.
Apart from the tow guide the only casting variation is to be found on the inside of the roof slide which can be found with or without a letter 'B' cast.
The Studebaker is a fairly common model and there are no rare variants, It was packaged in 'E' type boxes, the early boxes show a red car pictured, later boxes had an illustration in the correct colours.