Rarest of all Boxes

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Rarest of all Boxes

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Hi all, just a question on Boxes. Out of all the RW boxes what would you considered the rarest/hardest to find??? If this has been talked about before...sorry

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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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there are a bunch

#22 pontiac grand prix F type box is one
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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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d-boxes. 55a, 66a, 47a, 53a.

e-boxes, 1d, 46b, the 34 showing the green volks. Gavin showed it a while back

f-boxes. As Dan said the 22 is the toughest. Some of the transitional are htf.

May have missed a few.

Can't really comment on any of the other series. Pretty much stick to the d,e and f.

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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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Lrrp59 wrote:d-boxes. 55a, 66a, 47a, 53a.

e-boxes, 1d, 46b, the 34 showing the green volks. Gavin showed it a while back

f-boxes. As Dan said the 22 is the toughest. Some of the transitional are htf.

May have missed a few.

Can't really comment on any of the other series. Pretty much stick to the d,e and f.

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ill add to the E - 14d 17d 36c
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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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Thanks Dan and Jeff for the response. So would you say a 46B E-type box is rare or just hard to find???

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I'd also add the 58a D-box - that and the other 4 D boxes mentioned seem to be the really tough ones.

There are quite a few F boxes that can be tough - 22c and 14d as mentioned are probably the hardest, but several others are quite scarce - 55d, 5d, 74b with red model, 8e, 67b etc.

A-B-C boxes are all apportioned roughly the same rarity, but there are certainly some of those that tend to be harder to find than others.

I think the E-box for the 46b is rare, but not the rarest of the E boxes - I think the 1d and 34b E boxes are rarer, but that's just my opinion and one of many...

Here's the picture I posted a while back that Jeff mentions (I like sharing it!):

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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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Gavin, thanks for the pics and BTW the 46B E-type box is on my list ;) and it's close to the top just below the 50A C-type box
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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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I have a few really rare boxes to get :( but I do have these ones :) .

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These ones below I did find hard to find with the letter "S" on the door of the 59a box.

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There are also a few other regular wheel boxes quite hard to find.

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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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Hi George.
Is this one of the rare boxes?
But unfortunately not in good condition.
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Re: Rarest of all Boxes

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and this two boxes could be rare also
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