MB13 Baja Buggy Base differences

[nearlymint]

Just for info, not sure where it changes in production but my prepro has the thin base and I have one standard model with the thin base but that has the cat label.(Both have no rear interior braces)
All of the rest I have had (30) have had the thicker base.

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[mbox75]

Hi Jason

You have sharp Eyes.here my variants, plus by the front engine block, cast and open









Cheers Mathias

[Idris]

Since the louvres have now cropped up, can someone please remind me which is the rare one? Is it the 12 or 13 louvre variant (or is this just a different between the two tools)?

[nearlymint]

Hi Mathias,
What label does your thin base have?
Hugh I have 19 Baja,s , 5 of them are 12 rib.
Jason

[Idris]

I have 19 Baja,s , 5 of them are 12 rib.

It doesn't sound as though they are particularly rare then. (At this stage, my guess would be a detail difference between the two tools.)

[mbox75]

Hello Jason

My First Casting has a FLower Label.

CHeers Mathias

[ChFalkensteiner]

I have 19 Baja,s , 5 of them are 12 rib.

It doesn't sound as though they are particularly rare then. (At this stage, my guess would be a detail difference between the two tools.)

The 12 louvre casting is not particularly rare, but it is an early issue only made in the first year of production approximately (1971/72). To my knowledge it is only found in combination with black exhausts. It is however found both without and with the engine brace.

[fixer]

No casting differences on my ones but some nice colour variety especially like the dark green