You asked for our opinions with YOUR mind made up, and to use the term ABSURD is pretty offensive to those who feel your opinion could in fact be based on faulty or inadequate input on the model you have been shown by this collector. Old time collectors like Antonin, George, Nick, Tinman and I (And MANY others who are much more private) have been surprised many times in our lives with odd Lesneys still turning up that simply do not fit the 'Mold' of our previous knowledge of timelines, but were results of possible Lesney experimental production. The idea that somehow regular wheels were not experimented with on some early Superfast castings seems out of touch with known facts.
The 34C VW Camper with lowered roof was actually outdated when that modified roof was released in 1968. VW had switched away from the divided front windshield design after it's 1967 model year. Do you in fact know that the new re-design of this #23 VW Camper was not under way in the late 1968-1969 period as a regular wheel replacement for that outdated #34? On 3/7/69, according to a tag existing on a #23 Eccles Trailer Caravan, a small run of these Trailers were produced with just a single axle, and also having regular wheels. This Eccles was not released as a Superfast till 1971, but yet it's body castings were available in March of 1969 for factory experiments. Absurd?, no, just known facts that may also apply to this #23. The Pat App does indicate an early Superfast base, but does that really make the existence of regular wheel experimental models Absurd? Perhaps you just mis-spoke.......
