#23b Atlas (Dump Truck) Pre Pro?!

[Sir_Matchbox_96]

Hi all,
this pair arrived today. Yes nice doubledecker bus, but I was on the hunt for the 23b Atlas.
It was a 'buy it now' listing in ebay and the colour looks unusual to me so I bought it. When it arrived today it appears to have a wheel error, too.
The Atlas has clear Windows, a gray interior, 'maltese cross' wheels and a plastic China base, but see yourself in the pictures.
I'am not sure if it ever got a tipper body attached, because it does not show the typical wear to the body.
I visited Christian Falkensteiners website (Christian your page is awesome!!!) and he listed one with 'Dot Dash' wheels as a Pre Pro.
So I'am not sure if it is a pre pro or whatever...
I hope some superfast experts will help.

Greetings,
Linus

[motorman]

A bit modern for me however this Atlas was a multi-pack issue and should have a yellow dump. The maltese wheels are correct for this china issue as is the grey interior and clear glazing.

Not a prepro but the wheel error is nice!

[mbox75]

Hallo Linus

Hier in diese Packung gehört der Atlas Dump Truck rein.



Gruss Mathias

[fixer]

as Alex said should have a yellow tipper back like this
the other one puzzles me only seen it on Christians site before the tipper back doesn't have the raised square in the botttom

[Sir_Matchbox_96]

Thanks for the information Motorman.

@Mathias
Vielen Dank für das Bild Mathias, ich hatte schon den halben Tag das Interent durchforstet, habe aber nichts Richtiges gefunden.
Ist diese späte Variante selten? Ich habe den Atlas Kipper in der Farbkombination noch nie bei Ebay (Deutschland) gesehen und auch nie selbst in der Hand gehalten.
Ich habe 1,13€ + Versand bezahlt.

@'fixer'
Thanks Fixer! After closer examination I can see minimal signs of yellow paint to the body. It seems that the tipper was removed early, because the body does not show the typical wear (see pic below)

But all in all it has an interesting wheel error
I paid 1,13€ + postage.

Liebe Grüße,
Greetings,
Linus

[fixer]

still have a nice wheel error piece , so not all bad Linus

[tjlglass]

Still a tough one to find and one for the future.