MB 60 Holden Pickup query.

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Alex,

I think these are numbered 1 through 12 - Christian's site has pictures of them all. I think there were a dozen on each sprue with a different number for each position or something like that. Pretty sure there was a thread about this on Befora...

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Taniwha wrote:Alex,

I think these are numbered 1 through 12 - Christian's site has pictures of them all. I think there were a dozen on each sprue with a different number for each position or something like that. Pretty sure there was a thread about this on Befora...

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That sounds very plausible Gavin..........so a bike numbered 13 would be htf then :lol:
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Mine is number 12 and when I looked through images loads of different ones came up......Silly me thought I may have had an unknown number....So do's that make the Holden a million plus variable?.Or is it just classed as one car with various numbered motorbikes?.
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misterpop wrote:So do's that make the Holden a million plus variable?.
Actually, it's not that bad. If each bike can be numbered from 1 to 12, then there are only 144 (= 12 x 12) possible permutations.
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Idris wrote:
misterpop wrote:So do's that make the Holden a million plus variable?.
Actually, it's not that bad. If each bike can be numbered from 1 to 12, then there are only 144 (= 12 x 12) possible permutations.
I wonder who could have as near a complete collection of these then...are you reading this "Mathias"...!

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Idris wrote:
misterpop wrote:So do's that make the Holden a million plus variable?.
Actually, it's not that bad. If each bike can be numbered from 1 to 12, then there are only 144 (= 12 x 12) possible permutations.
Are you sure Hugh. Have you factored in colour variations in the bikes in addition to the racing numbers?
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motorman wrote:
Idris wrote:
misterpop wrote:So do's that make the Holden a million plus variable?.
Actually, it's not that bad. If each bike can be numbered from 1 to 12, then there are only 144 (= 12 x 12) possible permutations.
Are you sure Hugh. Have you factored in colour variations in the bikes in addition to the racing numbers?
No. I'm talking solely about the racing numbers.
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78 8-)
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78 possible number variations because I subtracted the the variations of the same numbers on the left or right bike.

So if we start with the left bike #1, we have 12 possibilities from #1 to #12 for the right bike.
Left bike #2, only 11 possibilities are left, as #2 with #1 are the same two bikes as #1 with #2 and already included in the first 12.
So with bike #3, there are only 10 left etc. until we come to #12 with only one combination left that's not already covered with lower numbers: #12 with a second #12.
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cOO7rgi wrote:78 possible number variations because I subtracted the the variations of the same numbers on the left or right bike.

So if we start with the left bike #1, we have 12 possibilities from #1 to #12 for the right bike.
Left bike #2, only 11 possibilities are left, as #2 with #1 are the same two bikes as #1 with #2 and already included in the first 12.
So with bike #3, there are only 10 left etc. until we come to #12 with only one combination left that's not already covered with lower numbers: #12 with a second #12.
Agreed.
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