German Window Box.s

[Miller]

How about these?

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[motorman]

Roland it does seem so odd to see a family saloon namely that Citroen jumping over such a huge gap!
I hope the family are well strapped in!!!!

[Miller]

MM, the jumping car is a BLMC, not a Citroen and AFIAK it was thought to be a sporty limousine for gentleman drivers

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And even if it was a Citroen, the also can fly

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[motorman]

Miller, thanks for pointing out my error, I love the rally image

[Idris]

Weren't the rights to that BMC concept car actually sold to Citroen, forming the basis for, I think, the BX range?

[ChFalkensteiner]

Weren't the rights to that BMC concept car actually sold to Citroën, forming the basis for, I think, the BX range?

First, BMC - rather than BLMC as stated further above - is the correct designation, as the real concept car was introduced just before the merger which created BLMC (British Leyland). The production car on which it was based - BMC ADO 17 - was, however, never sold under the BMC brand, but instead as Austin, Morris and Wolseley.

Second, this Pininfarina design most probably had some influence on the design of the Citroën CX, but there was no purchase involved. One can only assume that Robert Opron had a good look at this car when he designed the CX, but the CX design is credited to M. Opron alone, with no involvement by Pininfarina. The Citroën CX commenced production in 1974, seven years after the presentation of the BMC Pininifarina concept car.

The later Citroën BX was a Bertone design which had its origins in an earlier Bertone proposal for Reliant, more specifically for a saloon car known by the name of Reliant FW 11, which was developed by Reliant in the mid 1970s. It was intended to be produced by Otosan of Turkey to replace its then current Anadol range. The Turkish project was not proceeded with though (the old Anadol continued for a few more years and was then replaced by the Ford Taunus originally from Germany), which resulted in the design being passed on to Citroën, which put it into production as the BX in 1981.

[ChFalkensteiner]

Getting back to the German window boxes, anybody interested can see them all on my website.

A few years back I was lucky to find a full set of the first 75 cards from 1979 at the Houten swapmeet - i.e. only the cards without the boxes to hold the models. It appears that no boxes had ever been attached to those cards. I have no knowledge about the history of that particular set and do not know what purpose it was intended for nor if there were more like it.

I also have some complete boxes with cards (even purchased some leftover examples at toy shops in Germany during the 1990s), but I do not have any of the boxes made for replacement models issued in 1980 and 1981. Those are generally much scarcer than the first 75 and usually go for prices which are higher than I am willing to pay. The reason is that those later models were most commonly issued in generic window boxes depicting a road scene with no cars with the model number stamped on. Those generic boxes advertise the individual boxes on their backs, which is somewhat ironic, as those individual boxes became quickly hard to find once the generic ones had been issued.

Although I do not have any of the replacement boxes in my own collection, I think that I have pictures of all of them on my website by now, so by checking out the page linked to above you can get a complete overview.

[leonty24]

Hi Christian,

Thanks for information on the box's do you now for how long these box's were in use as you will see that i have
examples of both plus 3 in the clear box's.

I would be quite happy to take pictures of them individually if you like.

My German is very bad can you tell me what the text at the bottom right corner on rear of the box says please.

Dave

[TOYRFIC]

I have few of these German window boxes. The diorama with the model was very creative.
I need to hunt for more!

[leonty24]

You are not alone!!!!!!!