Picked this up in a job lot.......

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Picked this up in a job lot.......

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ImageIMG_20190123_203321 by Kevin Payne, on Flickr
ImageIMG_20190123_203332 by Kevin Payne, on Flickr
Complete except for one tyre.
Any info on this?,it looks like a pretty unusual colour for this model,not my taste but why this 'gold' ??
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Comes from the 1961-64 Golden Guinea gift set as shown below.
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Ah...,i recall seeing another model in this colour,possibly from a similar set.
So you reckon its worth leaving as is,or shall i use it for one of my planned resto's?
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kevspeed wrote:Ah...,i recall seeing another model in this colour,possibly from a similar set.
So you reckon its worth leaving as is,or shall i use it for one of my planned resto's?
Lots of collectors out there would love this as a filler in the collection until a better one came along. I for one never had one. My motto is still "Condition only matters if I already have one."

I'd resell it as-is if you don't want to keep it yourself.
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