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Personally I find these ones with the black crane wire very rare in the uk, I do not have one complete myself(no hook version) somewhere.But i have seen them a few times for sale in the USA.
Very nice find and in very good condition. J

nearlymint wrote:Personally I find these ones with the black crane wire very rare in the uk, I do not have one complete myself(no hook version) somewhere.But i have seen them a few times for sale in the USA.
Very nice find and in very good condition. J

I agree with Jason, the black hook wire variation is quite rare. Here are some my variations, please add your variations, if I have overlooked anything.

From the left to the right:

1) yellow weight box § body, black hook wire, black hydrosleeve, red bumper decal
2) yellow weight box § body, white hook wire, grey hydrosleeve, red bumper decal
3) yellow weight box § body, white hook wire, black hydrosleeve, red bumper decal
4) red weight box § yellow body, white hook wire, black hydrosleeve, red bumper decal
5) red weight box § yellow body, white hook wire, black hydrosleeve, red bumper label
6) red weight box § yellow body, white hook wire, black hydrosleeve, orange-red bumper label

Antonin

Comparision of the white and black hook wire

Comparision of the grey and black hydrosleeves

Comparision of the very early decal (on the model with black hook wire) with the late decal (on the model with red weight box and bumper label). I can not see any difference (as mentioned in the Nick´s list)

Comparision of the red bumper label with the orange-red bumper label (small difference, hard to take the photo)

Haven't a clue about these but found this artist impression in my 1963. Pocket catalogue