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Some more photos of the blue Jag

and the comparison with other shades of blue colour by Jag. It is interesting that no blue shade of 65a does not match the blue of 65b Jag.
Antonin

Diecast wrote:It is interesting that no blue shade of 65a does not match the blue of 65b Jag.

That is odd since I think it has always been assumed that the pre-production 65b carried the same blue as the 65a.

Hi Antonin.
Welcome back, we missed you!.
Your blue 65b looks the same shade as the ever ready truck.
Good to see it also has clear windows, Christian has been looking for a 65b with clear windows but has been unable to find one, I guess a few were released in the standard colour but with pre pro glazing.

Hi Nick
I have compared it with 20b Ever Ready Truck and the blue colour of Jag is darker. It matches best to the shade of M6a Pickfords tractor.
Antonin

nickjones wrote: I guess a few were released in the standard colour but with pre pro glazing.

I agree with you Nick, it is the same situation as e.g. by 28c Jaguar with three line text and pre pro windows. There are a few models with four line text and pre pro windows.
Antonin

Idris wrote: ...The final UK Matchbox update in August 1983 provides details of a blue 65b which, at that time, was owned by John Marshall of California.The colour is the same as that of the non-metallic 65a. The baseplate is the usual silver-grey on both sides and it is fitted with SPW......

The difference between the gray wheels and silver wheels is very small. If we are suggestively convinced that there are silver wheels, so easily we can overlook the gray shade. My blue pre-pro Jag has GPW ø9,5X20 and no SPW. At first photo there are two models, one has a gray wheels and second one the silver wheels. At first glance, almost no difference.

As I have checked my models once more, I have noticed one red metallic model with GPW ø9,5x20. It seems to be an unlisted variation.
Antonin

And that is not all. One model has SPW ø9x24..... very strange....

There are mentioned two colours, metallic red (left) and red (middle). I have one model with different shade, something like darker red with maroon undertone(on the right)
Antonin