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matchboxkiwi wrote:Colour looks to pale to me. The only yellow ISO I've seen looks the same colour as MB 27 Mercedes.
It isn't an early colour trial as the wheel are wide so it's not the one on front of the motorway box. I could have been intended for the 1971 re - colours I suppose.

Cheers Steve
Matchboxkiwi

Those wheels make this a late 1970s Japanese model era baseplate

SMS88 wrote:

matchboxkiwi wrote:Colour looks to pale to me. The only yellow ISO I've seen looks the same colour as MB 27 Mercedes.
It isn't an early colour trial as the wheel are wide so it's not the one on front of the motorway box. I could have been intended for the 1971 re - colours I suppose.

Cheers Steve
Matchboxkiwi

Those wheels make this a late 1970s Japanese model era baseplate

Hi SMS88 and Steve,

I received the model today... As a matter of fact, I think it's a Japanese edition (not a pre-pro).
See pics below. The colour doesn't look that pale, indeed... It's more like a shade of fluorescent yellow (compared to the yellow Miura I've put next to it).

Regards

The fact that the doors have clearly been sprayed while installed makes this look like a real factory paint job and the odd paint on the rivit could be accounted for if it was tray painted so now I see no reason not to regard this as a real colour trial for the Japanese run or perhaps a Brazilian because they did use this shade.Does this yellow match any models in the 1978 catalog - Superkings perhaps ??

It certainly looks like its a genuine item to me, The clear windows, wheels with no wear and bright unmarked paint. Very nice indeed.

looks good ,well done a nice buy
btw I like the dodge

The griffo looks very good my friend......a very very good find,...... as a matter of interest what ebay site was it listed on??

I also must agree with Reg,,,,, the SF#1 Dodge looks like a prepro/colour trial what more can you tell us about it?

there's another one on Christians site very nice
http://www.mboxcommunity.com/cfalkens/M ... c-prca.jpg

Didn't look at the wheel hubs closer enough so I agree could be a Japanese issue. Certainly a later issue.
Looks good to me what ever the story is behind it. Nice find.


Cheers Steve
Matchboxkiwi

That's a very nice find and what a difference good photos make. The thumbnail of the Dodge on Christian's site looks yellow, but it's described as orange. When I expand it, it looks more orange than David's one, unless it's the photos or my screen.

One for sale at harveys-matchbox
some pics there for comparison, perhaps.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-No-1 ... 4d0e3fea2c

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