'Superfast' wheel designs.

British made Matchbox Superfast 1969-83
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nearlymint wrote:Hi Ghosty,
The number 24 has all hollow wheels. front- M12,M15 rear-M1,M40.
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Thank you Jason, adding them to my listing already.

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SF 11A silver grey body, short front axle cover : M 11 - M 10 - M 11 - L 39. Hollow wheels.
SF 17A red cab, dk green box : 45 D - 46 D - 20 - 11. Solid wheels.
SF 21 A dark yellow cab, standard closed FLP : N 14 - N 24 - N 23 - N 45 - N 8 - N 1 - N 9 - N 33. Hollow wheels.
SF 30 A red body, orange crane : L 17 - M 34 - M 37 - L 47 - 40 D - 35 D - 45 D - 26 D. Mixed wheels (solid with tread at rear).
SF 30 A red body, gold crane : F 22 - M 5 - M 24 - M 20 - M 1 - F 22 - M 44 - F 1. Hollow wheels.
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SF 10A red body (GP) : L 11 - L 13 - L 4 - L 9 - F 14 - L 29 - L 22 - L 23. Hollow wheels.
SF 10A orange body (GP) : N 44 - L 24 - L 12 - M 24 - N 36 - L 13 - L 39 - M 12. Hollow wheels.
SF 10A orange body (YP) : N 38 - N 39 - N 40 - N 48 - N 37 - N 28 - N 22 - N 7. Hollow wheels.
SF 32A blue body, Aral : 13 D - 21 D - 11 C - 24 D - 41 D - 31 C - 18 C - 23 C / C 23. Solid wheels with tread.
SF 32A green body, BP : L 12 - M 36 - L 42 - M 29 - L 23 - M 31 - L 38 - L 24. Hollow wheels.
SF 32A purple body, NAMC : O 25 - O 25 - O 21 - O 8 - O 7 - O 46 - O 25 - O 24. Hollow wheels.
SF 32A purple body, no label : O 11 - O 17 - O 18 - O 34 - O 44 - O 8 - O 11 - O 16. Hollow wheels.
SF 32A red body, NAMC : M 25 - M 12 - J 16 - J 30 - M 35 - M 34 - M 33 - J 51. Hollow wheels.

This one cracked me up...
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That's an interesting one on the 'ARAL' Tanker, 23C c23. I wonder which was let into the tool surface first!

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I thought it would be easy to see the point when solid wheels became hollow wheels and looking at the moulding numbers we have had access to so far, it seems all narrow wheels with mould numbers going back to the letter 'L' are hollow, then the spanner in the works is the #24 Silver Shadow I mentioned earlier, with 'Trim-Strip' and the high arch, it has one hollow wheel with treads and F14 number!!

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GHOSTHUNTER wrote:That's an interesting one on the 'ARAL' Tanker, 23C c23. I wonder which was let into the tool surface first!

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To me when I enlarged the picture looks like the larger c cuts into the smaller one ,admittedly the image loses quality so could be wrong
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I agree with you Reg it does seem that way.

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SF 22b Intercity, purple body, label on sides : D 19 - E 48 - E 12 - D 54. Medium wheels (4 mm).
SF 27A Mercedes, off white body : J 34 - J 24 - J 23 - J 39. Thin solid wheels.
SF 31A Lincoln, green gold body : J 8 - J 39 - K 39 - K 48. Thin mixed wheels (hollow at rear).
SF 50A Kennel, dk met green body, black base: N 3 - N 46 - F 15 - L 45. Thin hollow wheels.
SF 51b Citroën, bronze body, orange int : G 2 - G 18 - J 56 - J 42. Medium wheels.
SF 51b Citroën, bronze body, cream int : B 27 - B 4 - D 44 - D 42. Medium wheels.
SF 57 A Fire, red body, square labels : J 12 - J 38 - J 15 - J 22. Thin solid wheels.
SF 68A Porsche, red body, amber windows : 30 - 35 - E 74 - 26. Thin solid wheels.
SF 68A Porsche, red body, clear windows : D 19 - D 33 - D 40 - D 40. Medium wheels.

Any number above 62 is unusual. Could it be 7 and 4 instead of real 74 ? Digits look misaligned.
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I have #69 Rolls-Royce with solid treaded wheel with E71, then another #69 Rolls-Royce with 82A, another with E83, and even E93 on a solid treaded wheel, so they are out there!

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SF 06b Mercedes, orange body, amber windows : C 33 - 4 C - C 40 - 47 C. Large wheels.
SF 06b Mercedes, orange body, clear windows : K 42 - B 2 - B 45 - K 47. Large wheels.
SF 12b Setra, gold body, light grey roof : K 19 - K 24 - M 2 - M 1. Thin hollow wheels.
SF 12b Setra, burgundy body, green windows : M 15 - M 31 - M 41 - ??? (can't read). Thin hollow wheels.
SF 50A Kennel, met green body, lt yellow base : C 28 - C 28 - C 39 - C 52. Medium wheels.
SF 50A Kennel, lime body, charcoal base : B 59 - B 54 - B 46 - B 49. Medium wheels. Half hidden numbers here like on red 08A !
SF 51b Citroën, bronze body, yellow interior : B 54 - B 52 - B 7 - B 44. Medium wheels.
SF 64A MG 1100, green body : K 21 - K 36 - K 21 - K 34. Thin hollow wheels.
SF 64A MG 1100, lt blue body : K 14 - K 4 - K 27 - K 18. Thin hollow wheels.

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