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Hope you dont mind Hugh but i resized those large images of yours.

Love the Cougar mate, super rare!!

motorman wrote:Hope you dont mind Hugh but i resized those large images of yours.

Thank you! (I had it in mind to do it tomorrow at work where I have access to a more up-to-date release of Paint which is a lot easier to use for image resizing.)

kwakers wrote:.....Thanks for showing it here. I look forward to Numi's input on both her base patent number, and also on the casting flaws she mentioned on these early Cougar bodies. kwakers

Hi Kwakers all Cream Cougars and the common Greens have the base patent nos as far as i know.
numi

numi wrote:

kwakers wrote:.....Thanks for showing it here. I look forward to Numi's input on both her base patent number, and also on the casting flaws she mentioned on these early Cougar bodies. kwakers

Hi Kwakers all Cream Cougars and the common Greens have the base patent nos as far as i know.
numi

...and the casting flaws?

Idris wrote:
I've kept my side so the bargain, so Numi, over to you!

I'll see what I can do (but don't hold your breath!).

numi wrote:

Idris wrote:
I've kept my side so the bargain, so Numi, over to you!

I'll see what I can do (but don't hold your breath!).

...and?

Idris wrote:

numi wrote:

Idris wrote:
I've kept my side so the bargain, so Numi, over to you!

I'll see what I can do (but don't hold your breath!).

...and?

Im a bit hectic lately Idris and will continue with pics in due course.Sorry about that....
However your specimen certainly is factory original so congrats on having this rarity in your collection.
numi

numi wrote:However your specimen certainly is factory original ...

I know it is. It represents the third one found (after Wolfie's and Philip's). I found it about a fortnight after Philip found his but before his find had been publicised. It cost me the princely sum of £5 from a dealer I used to visit once a week whilst I was a student in London. (Putting that in perspective, I was living off £65/week, £25 of which went on accommodation. That £5 represented most of my disposable income for that particular week, so investing all of that in a previously unknown variation took a certain leap of faith on my part.)

There is a good chance Hugh, you will get your money back on that Cream Cougar...

Ghosty.

I paid $5 for mine and got four other models with it. It's not in as good a condition as Hughs, more like the first one shown in the thread.

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi