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Another new arrival is this minty boxed #62 Mercury Cougar with ‘wildcat’ labels from the #8 Wildcat Dragster.

Some great finds as always Al, love the earlier red script vw box too. You need to give us mere mortals a chance

johnboy wrote:Some great finds as always Al, love the earlier red script vw box too. You need to give us mere mortals a chance

Thanks JB, you have some fine pieces in your collection as well buddy

motorman wrote:Another new arrival is this minty boxed #62 Mercury Cougar with ‘wildcat’ labels from the #8 Wildcat Dragster.

Lovely piece Al and in superb condition, tough variation to find, very nice mate.

Superb model and box Alex, really stunning condition.
J

Rob wrote:

motorman wrote:Another new arrival is this minty boxed #62 Mercury Cougar with ‘wildcat’ labels from the #8 Wildcat Dragster.

Lovely piece Al and in superb condition, tough variation to find, very nice mate.

Thanks Rob

nearlymint wrote:Superb model and box Alex, really stunning condition.
J

I am always embarrassed responding to you J because you are THE MAN when it comes to rare variations but Please accept a very subtle thank you Mr Midas as always.

I’ve been after one of these hard to find yellow #8 Rover 3500 models for a while and seem to miss out on everyone I bid on. Anyway I was in contact with a chap who lives not to far from me who had one and after a bit of talking we agreed on a reasonable sum and he brought it round to me this afternoon. It’s is in superb condition so I’m delighted.

That looks really good, Alex. They crop up now and again, but always go for very good money.
What's the story with these? Presumably they're late pre-productions issued to retail outlets, but were they individually packaged, or part of a gift set or multi-pack?

Idris wrote:That looks really good, Alex. They crop up now and again, but always go for very good money.
What's the story with these? Presumably they're late pre-productions issued to retail outlets, but were they individually packaged, or part of a gift set or multi-pack?

I also understand that they were preproduction however I have also written in my notes that a small number of these yellow models were shipped to Italy in the black and white striped window boxes and by the time they went on general release in the UK the production had switched to the bronze colour and they were released in the type L box.