MB13 Baja Buggy Base differences

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MB13 Baja Buggy Base differences

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Just for info, not sure where it changes in production but my prepro has the thin base and I have one standard model with the thin base but that has the cat label.(Both have no rear interior braces)
All of the rest I have had (30) have had the thicker base.
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Hi Jason

You have sharp Eyes.here my variants, plus by the front engine block, cast and open



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Re: MB13 Baja Buggy Base differences

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Since the louvres have now cropped up, can someone please remind me which is the rare one? Is it the 12 or 13 louvre variant (or is this just a different between the two tools)?
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Re: MB13 Baja Buggy Base differences

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Hi Mathias,
What label does your thin base have?
Hugh I have 19 Baja,s , 5 of them are 12 rib.
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nearlymint wrote:I have 19 Baja,s , 5 of them are 12 rib.
It doesn't sound as though they are particularly rare then. (At this stage, my guess would be a detail difference between the two tools.)
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Hello Jason

My First Casting has a FLower Label.

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Idris wrote:
nearlymint wrote:I have 19 Baja,s , 5 of them are 12 rib.
It doesn't sound as though they are particularly rare then. (At this stage, my guess would be a detail difference between the two tools.)
The 12 louvre casting is not particularly rare, but it is an early issue only made in the first year of production approximately (1971/72). To my knowledge it is only found in combination with black exhausts. It is however found both without and with the engine brace.
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Re: MB13 Baja Buggy Base differences

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No casting differences on my ones but some nice colour variety especially like the dark green
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