8x18 gpw
dome head rounded
lettering,, orange
left rear crate ,, forwards
shaft base width 5mm
light collor horse code ?
light collor horse code ?
8x18 gpw
dome head rounded
lettering,, orange
left rear crate ,, forwards
shaft base width 5mm
Re: light collor horse code ?
IMG_20140705_125653429 by joerismoor1, on Flickr
IMG_20140705_124804975 by joerismoor1, on Flickr
IMG_20140705_125757210 by joerismoor1, on Flickr8x18 gpw
dome head rounded
lettering,, orange
left rear crate ,, forwards
shaft base width 5mm[/quote]
Re: light collor horse code ?
Hello joerimoko, from your description it appears to be in Mike Stannards book as code 9, I have a code 8 but the horses feet are not painted White, but its tail is white. Apart from the code 1 which is listed as Brown horse then all the rest are Chocolate Brown. There are not any different variations listed on the horses trim.
George T.
George T.
Re: light collor horse code ?
They are hand painted so errors/deviations can occur.
It might be time to start my "Bucket List."
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I show the GPW with Riveted axles and also with both side arm braces as a Stannard code 9 George. My Stannard Code 8 shows crimped axles and only one side brace on the left horse shaft. Maybe our two Stannard Guides are a bit different??
Your Milk Float would be a Nick Code 12 with braces on both sides of the arms for the horse, and also with it's very late riveted axles. This is the very last casting of this model, so the chocolate horse colour is normal for it. The earliest Metal wheeled variation such as the one you compare your model to is the first variation as George pointed out, but can have different shades of that darker brown horse. The odd part of your GPW version is that the driver appears never to have been detailed in white at all. This would be considered an error piece by most collectors, but I do collect details like your odd all orange driver as different variations myself. This Model has always been one of my favorites, being unique as the only horse drawn regular wheel 1-75 that was ever produced by Lesney. That always put the 7A in the category of the small Coronation Coach, and also the small Covered Wagon in my mind as well as this model being personal to me.
Our local Freihoffer bakery still used similar horse drawn street wagons into the late 1950s in our city. The Horses knew their routes so well, they would advance on their own to the next customer's house while the delivery man left his goods in the porch bread boxes of the previous house. As a young lad, it seemed like the delivery man was working for the Horse as he tried to keep up with him. I well remember audible complaints by the man, but the horse just kept moving to his next customer.....kwakers
Your Milk Float would be a Nick Code 12 with braces on both sides of the arms for the horse, and also with it's very late riveted axles. This is the very last casting of this model, so the chocolate horse colour is normal for it. The earliest Metal wheeled variation such as the one you compare your model to is the first variation as George pointed out, but can have different shades of that darker brown horse. The odd part of your GPW version is that the driver appears never to have been detailed in white at all. This would be considered an error piece by most collectors, but I do collect details like your odd all orange driver as different variations myself. This Model has always been one of my favorites, being unique as the only horse drawn regular wheel 1-75 that was ever produced by Lesney. That always put the 7A in the category of the small Coronation Coach, and also the small Covered Wagon in my mind as well as this model being personal to me.
Our local Freihoffer bakery still used similar horse drawn street wagons into the late 1950s in our city. The Horses knew their routes so well, they would advance on their own to the next customer's house while the delivery man left his goods in the porch bread boxes of the previous house. As a young lad, it seemed like the delivery man was working for the Horse as he tried to keep up with him. I well remember audible complaints by the man, but the horse just kept moving to his next customer.....kwakers
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Sorry about the multiple Post, I am sure someone can 'Fix' my Blunder. I had to re-sign in, was told to review Joe's Post which I had already been shown earlier, so when I hit the submit somehow my Novel was Posted THREE times at the same moment.........Oh My......Caveman has done it again...... 
kwakers
kwakersRe: light collor horse code ?
Hello Dick, I have deleted your repeat posts, now the one that I have is a Stannards code 8, it has only one brace on the left hand side and it has Crimped axles. If you want a photo then I will show one. Although I did not notice joe axles being round, but could only see the brace on the left side.
George T.
George T.
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Our Stannards are the same then George. joerimiko's model has the last casting with both left and right braces on the horse arms, but two of his pictures must be carefully viewed to note them both being on his riveted axle model. Nick's Guide calls these shafts 5mm in width, so joerimoko did not mention the braces in his model's description, just that dimension. That would make joerimoko's a Stannards code 9 rather than like your code 8 with only left brace as you describe yours with crimped axles George.
Thank you for deleting my multiple Posts also George. I felt quite frustrated when that occurred......Dick
Thank you for deleting my multiple Posts also George. I felt quite frustrated when that occurred......Dick
Re: light collor horse code ?
Hello Dick, looked at his photos again, and could see you were correct, sorry about that it was getting on for my bed time so I only looked at the photos with half closed eyes 
I have since altered my original post to say his one is a Stannards code 9, good when one can go back and edit ones posts. 
George T.
I have since altered my original post to say his one is a Stannards code 9, good when one can go back and edit ones posts. George T.
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That changing of your Post could be considered cheating George, but as Numi has said, all is fair in Love and Lesneys. We probably wish all errors in life could only be corrected that easily. A few clicks of the mouse, and everything is perfect in life. I spent the Day yesterday with an antique car friend and his native wife visiting us from New Zealand. Quite feisty, and I must admit I thought of you a lot during our conversations with their accents George. Were your ears ringing all day? I did mention you and our precious Lesneys several times during the day..........kwakers