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Casting #13

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:53 pm
by kerbside
13a Bedford Wreck Truck, issued 1955, length 51mm, box type B.
13b Bedford Wreck Truck, issued 1958, length 54mm, box type B.
13cThames Trader Wreck Truck (Ford), issued 1960, length 63mm, box types B-C and D.
13d Dodge Wreck Truck, issued 1965, length 77mm, box types E and F.

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The MW and GPW models, notice the difference in the colours.

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Two different colour hooks Red and Silver.

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The Grey Plastic hooks, and the two different types of Decals.

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The two types of the crane jib open lattice and closed lattice.

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With-out and with Side lights, due to a damaged die in the castings.

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The wide gap and the narrow gap of #13 on the base plate also a dot under the O on the wide 13 variation, but not on the narrow variation.

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The two different hooks Grey and Red.

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With and with-out the Silver Grille.

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George T.

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Re: Casting #13

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:45 pm
by fintail
My lucky 13s:

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Re: Casting #13

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 3:11 am
by matchbox_n_molars
A couple of additional variations on the 13D Dodge Wrecker that came to me from the Tinman:

Yellow hook:
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With the BP chevron from the 25C Bedford Tanker without a white background. I noticed that the Grizzly has one of these in his upcoming Vectis auction:
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Re: Casting #13

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:53 pm
by Tinman
The different hooks and on which model variations they belong:
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All the different variations (excluding the reverse color model):
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The shield decal variation:
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Re: Casting #13

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:41 am
by Brad Pittiful
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reverse color wrecker that i made and paired up with original box

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reverse colors are ones i painted

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square labels

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painted grill

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childhood survivor

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Re: Casting #13

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:37 pm
by artherfonz
Hi all,
found this oddity when cataloging , doesn't look like a cement truck
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cheers steven

Re: Casting #13

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:19 am
by numi
#13 Dodge Wreckers.
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Re: Casting #13

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:17 am
by numi
Without decals/labels.
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