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pickup another 57 Land rover Fire Truck without rear brace...i noticed that the rear panels are differnt when trying to catalog them



here you can see the difference...one on the left has rear panel A the other has rear panel C...C isnt listed without rear brace...now to find one without rear brace and panel B

no one else has one of these without the rear brace...Jason? Antonin? anyone?

Antonin only had the one without a rear brace, I think the brace must have been added very early into production, Most likely the no brace variation is a pre production model.

Brad Pittiful wrote:no one else has one of these without the rear brace...Jason? Antonin? anyone?

Hello Dan.
I will examine my models.
But, what brace do you mean?

mike wrote:

Brad Pittiful wrote:no one else has one of these without the rear brace...Jason? Antonin? anyone?

Hello Dan.
I will examine my models.
But, what brace do you mean?

Hi Mike...here is the pic from nicks guide...one with the brace and one without

nickjones wrote:Antonin only had the one without a rear brace, I think the brace must have been added very early into production, Most likely the no brace variation is a pre production model.

so just the body is prepro...do you think since i have one with two different rear panels...is the third (rear panel B) out there?

I would imagine there is a B panel rear with that body casting, The bodies were cast in pairs but the interior panel could have been molded in any number.

Another rare find by eagle-eyed Brad.......kwakers has yet to check all his early base Fire Trucks for this variation without the rear brace and you now have TWO of them that are different??? Whoa That is Great!!! kwakers

nickjones wrote:I would imagine there is a B panel rear with that body casting, The bodies were cast in pairs but the interior panel could have been molded in any number.

ok...im on the hunt for it

kwakers wrote:Another rare find by eagle-eyed Brad.......kwakers has yet to check all his early base Fire Trucks for this variation without the rear brace and you now have TWO of them that are different??? Whoa That is Great!!! kwakers

thanks Dick...i hope you find one in your collection!

Absolutely fantastic Brad. Your models have proved that from the start of production there were at least 2 different molds for the grey plastic part.
Antonin