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57a Wolseley 1500, issued 1958, length 55mm, box type B
57b Chevrolet Impala, issued 1961, length 69mm, box types C and D.
57c Land Rover Fire Truck, issued 1966, length 64mm, box types E and F.










SPW.


GPW


BPW


Showing of the ridge variation at the front.


The one on the right missed all the Silver Trim.


Showing the three stages of the Silver trim deletion, and rear light deletion.


The side window posts thin and thick.



The Four Colour Bases.












With and with-out the cast guide lines on the side.


The two different bases with out and with the base braces.


The three different assembly of the hose turns at the top of the drum, 10, 11, and 13, turns.



George T.

Can't resist sharing some photos to further flesh out your "57" lineup George.

There has been some dissension with regard to whether or not there "really" were gold trimmed 57a Wolseley models. Here are the two I've got and you can choose for yourself.



I mentioned before that the 57b Impala is my favorite of all the toys from the regular wheel range. I looked long and hard across the years to collect variations on this one.
Somehow I've managed to acquire three examples of the rare models with a dark blue base, but 9x20 gray plastic wheels.



Before you get angry with me for not sharing these treasures, you need to understand that they are all DIFFERENT!
I was thrilled when I was able to purchase my first example from Connecticut collector Ethan Enser but I was surprised when the model arrived with CLEAR plastic wheels, an unlisted variation. (On the left in this photo)



A couple of years later I quite by chance spotted an ebay auction out of Australia that I could tell was a peculiar variation as well. It too is an unlisted variation in that the body features the wider window pillars. (On top in this picture)



It wasn't until late last year that I found the third model (the green window example two photos up). This one is exactly as you see it listed in Stannard or within Nick's resource page. It has the dark blue base, 9x20 GPW, green windows, and the early body with the narrow window posts.

The final photo is a 57c Land Rover with GPW.

My 57s:

4







Price tag - sale!



Shades?

Some #57 models - I love the Wolseley:



The clear window 57b seems particularly elusive, despite having apparently several variants - I've only ever seen this one in person - my own:



on the left here



Cheers,
Gavin

matchbox_n_molars wrote:... I was surprised when the model arrived with CLEAR plastic wheels,...

I bet you were!

You need to look out for the silver plastic windscreens, they're very elusive.

"I was surprised when the model arrived with CLEAR plastic wheels"...

With so many variations around its no surprise some collectors go 'Off the Rails' and their senility is corrupted. Can I suggest Gavin makes an appointment to visit his local healthcare centre (broken down collectors department), or visit...'Collectaware.com' before it is too late and he starts selling off His collection for silly money...!

Ghosty.

It was not Gavin but Greg who was surprised when it arrived with clear Wheels (Windows), Greg you had better ease up on your work load
George T.

wheels..... windows.... Minor technicality! Too bad spell check doesn't catch 'stupid'!

matchbox_n_molars wrote: Too bad spell check doesn't catch 'stupid'!

If it did, most of my posts would be blank