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Always wanted this colour combination, and after many attempts at acquiring one, today was the day.

Congratulations Bob it always feels good to get that model that has evaded us for many years.

Now where on Earth did that come from! they don't do a Silver-Grey bodied version do they and then it is missing the over-coat colour which from memory would be something like a pale Blue!!

Or is it from one of those obscure 'Off-shore' gift sets...

Ghosthunter.

The silver ones were toy fair samples made for the '74 relaunch.

YYS4BOB wrote:The silver ones were toy fair samples made for the '74 relaunch.

So that's why I have not seen one before, can't be many of these then, nice find Bob.

Ghosthunter.

Superb color and a pitty it never came out as such.
I think it is also pictured in the catalogue at that time if I am right.

marcel

YYS4BOB wrote:The silver ones were toy fair samples made for the '74 relaunch.

Not this one though, as it has disc wheels with whitewall tyres as made from 1979 onward.

The silver-grey model shown in the 1973 catalogues has wire wheels and blackwall tyres like the metallic red first issue from 1975. It also has a red grille and red interior.

If you want one of those, you will have to keep on searching I am afraid...

Agreed Christian.



Note this promotional flyer shows a preproduction model with no centre strut to the windscreen, and seat pin attachment for the roof.

There seem to be a few of these as shown at the start of this thread around as well. Was the colour scheme re-done at a later date as a colour trial/recolour proposal?

Variations of this model that have passed through auctions over the years.













None have the screen with the missing central strut, and all have the roof attached by body pins.

YYS4BOB wrote: There seem to be a few of these as shown at the start of this thread around as well. Was the colour scheme re-done at a later date as a colour trial/recolour proposal?

I am not sure if I misunderstand something, but to me this must be the 1981 short run in silver-grey as mentioned in the Yesteryear book, except that the side panels are not powder blue as listed there.Interestingly the silver-grey model shown in the colour picture section of that book has no powder blue side panels either (just like the ones shown in this thread), although such a variation is not listed on the model's catalogue page in the same book.

I now wonder if this is an intended variation, a negative variation (on which the powder blue side panels were inadvertently omitted) or really a colour trial.