14d Iso Grifo
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:21 pm
None of the NAMC’s “Catalog of all Series Matchbox Models” (second edition), the AIM's “1-75 Series Regular Wheels” catalogue (second printing, 1983), Stannard, Houghton, or Leake ("Concise Catalogue of 75 Series Matchbox Toys by Lesney" (4th edition, reprinted 2006)) lists any variation not already catalogued by Nick.
U.K. Matchbox did not examine the model.
However, there are significant differences in how the model's colour is treated:
- The NAMC’s “Catalog of all Series Matchbox Models” (second edition) recognises three colours: bright, medium, and dark blue,
- The AIM's “1-75 Series Regular Wheels” catalogue (second printing, 1983) has a Note, reading: "model comes in various shades of dark, medium, and light blue",
- Stannard states that the "body colour varies from medium to dark metallic blue",
- Houghton only lists dark metallic blue, and
- Leake ("Concise Catalogue of 75 Series Matchbox Toys by Lesney" (4th edition, reprinted 2006)) catalogues metallic blue and metallic dark blue.
Interestingly, no other cataloguer lists Nick's white interior variation, lending credence to the suggestion that this is a pre-production component.
U.K. Matchbox did not examine the model.
However, there are significant differences in how the model's colour is treated:
- The NAMC’s “Catalog of all Series Matchbox Models” (second edition) recognises three colours: bright, medium, and dark blue,
- The AIM's “1-75 Series Regular Wheels” catalogue (second printing, 1983) has a Note, reading: "model comes in various shades of dark, medium, and light blue",
- Stannard states that the "body colour varies from medium to dark metallic blue",
- Houghton only lists dark metallic blue, and
- Leake ("Concise Catalogue of 75 Series Matchbox Toys by Lesney" (4th edition, reprinted 2006)) catalogues metallic blue and metallic dark blue.
Interestingly, no other cataloguer lists Nick's white interior variation, lending credence to the suggestion that this is a pre-production component.