This first series
model sports a little blue or black driver. The
model is quite crude when compared with others in
the range but nevertheless it is a fine piece of
work. Throughout its production life the model
retained its 'London Bus' red colour. By the end
of production the wheels had changed to black
from the grenodised grey colour. The two models
in my collection are issue 5 with grey, crimped
wheels and blue driver and issue 20 with the
black wheels.
The main
variations to look out for are the early 4/4
window design, as opposed to the more common
later 8/4 design. The extremely rare variations
have the 4/4 windows and a dark blue driver.
These can command up to £400. Expect to pay over
£60 for mint boxed examples of the more common
variations.
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| 8 small windows
over 4 main windows giving rise to the
description of 8/4 windows. |
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