Land Rover Safari - 12c
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Land Rover Safari - 12c |
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| The third of the Matchbox Land-Rovers
was 12c which came out in 1965, in 1970 the wheels were changed to
Superfast and the model remained in the range until 1971. The black
wheels versions are generally teal blue in colour and the Superfast
versions are gold metallic. They must have made millions upon millions of these, unusual though to get an unboxed one with luggage and tow hook intact. It is mostly a very good model, just spoilt by the windscreen. No Land Rover ever had a screen that deep, they missed off the scuttle panel below the screen where the vents are - Dinky did the same with their LWB Series 2a Land Rover, I wonder if they copied each other. That aside this is very well modelled.. There are some significant rarities to look out for with this one and they are teal ones with Superfast wheels and gold ones with black plastic regular wheels. They are very rare and worth a great deal of money, probably some of the most valuable Matchboxes around. However all my references ask you to beware of fakes. |
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