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Body
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A
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Recessed Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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A
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Recessed Lines - Circle Pad |
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue |
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Chassis
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A
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Wheels Front
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Wheels Rear
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Rarity
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Rare
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- Has only been seen in a handfull of Orange and one Green
- Many of the known cars have been found in the European Market
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Red Enamel
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Body
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A
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Recessed Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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B
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Recessed Lines - Square Pad |
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue |
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Chassis
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A
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Wheels Front
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Wheels Rear
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Rarity
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HTF
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Blue
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Red
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Red Enamel
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Body
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A
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Recessed Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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C
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Raised Lines |
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue |
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Chassis
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A
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Wheels Front
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Wheels Rear
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Rarity
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Varies
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Blue/Green/Red=Uncommon - Red Enamel=Hard to find
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- The recessed body lines on these are always clear and well defined.
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Body
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B
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Recessed Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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C
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Raised Lines |
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue |
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Chassis
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A
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Wheels Front
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Wheels Rear
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Rarity
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Varies
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Red/Green=Common - others get more difficult reaching all the way to Rare for Orange
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- The recessed body lines on are sometimes well defined. In many cases you see them disappearing with some cars having them pretty close to gone.
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Body
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C
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Raised Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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C
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Raised Lines |
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue |
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Chassis
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A
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Wheels Front
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Wheels Rear
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Rarity
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Varies
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Red/Green=Common - others get more difficult rwith Blue the hardest
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- The bodies were reworked to add raised feature lines where the previous recessed lines had littleral filled in/worn off.
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Body B - Recessed Body Lines
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Body C - Raised Body Lines
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Body
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B
C |
Raised Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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C
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Raised Lines |
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue |
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Chassis
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A
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Wheels Front
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Capped |
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Wheels Rear
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Capped |
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Rarity
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Varies
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All are very tuff with the Recessed Body line being very rare
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- The Recessed Body Line cars used leftover earlier bodies.
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Body
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C
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Raised Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
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Hatch
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C
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Raised Lines
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Interior
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A
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Black
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Glass
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A
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Blue
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Chassis
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B
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Tabbed - 4 at the wheels, 2 in the center
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Wheels Front
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Capped
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Wheels Rear
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Capped
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Rarity
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Rare
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- This car is distinguished by the six Tabs on its base and its Capped Wheels
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Casting change and progression matrix
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Ver |
Body |
Hatch |
Interior |
Glass |
Chassis |
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Run |
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1 |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Recessed Body + Hatch Lines - Circle Pad |
Early |
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2 |
A |
B |
A |
A |
A |
Recessed Body + Hatch Lines - Square Pad |
Early |
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3 |
A |
C |
A |
A |
A |
Recessed Body Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes |
Early |
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4 |
B |
C |
A |
A |
A |
Recessed Body Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes |
Early |
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5 |
C |
C |
A |
A |
A |
Raised Body Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes |
Main |
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6 |
B
C |
C |
A |
A |
A |
Capped Wheels |
Late |
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7 |
C |
C |
A |
A |
B |
Tabbed |
Late |
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The majority of cars are the Type 4 & 5 Cars.
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The tooling for this casting was retired.
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- Greg Bishop for knowledge, most cars on this page and for being a truely dedicated MKIV collector.
- Don Rowe for for his two clean and rare Orange MKIVs that are displayed on this page.
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