the green body lincoln , not that rare of a model but a nice group:)
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7598/lincolnrw31groupob5.jpg
a quick picture of the tow slot area, i’ll try to get a picture of the lettering size difference and the inside brace and column differences.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4572/lincolnrw31baselm2.jpg

Very nice:thumbsup:
When these E - F -G boxes were shipped, they were shrink wrapped in bricks from pix I have seen online - are these Lincolns with E boxes all or mostly from the same brick and thus identical aside from trunk inner numbers or were they purchased separately because they are all a bit different?

I can't decide which one I like the most. Mmmmmm. I choose the green one! I guess it's always good to have a backup. :thumbsup:

I dunno, the 3rd one from the left, bottom row really stands out :)

I dunno, the 3rd one from the left, bottom row really stands out :)

Good eye, I was thinking that myself and yet then again there is that other one, yes..., right there! The green one, that's it, that's the one! :thumbsup:
I always liked that casting, dont know why. It always held "special" status when I played cars. Thanks Mountain for the pic.

Very nice group! Great picture.

Great set of Lincolns!!

Good eye, I was thinking that myself and yet then again there is that other one, yes..., right there! The green one, that's it, that's the one! :thumbsup:
I always liked that casting, dont know why. It always held "special" status when I played cars. Thanks Mountain for the pic.
That great big opening trunk was great for the imagination.....and when I was playing with mine Starsky & Hutch was new on TV and my beater was just as cool as Hutch´s heap,and my new no 1 Dodge Challenger was a fine Torino substitute.....havent thought about these for years but memories are still there:wave:

sms88, most of the boxed models were from I/2 gross or gross lots, as with some of the blisters. the harder to find blisters were from good old fashion leg work all during the lesney era.

i like the green one better than the green one. :)
glad you like the picture wildbill63

was able to get a good picture of the plate number difference on the green lincolns, the main difference can be seen in the spacing between the top right of the x and the 9. the top plate has a thicker frame with angled corners below the l and 2. the bottom plate can be more associated with metallic blue, all of the blue models i have contain the bottom plate style.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8366/lincolnrw31plateay7.jpg
not the best picture of the inside brace and post difference.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7171/lincolnrw31doorrr7.jpg
license plates usually have variations, here is the rw #11 scaffolding truck front plate, different rear plate too (no picture)
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7357/scaffoldingfruckrw11plajv1.jpg

sms88, most of the boxed models were from I/2 gross or gross lots, as with some of the blisters. the harder to find blisters were from good old fashion leg work all during the lesney era.

i like the green one better than the green one. :)
glad you like the picture wildbill63

was able to get a good picture of the plate number difference on the green lincolns, the main difference can be seen in the spacing between the top right of the x and the 9. the top plate has a thicker frame with angled corners below the l and 2. the bottom plate can be more associated with metallic blue, all of the blue models i have contain the bottom plate style.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8366/lincolnrw31plateay7.jpg
not the best picture of the inside brace and post difference.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7171/lincolnrw31doorrr7.jpg
license plates usually have a variations, here is the rw #11 scaffolding truck front plate, different rear plate too (no picture)
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7357/scaffoldingfruckrw11plajv1.jpg

Geez now I haveta go looking at what I thought I had and see what I dont have....LOL...At least I know most are green, does this follow thru to the superfasts?

yes both rear plates exist on the sf lincolns.
a little “hot rod Lincoln” in honor of charles ryan who died about a year ago.:)
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9757/lincoln31grpus6.jpg

A gross is 144 cars if I remember my school lessions correctly.....from Harold´s shop? So the shrinkwrapped dozens of one individual casting that show up sometimes would have been boxed in 6 or 12 units,just one casting or one dozen of each casting in the box??? I can only dream of discovering a load of Lesney warehouse stock:)
If I owned so many Lincolns I would be tempted to swap the baseplates of 1 aqua rw with a met green Sf to make the ultra rare crossovers which exist in lunchbox special quantities

All we need to make this a complete discussion of the 31 Lincoln is the blue model in its red car E box:wave:

yes both rear plates exist on the sf lincolns.
a little “hot rod Lincoln” in honor of charles ryan who died about a year ago.:)

I'm a big rockabilly fan and that's one of the best car songs ever.
The Comander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen version smokes as well!

very cool thread and great info guys