BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

July 1962

BOX TYPES :

D, E

SIZES AVAILABLE :

3, 4

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

5

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

3

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Released in 1962, the 2C Muir Hill Dumper first came in a D1 box showing the model in the right green/red color scheme, with black wheels. The “NEW MODEL” was removed from the D1 box before the D2 sub type came in action in Blue/Blue, then Light Blue/Light Blue, top/bottom color combination.

The E3 box showed the facing left instead of right.

All boxes were size 4.

RARITY

The E3 box is the less common of all boxes for 2C, although not very rare. The NEW MODEL is the less common of D boxes for this model.

VARIATION LIST

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RW2C - MUIR HILL DUMPER

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

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Variation #

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1

D1

4

Black/Blue

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RW-2C-D1-1a

2

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RW-2C-D1-1b

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(Numbers with serifs)

3

D2

Blue/Blue

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RW-2C-D2-2a

4

Light Blue/Light Blue

RW-2C-D2-2b

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(Red cab, green dump, black wheels)

5

E3

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RW-2C-E3-1a