BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIEST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

January 1967

BOX TYPES :

E, F

SIZES AVAILABLE :

6, 7

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

5

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

3

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

The 7C boxes are quite interesting. The very first variation shows the truck cab in red (or dark orange!) while the other E boxes are light orange. The red cab variation also has the “NEW MODEL” on the end flap. But another curiosity of the 7C E boxes is the end flaps. While the first variation simply states, “REFUSE TRUCK”, the two later versions read “FOR REFUSE TRUCK”.

Note that it is the same drawing basically on the front of the box, with the straight loader without cut out.

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The E boxes are all coming in E4 sub-type, the orange variation being released with and without the “®”.

The F box has two variations, one with “ALP” and the other one with “MIR1”. The same drawing has been used on both, showing the orange cab and the cut out on the loader. End Flap Closers may have no writing or “TM” in the case of “MIR1” variation.

RARITY

The red cab and the F boxes are less common then the E boxes showing light orange cab. However, none of all these variations really standout as particularly valuable.

 

VARIATION LIST

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7C - FORD REFUSE TRUCK

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

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(Red cab, two-tone grey box, black wheels)

1

E4

7

Light Blue/Light Blue

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RW-7C-E4-1a

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(Orange cab, two-tone grey box, black wheels)

2

E4

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RW-7C-E4-2a

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(Orange cab, two-tone grey box, black wheels, (R) )

3

E4R

RW-7C-E4-2b

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(Orange cab, two-tone grey box, black wheels. “ALP” Bottom text)

4

F2

6

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(Top & Bottom identical)

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EFC: (TM/X/X)

RW-07C-F2-1a

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(Orange cab, two-tone grey box, black wheels. “MIR1” Bottom text)

5

Same End Flap

 

EFC: (X/X/X)

RW-07C-F2-1b