BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

April 1965

BOX TYPES :

E, F

SIZES AVAILABLE :

7

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

9

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

3

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

The fourth wreck truck for the #13 spot went to the Dodge Wreck Truck in April of 1965. The very first box, an E2 NEW MODEL one, shows the model in the extremely rare green cab/yellow body scheme. Also available with the NEW MODEL on end flaps, the box was succeeded by an E2 with the yellow cab/green body scheme, the most common one for the model. This picture would then be used for E3, E3R and E4R boxes. No E4 (without the ®) are known to exist.

Two F2 boxes can be found: one “ALP” with “TM” on end flap closers and one “MIR1” with blank end flap closers.

All E and F boxes are size 7.

RARITY
The very first E2 in reverse colors can be considered less common, and so is the MIR1 F2 box. However, none of those boxes should command a high premium to acquire.


VARIATION LIST

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RW13D - DODGE WRECK TRUCK

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

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(Green cab, grey hook, yellow body, amber roof light, black wheels)

1

E2

7

Blue/Blue

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RW-13D-E2-1a

2

Light Blue/Light Blue

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RW-13D-E2-1b

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(Yellow cab, grey hook, green body, red roof light, black wheels)

3

RW-13D-E2-2a

4

RW-13D-E2-2b

5

E3

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RW-13D-E3-2c

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(Yellow cab, grey hook, green body, red roof light, black wheels (R) )

6

E3R

RW-13D-E3-2d

7

E4R

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RW-13D-E4-2e

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(Yellow cab, red hook, green body, black wheels. “ALP” Bottom text)

8

F2

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(Top & Bottom identical)

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EFC: (TM/X/X)

RW-13D-F2-1a

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(Yellow cab, red hook, green body, black wheels. “MIR1” Bottom text)

9

Same End Flap

 

EFC: (X/X/X)

RW-13D-F2-1b