BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

February 1965

BOX TYPES :

E, F

SIZES AVAILABLE :

6, 7

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

8

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

4

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

The fourth and last caravan of the Regular Wheel range is one fun model to collect when it comes to boxes. Making its entrance with a NEW MODEL E2 box, it shows a pre-production blue caravan with white target that shows how the roof comes off the model to reveal the interior. This box would also be made without the NEW MODEL on end flaps. Still in E2 sub-type, the model shown on the box changed to a yellow one. The target was suppressed from the box, that was also released in E3 sub-type. Still in E style box, a third major variation came up, the most common one showing the model in pink. This box was released in E4 and E4R sub-type.

All E boxes were released in size 7.

The 23D was also released in F2 boxes, first with “ALP”, then in “MRT1” bottom lettering. Each of these two variations has the “TM” on end flap closers. The F boxes were made in the size 6.

RARITY

The blue E2 NEW MODEL box is the less common, followed by the yellow E3 box. The F2 “MRT1” box is not common either. Note that none of those boxes are overall especially hard to get.

VARIATION LIST

RW23D - TRAILER CARAVAN

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

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(Blue model, black wheels)

1

E2

7

Blue/ Blue

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\23D-E2New.jpg

RW-23D-E2-1a

2

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\23D-E2.jpg

RW-23D-E2-1b

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\23D-EBoxYellow.jpg

(Yellow model, black wheels)

3

Light Blue/Light Blue

RW-23D-E2-2a

4

E3

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\23D-E3YNoNew.jpg

RW-23D-E3-2b

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(Pink model, black wheels)

5

E4

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\23D-E4.jpg

RW-23D-E4-3a

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(Pink model, black wheels, (R) ))

6

E4R

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\23D-E4R.jpg

RW-23D-E4-3b

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(Pink model, black wheels. “ALP” Bottom text)

7

F2

6

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\Sides\23D-Bottom.jpg

(Top & Bottom identical)

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\23D-F.jpg

EFC: (TM/X/X)

RW-23D-F2-1a

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(Pink model, black wheels. “MRT1” Bottom text)

8

RW-23D-F2-1b