BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIEST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

October 1962

BOX TYPES :

D

SIZES AVAILABLE :

3

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

5

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

2

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

The 66B Harley-Davidson was on the market for only 4 years before being replaced by the Greyhound bus. The model fell short to be released in E box type, even though the box was implemented before it disappeared from production.

The model was therefore released in only two major variations: D1 and D2. The very first has the “NEW MODEL” and there is also a D1 box without it.

An interesting fact about the D2 box is that the word “Motorcycle” on the end flap does not have the “-“ between “MOTOR” and “CYCLE” like the D1 boxes have!

The other interesting fact is that the model on the picture is blue, which is thought to be a pre-production color, the common one being metal bronze.

RARITY

There is no particular rare variation for this model’ boxes. The NEW MODEL one is however scarcer.

 

VARIATION LIST

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Front/Back

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Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

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1

D1

3

Black/Blue

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RW-66B-D1-1a

2

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RW-66B -D1-1b

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3

D2

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RW-66B -D2-2a

4

Blue/Blue

RW-66B-D2-2b

5

Light Blue/Light Blue

RW-66B-D2-2c