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08/09/2021 2:51 pm
I just noticed on my 1927 Coca-Cola delivery truck, one of the bottle cases is printed in black ink, and all the others are red. Has anyone seen this before? Is it a replacement case or misprint?
08/09/2021 3:16 pm
Well, it certainly qualifies as a curiosity.
08/09/2021 3:34 pm
Wayne, I have this truck and all of the cases are printed in red.
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08/09/2021 10:04 pm
@wayne, I have also checked my truck and all the cases are in red.
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08/09/2021 10:16 pm
I have a couple of black ones amongst a few spares I picked from somewhere I cant remember!
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09/09/2021 8:10 am
did you purchase this new or used? There are a few Coke themed models with black writing cases of Coke. If purchased used its possible the seller filled in a bare space with a case from another model.
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09/09/2021 1:55 pm
@galen55 Well Galen55 you guessed it! Purchased used, along with several cars and trucks. With that batch, was a 1938 Coca-Cola Delivery Truck (MPN 907), and that truck came with 136 black painted Cola boxes! And look at the lower right of the picture, I added the missing one, and there is still one missing! CRAP! Haha
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09/09/2021 2:00 pm
@geoff-jowett There must be a third delivery truck with black printing. On the ones you've showed, they have more printing on them, mine just say Coca-Cola.
09/09/2021 4:51 pm
@wayne the mystery deepens! I have the Model A, 1927 Ford, and 1928 International trucks which all came with Coke bottles but unfortunately they are all packed away at present so I cant tell which bottles have come from which trucks, plus I do have those extras.
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10/09/2021 1:01 pm
10/09/2021 4:10 pm
hmm curiouser and curiourser!
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13/09/2021 5:24 pm
13/09/2021 8:37 pm
Excellent Wayne. As mentioned that model is unfortunately stacked away at present so I couldn't check it. Did u notice the Coke truck Galen posted the other day? Looks good for an Ertl. Couldn't find one on ebay though.