Sepia toned photos of cars of the ‘50’s and older are appropriate for the era. Here are some photos of the ‘52 Morris Minor in 1:43 by Lansdowne compared to the actual car. Of all versions in 1:43 I believe the Lansdowne is the most accurate. If I’m correct, John Roberts had a hand in the development of this Lansdowne model
Sepia toned photos of cars of the ‘50’s and older are appropriate for the era. Here are some photos of the ‘52 Morris Minor in 1:43 by Lansdowne compared to the actual car. Of all versions in 1:43 I believe the Lansdowne is the most accurate. If I’m correct, John Roberts had a hand in the development of this Lansdowne model
The model on the right is the first version from 1948 known as the low line due to the headlights being positioned low and within the grille area. Then with exporting the car to the USA from 1949 the headlights had to be raised to satisfy US regulations.
As far as I am aware the only scale representation of the the low line is a roughly 1:43rd scale toy which was made in England in the 1950's. This featured a plastic body and a tinplate base plate.
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Mikeansue did a Low Light Minor as a kit. (also the prototype pre-production Mosquito which was 4 inches narrower and deemed at the last minute to be too narrow so bodies were widened by 4 inches, hence the raised ridge on the bonnet) Shown here with some other Nuffield products of the era. I think they were called low LIGHTS not not low lines. Some say California dictated the change in the headlight location but I have read that Lucas really wanted to standardize on 7 inch headlamps and the low light used 5 inch ones as I recall though there are none in the USA that I have seen.
