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14/05/2009 3:40 am
14/05/2009 5:16 am
Similar cars were made (pics) that I have.
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This is the RAMI Taxi de la Marne, crude perhaps but it has side lights. It has no headlights, neither on the model nor in the catalog picture of the actual car.
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This is the 1910 Renault Fiacre by Rio, with nicely detailed lights, plus a horn.
Both of these show up on eBay fairly often, and neither is very expensive. Perhaps these lights could be placed on your car?
14/05/2009 6:29 am
I have both them David.
But must check the ones from the Minialuxe. Will try better photos on eBay.
14/05/2009 2:58 pm
Ed Force's book on Made in France shows a tiny pic...
Looks just like this bigger pic. Lights on the firewall only. (Schiffer, 1991)
Another great reference for 1/43 EUROPEAN CLASSIC CARS is:
Color Treasury of Automobiles & Model Cars, Cresent Books, 1971, translated from Italian. Have you seen it? Rio, Solido, Dugu, Yesteryears, Safir, RAMI, etc. Fantastic pics, very similar to some posted here by Mike and other members! (Not this model though...)
14/05/2009 4:00 pm
Nakajima's book has a pic that looks just like the one Karl posted
No lights on body (only holes), lights at firewall position. Almost everything in Nakajima's book appears mint, so I'd guess at least some were made without these parts.
14/05/2009 10:52 pm
All the ones I have seen only have the two lanterns on the firewall and two holes on the side of the cabin.
Pics you can enlarge on all the minialuxe "Tacots" are here:
The Taxi de la Marne is on the 2nd page.
There is also one on sale on ebay Netherlands with several pictures of the model, albeit fairly small pics:
Cheers,
Arie
15/05/2009 2:44 am