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1936 SS100 Jaguar
Issued 1977
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| A very interesting model with
numerous variations. First issue(pic.1) had 3 significant changes to it. The
sidelights on the wings were to small so these were enlarged, the
front rivet hole had no surround to it and the small brace at the front
was smaller (pic.3). Most of these models were a creamy white but almost
immediately the changes were made it went to a purer white (pic.2).
Next up it was recoloured to metallic blue (pic.4) and this ranged from a steel grey to a dark blue. It was on this run that 5 small ribs were added to the underside of the running boards to stop the model sticking to the conveyor belt when freshly painted (pic.5). The next issue was in a dark green and was fairly standard across the run but something interesting happened! The next version caused a bit of controversy as it was intended to be yellow. A batch of around 1500 were made up in Lesney 'Talbot Yellow' and were due to be released as the next colour scheme. However most of these managed to leak from the factory before the green issue had ended. The ones left were over sprayed in the normal issue green but the yellow can always be seen under the green(pics.8 & 9). It was finally released in yellow but this time it was 'Sunrise Yellow' a completely different shade! The bases of the Talbot yellow models all had 'made in England on whilst the later yellow ones were 'Made in Macau' so easy to spot the rare first one(pic.12). The last issue was in a bright red and this ranges from light to dark. There was a special pewter version on a wooden plinth issued but not very popular with collectors at the time but this one threw up a couple of variants with 2 different wheel thicknesses (14 & 15). |
Box Types for Y1-3
H, I, J, J1, N, M, N1 and N2
