178 Mini Clubman (1975-79)

Six years ago I acquired a number of items that had formerly been in the Meccano Sales Manager's office. It is a Dinky Toys 178 Mini Clubman but in a colour trial that was eventually used for the 207 Triumph TR7 Rally. My question is: What Sales Number should I use when describing this Mini Clubman? It certainly is not a 207, so I presume 178 it should be! One can see the accumulation of 'stuff' the model collected while sitting in the SM's office!

[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 178.png [/img] Hi,
There is a better photo of it
or were two made ? Anyway,
178 is the only solution,
certainly not 207 but had it been issued it would probably have been given a reference in the 200 series.

Ah,
my photograph IS better ! ! (LOL) But
where
did yours originate ? Off an auction catalogue ? ? The additional chips leads me to suspect that there are two of the little fellows !

Yes that ' s the idea,
at least two of them.In the Encyclopaedia,
the caption for this picture is: Un - issued factory colour sample sold on eBay on December 13,
2007 for

Bruce --Very nice to see these 'oddities' and rare pieces show up. Dinky stories and history are apparently endless.........it just goes on and on! Terry