80b, 80bp and 816 Jeep Hotchkiss-Willys (1957-1964)

it's curious that this thread don't exist yet ! it's done now. 80 B classic jeep without rear hook 80 BP same as above but with driver (P as pilot) 80 BP/816 same as above but with box wearing both references 816 with rear hook and concav hubs All the team with the cousins : 828 with the missiles SS10 and 829 with the gun. Kind regards Richard

Yes, Richard, justice at last, since you gave birth to this thread If you add a dash in the topic header (--80B ....) this thread will list neatly numerical in the French Military section. A wonderful and impressive 80B/P / 816 collection you have now. All these variants on the same theme must have yielded quite some profit for the French factory! I believe I have once seen a 80B box with a little end flap piece with 80BP and related information pasted over and containing a 80BP indeed. I only have a lonely 80B in the French 80 collection, as 1959 is my datum limit and I am not a fan of the plastic figures. But I think I should still add a 80BP, be it with convex hubs only in order to have a really complete 80 series. Kind regards, Jan

Hi Jan. Yes it was economically interesting to produce so many variants. The last jeep numbered 1412 was a breakdown car and robably did not cost a lot to Meccano. Do you know that there are two variants for the AMX 13 : two types of tension pulley. Kind regards Richard