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Ian555		#151 Posted : 27 January 2011 18:32:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Stephen, Thanks for the link. B1.
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Ian555		#152 Posted : 28 January 2011 17:48:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi all, My latest banana van arrived today. 48759 B1. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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steventrain		#153 Posted : 28 January 2011 18:43:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,687 Location: United Kingdom		Lovely, Ian.
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nevw		#154 Posted : 28 January 2011 22:35:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		to go with this fleet of Banana Wagons we must HAVE: 1. A Banana Farm 2. Banana trees with Bananas 3. Stacks of Picked Bananas 4. Banana Packing Shed 5. Banana Wharehouse Stacked with Banana Bunches 6. A Banana Market with Hands of Bananas 7. Customers eating Bananas I will think of more/ NN
		NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders and a hose pipe on the aorta Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around
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Webmaster		#155 Posted : 28 January 2011 22:49:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/07/2001(UTC) Posts: 11,165		Do I qualify for the banana wagon club with this childhood classic one??? Roof also repainted during childhood due to wear & tear... According to Stephen's shots, it would be a 4509 (from the early 60's)... Got it for Christmas in 1963 as a part of my first train setup... My father bought mixed pieces instead of a starter set... Ran the 3003 and the wagons a lot around an oval which also included the mechanical railroad crossing with a red light... Great memories come alive... Webmaster attached the following image(s):
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john black		#156 Posted : 29 January 2011 00:45:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		If this goes on I want my banana cake. Now !!! Seriously - great classics, friends ...
		I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators. AT&SF, D&RGW, T&P, SP, WP, UP, BN, NYC, ARR, epI-III - analog & digital Marklin Classics only. CU#6021 FX-MOTOROLA DIGITAL SYSTEM. Fast as lightning and no trouble. What else ... Outlaw Member of BIG JUHAN's OUTSIDER CLUB. With the most members, worldwide
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john black		#157 Posted : 29 January 2011 01:04:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Originally Posted by: Purellum BANANA BOAT SONG Thanks so much, Per - prizeless !!! (had always missed Harry & Fozzie Bear on this one ...) BTW, eventually this song returned in the final scene of "BEETLEJUICE"
		I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators. AT&SF, D&RGW, T&P, SP, WP, UP, BN, NYC, ARR, epI-III - analog & digital Marklin Classics only. CU#6021 FX-MOTOROLA DIGITAL SYSTEM. Fast as lightning and no trouble. What else ... Outlaw Member of BIG JUHAN's OUTSIDER CLUB. With the most members, worldwide
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Ian555		#158 Posted : 29 January 2011 08:20:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Juhan, Yes, fool membership of this very exclusive club. B1.
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Ian555		#159 Posted : 29 January 2011 08:22:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Nev, Here's my idea, a whole layout just with Banana wagons..... B1.
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Ian555		#160 Posted : 29 January 2011 08:28:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi all, Here we have my Banana bunch....."growing" every week. B1. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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steventrain		#161 Posted : 29 January 2011 08:38:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,687 Location: United Kingdom		Lots of banana, Ian.
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GG1 Fan		#162 Posted : 30 January 2011 02:58:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 725 Location: Stamford, CT USA		Originally Posted by: nevw to go with this fleet of Banana Wagons we must HAVE: 1. A Banana Farm 2. Banana trees with Bananas 3. Stacks of Picked Bananas 4. Banana Packing Shed 5. Banana Wharehouse Stacked with Banana Bunches 6. A Banana Market with Hands of Bananas 7. Customers eating Bananas I will think of more/ NN And don't for get the figures....including Banana workers and a Tally Man to tally de Ba-nana.
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JKJ		#163 Posted : 30 January 2011 03:19:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/05/2010(UTC) Posts: 126 Location: Bergen, Norway		I decided it was time to join to the banana wagon club. I won this wagon two days ago: JKJ
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nevw		#164 Posted : 30 January 2011 04:35:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		A good entry for the B CLub. NN
		NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders and a hose pipe on the aorta Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around
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Ian555		#165 Posted : 31 January 2011 22:22:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi JKJ, That wagon is on my wish list. Great way to join the banana club. B1.
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intruder		#166 Posted : 31 January 2011 22:31:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		Look at the text in the lower left corner of the car. You ar in good company, JKJ!
		Best regards Svein, Norway grumpy old sod
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JKJ		#167 Posted : 01 February 2011 01:23:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/05/2010(UTC) Posts: 126 Location: Bergen, Norway		Yes, Banan-kompaniet must be a good company Svein. JKJ
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steventrain		#168 Posted : 01 February 2011 17:11:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,687 Location: United Kingdom		Very nice, JKJ.
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Western Pacific		#169 Posted : 01 February 2011 23:59:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 841 Location: Lidingö, Sweden		About Banan-Kompaniet. Even if you cannot read Swedish it may be of some interest to have a look at the 90 year history, shoving some old photos of banana handling and distribution vehicles in Sweden. (The line of people in one of the pictures is not for the Cafe, but for the "Frukt" (=Fruit shop) having received the first banana delivery after WW2). There is some more recent information here: Saba Trading Finally the picture at the top shows the head quarters of Banan-Kompaniet and in front of the building two banana wagons (even though the photographer or web designer didn't mind "cutting off" the actual wagon and wheels) in a more recent livery, compared to the 4672. From Green Cargo there is some information about the "Jumbo Containers".
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JKJ		#170 Posted : 02 February 2011 12:31:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/05/2010(UTC) Posts: 126 Location: Bergen, Norway		Thanks for the information, Western Pacific. JKJ
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Purellum		#171 Posted : 05 February 2011 23:05:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,528 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		The banana war is over: http://news.yahoo.com/s/...tobananas_20110203193448 Per.
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kimballthurlow		#172 Posted : 06 February 2011 00:35:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,763 Location: Brisbane, Australia		Thankyou for htat link Per. It says in part, quote, Quote: ..... Home to half a billion people, the EU is the biggest banana market in the world. Seventy percent of bananas sold in its 27 states are from Latin America, home to important US producers such as Chiquita or Del Monte. About 20 percent come from ACP countries with the remaining 10 percent are EU-grown. As I have nothing to do at the moment, I got to thinking. How come there is such an obsession with bananas in these user countries? It is the same in parts of Australia, where you have companies in the southern states, which buy and distribute bananas, and nothing else. (Bananas are grown in northern parts of Australia, so they are all domestically grown). I mean why aren't there companies who do the same for pineapples, or paw-paws, or durian fruit (that's the one that smells like hell, and tastes like heaven), or monstero delicios, or other tropical species? There are many you could name, it would fill a book. Then we could have pineapple wagons, or monstero delicio wagons. In fact there is nothing to stop Marklin making up these fantasy wagons, they do it all the time for other themes! regards Kimball
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nevw		#173 Posted : 06 February 2011 07:08:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		Due to the cyclone that arrived in Northern Queensland a few days ago 90% of the Australlian Banana Crop was wiped out, so Ian and other Banana Troops load up your Banana trains and send Bananas.
		NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders and a hose pipe on the aorta Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around
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Ian555		#174 Posted : 06 February 2011 08:34:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Nev, After reading that post, I must refrain from allowing the "bank manager" side of me to appear. (££££££'s) So, forward planning, buying all those Banana wagons. B1.....now,what's the shipping arrangements to A........
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Ian555		#175 Posted : 09 February 2011 16:10:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi all, My latest 4509 Banana van. B1. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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GG1 Fan		#176 Posted : 09 February 2011 20:02:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 725 Location: Stamford, CT USA		Very nice Ian, I will give that picture the title of: Mountain Grown Bananas...Hand Picked
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Ian555		#177 Posted : 12 February 2011 19:40:08(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi all, Just peeled myself a very ripe looking 4414 van on e-bay.de B1.
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xxup		#178 Posted : 13 February 2011 01:26:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,586 Location: Australia		I once heard about the great tulip economy of the Netherlands (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania), and realised that there is a scary parallel happening here.. There is a significant increase in demand for banana wagons such that they are steadily increasing in value.. Soon it will cost a huge basket of gold to buy a banana wagon in any condition.. Someone in Scotland (or so it is rumoured) is creating a market by buying an hoarding all of the world's banana wagons.. Some say that he will shortly flood the market with wagons causing the great market crash of '11 or '12... In the meantime, the zepelin (now equipped with sound and digital systems upgrade) pulled into the platform to enable senior Government officials to examine the latest batch of uncouplers.. And behind the Zepelin was lurking two surplus banana wagons in the old programming track siding - all at once the cash flow problems of the Government were solved.. Now they just have to pick the peak of the market to sell.. Will the economy be saved, does the corrupt official have a Swiss bank account or will everyone crash and burn in the upcoming market crash?
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Ian555		#179 Posted : 13 February 2011 09:05:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Adrian, Yep, that makes a lot of sense to me. (your banana van looks like he could do with more mates. ) You should tell that guy, the next time he lifts a heavy looking box of the forklift, and walks over to the container, he should have opened the doors first. B1.
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Ian555		#180 Posted : 14 February 2011 22:20:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi all, Got my Valentine surprise this morning.....van 4672....photo's soon. B1.
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DV		#181 Posted : 15 February 2011 10:51:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/11/2009(UTC) Posts: 957 Location: Mount Barker, South Australia		Two old arrivals, one new the other old, new meaning different type carriage, old meaning like the real old type.........all make sense!!??!! The one from Ecuador, the other from Jamaica. Ecuador first Then the two together And this what happens when the bananas go off in the wagon.......the top goes black
		Dusan V 'I find your lack of faith (in Märklin) disturbing'
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Ian555		#182 Posted : 15 February 2011 13:41:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi B2, Makes sense to me. Good looking vans. B1.
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steventrain		#183 Posted : 15 February 2011 14:16:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,687 Location: United Kingdom		Very good, Dusan.
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GG1 Fan		#184 Posted : 17 February 2011 03:41:16(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 725 Location: Stamford, CT USA		Zepelin Banana....How cool is that! Yes, there may be Banana Mania and collusion among some Financial Houses to rig the banana prices. How does one, um, Short the Banana Futures?? Please, Please, no 'Naked Short Bananas'
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BR01097		#185 Posted : 17 February 2011 04:24:08(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 17/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 228 Location: Denver, Colo. USA		1 bar means "air pipeline"; two bars mean "Kunze-Knorr brake"; 1 bar and a chevron mean "compound brake", two bars and a chevron mean "compound brake with interchange, or Westinghouse brake"... What do four bars mean, or is that a printing mistake?
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David Dewar		#186 Posted : 17 February 2011 12:38:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,452 Location: Scotland		Membership of the Insider Banana Club is now available. This is a new version of the club run by Flash Dave and for a modest subscription you can apply for the Insider Banana of the year and a magazine issued four times per year. This year the mags will contain a part of a banana which you can build each quarter to produce a finished banana and then buy a special display case. Please note that this kit banana is treated for a long shelf life. Other bananas are available by the case and each case comes with a free Marklin wagon. I know this post is in the wrong forum completely but as only Users is bananas I thought members would not mind a post from Flash in their forum. Flash Dave (King of Scotland and defender of the Great Cave also standing for Prime Minister) PS Cash only please
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Ian555		#187 Posted : 17 February 2011 15:47:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Dave, These kind of new clubs are always a bit slow to get started. So let me be the first to join, do I send the cash to the usual address. I meant to ask earlier, hows that Prime Minister thing going, pays well I heard. I'm over in America at the moment, working on the layout, critters and all. When's the first meeting of the Insider Banana Club. B1. (Ian)
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David Dewar		#188 Posted : 17 February 2011 16:32:28(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,452 Location: Scotland		Hi Ian. (Banana 1) Membership for yourself is of course free as you are the main banana ( not sure if this is a compliment or not) Regarding a meeting because of the wedding anniversary I will not make the SECC on the Saturday but I do believe that Sheila will come with me on the Sunday morning ... this is an amazing first ... although a light lunch in the hotel may have been the clincher. Hopeful you will leave something for me to buy as the last day sometimes brings up a few bargains. The banana Insiders will probably continue elsewhere as new members will I expect come from the well known twits who have a most peculiar imagination of which Flash Dave is by far the worst. Your banana badge is in the post with a non squelch pin and has been sprayed with the Caves special stuff to preserve your badge for the years to come. Flash
		Take care I like Marklin and will defend the worlds greatest model rail manufacturer.
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intruder		#189 Posted : 17 February 2011 19:22:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		Nice photo, Adrian! I also see some wooden uncouplers
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Ian555		#190 Posted : 24 February 2011 16:11:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Banana fans, Been peeling around for ages looking for a ripe/boxed 4672. B1. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Ian555		#191 Posted : 01 March 2011 11:52:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Banana fans, Just bought a rake of vans, there in the post. B1. http://www.happy-trains..../11.02.2011/P1580714.JPG
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RayF		#192 Posted : 01 March 2011 13:16:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,870 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		Originally Posted by: Ian555 Hi Banana fans, Just bought a rake of vans, there in the post. B1. http://www.happy-trains..../11.02.2011/P1580714.JPG Very good, Ian. Soon you'll be able to wrap your banana train all the way around your layout!
		Ray Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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steventrain		#193 Posted : 01 March 2011 17:44:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,687 Location: United Kingdom		Very good, Ian. How many bananas do you own now?
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Ian555		#194 Posted : 01 March 2011 19:04:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Ray, Thanks, but I will need to buy a few more. B1.
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Ian555		#195 Posted : 01 March 2011 19:08:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Stephen, Just did a quick count in the banana box, we now have 34. B1.
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Ian555		#196 Posted : 17 March 2011 20:49:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi all, Here's a banana van I got a couple of weeks ago. First one I've got of this type with the arched, ribbed roofline. B1. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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steventrain		#197 Posted : 17 March 2011 20:56:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,687 Location: United Kingdom		Very nice.
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RayF		#198 Posted : 17 March 2011 21:32:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,870 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		Hi Ian, I'm not absolutely sure, but I think this is the Primex version, catalogue number 4544, which is based on the 4505 box van instead of the 4508 insulated van. Compare these pics from http://www.modellbahnboerse.org/info.htm 4505 box van 4508 insulated van 4509 Marklin Banana van 4544 Primex banana van
		Ray Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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intruder		#199 Posted : 17 March 2011 22:19:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		RayPayas wrote: ... this is the Primex version, catalogue number 4544, which is based on the 4505... 4544 Primex banana van You are right, Ray. The 4505-based (Gm 39) Primex 4544 came in three banana versions from 1976 to 1981. 1: 1976 - No banana man and no "Jamaica" text, no. 248 680 2: 1977-1979 - with banana man and text, no. 248 680 3: 1979-1981 - with bigger and correctly placed DB-mark, no. 248 680 Your car seems to be version 3, Ray. Two more versions of the Primex 4544 banana car from 1982 to 1984, based on a 4410-like car (Ibbls 210) 4: 1982-1983 - with man, no text, car chassis Type A, no. 083 4 042-4 5: 1983-1984 - same, with car chassis Type B, no. 083 4 042-4 My Primex 4544 is version 5.
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Ian555		#200 Posted : 18 March 2011 07:14:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 20,289 Location: Scotland		Hi Ray and Svein, Thanks for the info on that van. Ian.
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