Never released body sets.

[junkmunki 846]

In the years that i have been collecting and restoring vintage Tamiya, i have seen or had pretty well all of the first 100 in various states.

For the last year though, i decided to start collecting original body sets for the models that i have, and it struck me that although you could buy replacement sets for virtually all the vintage rc kits, and indeed there were some that were never released as a complete model, the Essex Lotus 79, or the Porsche 908 for example, i have never seen a body set for the 58023 Holiday buggy, or the 58024 Sand Rover.

Did they ever produce body sets for them? It seems strange they would produce a body set for the kit that came before and after, but not for these.

Does anyone know of another early model that never had a body set released?

J

[Hudson 53]

I can confirm that separate body sets were never made available for the original Sand Rover and Holiday Buggy, I have no idea why though - it'd be interesting to find out.....