@Maxbricks14 said:
"Why do I really like this?"

Because its appearance means that we've put 215 behind us? (Unless it shows up again in the Most Viewed Sets list again, anyway.)

"Lego. We make plastic bricks but also offer road-side assistance."

@Halex16 said:
"Didn’t notice that those door pieces used to have a clear window, interesting "

The whole door is clear. The colored portion is only paint. It was the only way they could figure out to put windows on the doors, apparently.

@cabbie said:
" @Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"That Lego logo brick is UNSTABLE!"

There’s an axle from the front wheels that the logo brick attaches to. It’s for steering."

Wow, it’s a rotating sign, who knew they did that in1973

I miss those doors...had 'em in blue; from the sea plane set 371-3 Sea Plane, and I really like them. Closest equivalence I can think of is the train doors.

Id love to see that door-window piece return.

@CCC said:
" @Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
" @cabbie said:
" @Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"That Lego logo brick is UNSTABLE!"

There’s an axle from the front wheels that the logo brick attaches to. It’s for steering."

Wow, it’s a rotating sign, who knew they did that in1973"

It isn't really a rotating sign, it is primarily used to rotate the front axle and steer the vehicle. Kids that grew up in the 70s and vintage LEGO colectors know about it. I have about 15 of them."

I was born in 1980, and my oldest set 8858-2) comes from that year as well, but I knew about the steering mechanism, because this isn't the first VSotW to have that function.

@cabbie said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Halex16 said:
"Didn’t notice that those door pieces used to have a clear window, interesting "

The whole door is clear. The colored portion is only paint. It was the only way they could figure out to put windows on the doors, apparently."

I don’t think that’s true in my copy, but now I need to check… but I don’t think it’s painted. I’ll look tomorrow "

Well, I stand corrected. I looked at my set (710, US version) and PurpleDave is correct: the color has been added to an otherwise transparent door piece. There's a sort-of melted spot (still completely colored, just distorts the surface a bit) on the paint on the door I just examined, so it seems that paint has some sort of plastic quality to it. The handle has only one side painted (along with the top), and my top's handle top is missing pigment from the two extreme ends its the top. Otherwise, the color has help up extremely well, even being jostled in a bag with other parts for quite a long time.

@cabbie said:
" @cabbie said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Halex16 said:
"Didn’t notice that those door pieces used to have a clear window, interesting "

The whole door is clear. The colored portion is only paint. It was the only way they could figure out to put windows on the doors, apparently."

I don’t think that’s true in my copy, but now I need to check… but I don’t think it’s painted. I’ll look tomorrow "

Well, I stand corrected. I looked at my set (710, US version) and PurpleDave is correct: the color has been added to an otherwise transparent door piece. There's a sort-of melted spot (still completely colored, just distorts the surface a bit) on the paint on the door I just examined, so it seems that paint has some sort of plastic quality to it. The handle has only one side painted (along with the top), and my top's handle top is missing pigment from the two extreme ends its the top. Otherwise, the color has help up extremely well, even being jostled in a bag with other parts for quite a long time. "

I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure there was a version of that door in which the colored section and the transparent section were molded separately, then glued together.

@CCC said:
" @Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
" @cabbie said:
" @Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"That Lego logo brick is UNSTABLE!"

There’s an axle from the front wheels that the logo brick attaches to. It’s for steering."

Wow, it’s a rotating sign, who knew they did that in1973"

It isn't really a rotating sign, it is primarily used to rotate the front axle and steer the vehicle. Kids that grew up in the 70s and vintage LEGO colectors know about it. I have about 15 of them."

Well I learned about two new pieces today, not a bad day

@Brickalili said:
"These prototypes for Mater and Lightning McQueen are nearly unrecognisable!"

I know historically brown and medium blue would have existed at that point, but I don’t know if they were still in production. Or, if brown was, if it had been restricted to use on trees.

Man I love those old spoke wheels, so iconic.I like the nifty way to make the front wheels turn as well.

Cool vintage set! So simple but so inviting to play with.
6 wide! They look like the grandparents of the Speed Champions line to me :)