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Print References

by Clive Weston

This data was kindly contributed by Clive Weston.  It consists of all the printing references for the manuals and price lists of the period, as far as is known.  The printing reference on Meccano literature can usually be found on the back cover, near the bottom of the page, and looks like this: 13/459/35.  The first figure is the printer's reference.  The middle figures give the month and year, in this example April 1959.  The last figure is the print run in thousands.

These tables should be regarded as incomplete, and contributions are invited if you have any manuals, etc. that are not shown in these lists.  Please search through your manuals and literature to see if you have any that are not listed.  If so, please send the information to Clive Weston.

1958-1961 Manuals

Outfit

1958

1959

1960

1961

00

258/35

559/15

460/20

1160/16

0

258/35

858/20(2P)

459/35

1259/42.5(2P)

1260/25

361/27

0A

258/12.5

559/10

1160/10.5

1

258/35

858/25(2P)

459/25

959/75

360/30

1160/25

361/33.5

461/7.5

1A

258/17.5

559/10

1159/8

360/18.5

361/5.5

2

258/35

858/25 (2P)

459/35

959/70

360/30

1160/45

361/42.5

461/7.5

2A

258/15

459/10

1159/11

360/20

361/8.5

3

258/35

858/20(2P)

459/25

1059/45

1159/45

360/40

1160/30

361/33.5

3A

258/7.5

459/10

1159/8

360/22.5

361/14

4

258/20

858/15(2P)

559/27.5

1059/27

360/35

660/20

1160/25

361/41

4A

258/10

459/10

1159/8

660/19

361/6.5

.604A variant

660/19

has .604A on cover instead of 60.4A

5

258/13.5

858/7.5(2P)

1059/14

360/25

361/8.5

5A

559/10

660/10

.605A variant

660/10

has .605A on cover instead of 60.5A

6

258/16

559/10

1159/11

360/22.5

361/6

6A

258/6

559/5

360/5

7/8

858/7.5(2P)

1159/5

1160/4.5

361/2.5

9

559/2.5

1161/.6

Gears

258/10

859/10

260/15

1160/10

361/10

Mechanisms

1059/35

Note that an almost complete set of manuals was printed in February 1958 and March 1961.

1962-1964 Manuals

Outfit	Ruler Type		Language	Product code	1962		1963	1964
0-1	Blue	Wide	GB	12700	101/400*
0-1	Blue	Narrow	GB/F/NL/D/I	12720		1162/125		164/150
0-1	Blue	Narrow	GB/E/P/S/N	12740		1162/125		164/175
2-3	Blue	Wide	GB	12702	162/202	462/101
2-3	None		GB/F/NL/D/I	12722			263/50	164/100
2-3	None		GB/E/P/S/N	12742			263/50	164/100
4-5-6	Blue	Wide	GB	12707	101/180*	462/76
4-5-6	None		GB/F/NL/D/I	12724			263/90
4-5-6	None		GB/E/P/S/N	12744				164/90
7-8	Blue	Wide	GB	55063	362/22.3
7-8	None		GB/F/NL/D/I	12727				10/64/15
7-8	None		GB/E/P/S/N	12747?
9 Cover	None		GB	12709 - 12710	462/7
9 Leaflets	None		GB	12751 -12760	Undated
Gears B					362/10		663/15
Mechanisms							763/75
Elektrikit				12945			163/25

*Thought to be 1061/-

More New Model Leaflets

Leaflet No.	Description	Date	Print Ref.
1	Mobile Light Crane / Mechanical Excavator	1960	13/1160/15
2	Diesel Road Roller / Heavy Recovery Tractor	1961	13/161/15
3	Fork Lift Truck / Lorry-Mounted Cement Mixer	1961	13/861/25
4	Horse and Covered Wagon / Multi-Bucket Unit	1962	13/162/10
5	Golf Buggy / Single-Deck Tramcar	1962	13/462/10
6	Scooter / Sports Car	1062	13/962/12
7	Veteran Motor Car / Low Loader Vehicle	1962	13/162/10
8	Gantry Crane / Mobile Light Crane	?	72040/02
9	Engineer's Lathe / Tractor	?	72040/02

Outfit 10 Model Leaflets

Model No.	Description	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
1	Railway Service Crane					462/2
2	Sports Motor Car				1261/2
3	Coal Tippler					462/2
4	Cargo Ship					462/2
5	Double Decker Bus					462/2
6	Lifting Shovel					462/2
7	Block Setting Crane					462/2
8	Beam Bridge						163/1.5
9	Dumper Truck						163/1.5
10	Automatic Gantry Crane					462/2
11	Automatic Snow Loader					462/1.5
12	Locomotive					462/1.5
13	Combine Harvester	558/1				462/1.5
14	Eiffel Tower	558/1				462/1.5
15	Showman's Traction Engine					462/2
16	Motor Cycle Engine		559/1				163/1.5
17	Trench Digger		559/1			462/2
18	Bottom Dump Truck				161/.5	462/1.5
19	Road Surfacing Machine				161/.5	462/1.5
20	Mechanical Loading Shovel		559/1			462/2

Price Lists

	Dated	Print Ref.	Ref.	Format	Paper	Print
MP/PL/9	1/2/58	16/158/100 (1stP)		Portrait	Orange	Black
M/F/4	1/2/58	10/258/30		Portrait	Orange	Black
M/F/4	1/2/58	10/358/50 (2ndP)		Portrait	Green	Black
M/F/4	1/2/58	10/1058/20 (3rdP)		Portrait	Green	Black
M/F/5	1/5/59	10/459/50 (2ndP)		Portrait	Beige	Brown
M/F/7	Dec 59	10/1259/50		Portrait	Beige	Brown
M/F/8	Apr 60	10/460/50		Portrait	Lt.Green	Black
M/F/10	Feb 61	10/161/50 (1stP)	72018/02	Landscape	Beige	Black
M/F/11	Apr 61	10/461/70 (2ndP)	72018/02	Landscape	Beige	Black
M/F/12	Aug 61	10/861/70 3rdP)	72018/02	Landscape	White	Green
M/FF/13	Nov 61	10/1161/20 (4thP)	72018/02	Landscape	White	Green
New Outfits	Feb 62	10/261/20 (1stP)	72026/02	Landscape	Green	Green
		10/462/200	72033/02	Small Insert	Green	Green
	Jun 62	10/662/50 (4thP)	72034/02	Landscape	Green	Green
	Nov 62	10/1162/20 (5thP)	72034/02	Landscape	White	Green
	Jan 63	10/163/25 (1stP)	72037/02	Landscape	White	Blue
	May 63	10/563/50 (2ndP)	72037/02	Landscape	Yellow	Black
	Sep 63	10/963/36 (3rdP)	72037/02	Landscape	Yellow	Black
	Sep 63	17/364/25	72037/02	Landscape	Green	Black

Motor Instruction Leaflets, etc.

	Product Code	Pre-58	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
E020		17/156/8
E20R		16/1255/10	16/458/7
E15R	57217		16/1058/10		16/260/5		16/262/5
M20	57215		16/458/2
T15			16/558/25
Marshal Controller	57221				8/960/50
Marshal II				16/959/100
Marshal III
No.1	57212	17/1257/30		17/259/30	17/1260/40
Magic	57204	16/755/?	16/958/25m		1/1260/65m	16/1161/75
Emebo Instructions	57203						562/50		16/964/10
Emebo Publicity
GB/F/D/I	55982							16/163/150
GB/E/P/S/N	55983							16/1263/125

The entries in red have not been seen, but references to them have.  Please email if you can confirm any of them.

Last Updated on 28/7/07
by Clive Weston

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