is it true that there were only about 1500 mark III greens..

[JimAnsell]

i thought i remember someone here saying there are only about 1500 mark III green stripes out there.
is that true?

 

[Bullen]

Might be. They started making the green stripe around the time (89?) the Mark IV came out. So I guess the demand for the Mark III wasn´t that high any more. Even though they didn´t stop producing the Mark III until 98 or so I don´t think they made many during the 90´s.

 

[Boogiebabies]

I have 2683X for 1/90. So from 1/90 to BoogieWan's 9/98 28,353 there are not too many serial numbers in that span. I would assume the serials may start in the 26,400 range for the Green Stripe. Maybe a lower or higher.

 

[JimAnsell]

I have 2683X for 1/90. So from 1/90 to BoogieWan's 9/98 28,353 there are not too many serial numbers in that span. I would assume the serials may start in the 26,400 range for the Green Stripe. Maybe a lower or higher.

my green stripe is dated 4/89 inside, and the sn is 2557x

 

[Boogiebabies]

So just deduct your serial from around 28400. From your's there's about 2300. Still not a lot of production for 9 years. At that, it's only 6% of all MK III's made if you count from 15001 to 28400.