A big thank you to Darren Holl who (a while ago!) sent me his excellent Monza photos. The photos I added to my feature weren't the best but these are as close to Powertrack porn as I'm likely to get I suppose...
The great thing here is that the Monza 'Number 1' at the top is not lighted. I thought all LC cars were without lights but this proved not to be the case. In 1980 Matchbox introduced lights, but this was only for the UK and certainly not for the US RPS Lanechangers.
The Monza here come with painted green headlights but there are many US examples that have painted silver headlamps.
Monza 'Number 8' is the lighted example and it's slightly interesting that Matchbox changed the car number only... If anyone knows of any chassis upgrades on the 1980 LC cars please let me know.
Lastly is the uber-horny Yellow Monza with the lights. Its the UK LC-103 but hell, I just love the look of it! The photo at the top of this post shows the car in action with the BMW M1. How common were these lighted cars? Any information welcome, but thanks to Darren for these great pix.
