HP Classics: About Cases and Boxes

[Les Bell]

(06-07-2015 06:36 PM)HP-Collection Wrote:  The last box I wonder myself as I thought, the classics were only sold in card boxes with teh plastic box in it.

When I bought my 45, in the UK in 1975 (might have been 74 - I forget) I'm pretty sure it didn't have the plastic box. In fact, it didn't have the black leather wallet that earlier models did . It had a zip-up vinyl wallet of the type we know from the 41, with a belt loop that wouldn't stand much punishment, so I sprang for the optional hard leather case.

I bought an HP-65 from HP Canada in early 1977, and that had the olive-coloured hard plastic case to hold everything, including the soft black leather case with extra pocket for the QRG (or maybe a packet of mag cards?).

I sold the 45 in 1978 or so, but bought a replacement recently, and it lives in a soft leather case with no pocket, which appears to have been made for the 35, 45 or 55.