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Y-31 1931 Morris Courier in the yellow livery of 'Weetabix'. The baseplate was altered to reflect its new 'Made in China' origins but the copyright date was left at 1989. The bright Weetabix livery looked very good but this body type was really more of a furniture delivery van so it was not strictly accurate.
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This model was "Lyle's golden syrup" which had a green body, white roof and black chassis, brown seats with either chrome or gold plated wheels, This version was made in Macau and it had the horizontal dividing line removed from the side of the van body to accommodate the Lyle's tampo. Shop here
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For 1984 saw the "Dunlop" liveried Talbot join the range, It has a black body & chassis with a yellow roof and pale yellow or yellow 12 spoke wheels with either brown or black seats. It had a chrome plated grille and windscreen frame and it was packaged in a limited edition box.
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The 'Model of Yesteryear'
Foden Steam Lorry (Y27) has always proved a popular model. It first appeared in Pickfords livery (of which speciallists note various changes to the body casting) and in 1980 in a most attractive Frasers design.
The Frasers version is certainly worth buying while stocks are still around, but more importantly, because the Fraser model comes with a trailer, the lorry itself needed to be supplied with a towing hook. At first only a handful of such Pickfords with hooks appeared, but more have been available recently indicating that a reasonable production re-run was undertaken by Matchbox.
If a Pickfords with hook interests you, it could be best to buy while examples are around-but do not be forced to pay slly prices.
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