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Nº A-2.
Bedford S Type Car Transporter (1950-1959).
Blue cab, blue trailer, black lettered decals.
Wheels:metal.
Escala (?).
Matchbox Accessory Pack Series.
Lesney.
Made in England.
Introduced in 1957.

This variant was produced from 1957 to 1958.
This model in all variants was produced from 1957 to 1962/63.
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A2 - Bedford S Type Car Transporter

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"They were made from 1957 onwards and are usually pale blue, there are some harder to find ones with a red cab and red and grey trailer. The lettering on the trailer can be 'MATCHBOX CAR TRANSPORTER' or 'CAR COLLECTION Ltd, CAR TRANSPORTER' or just 'CAR COLLECTION Ltd' on some of the red and grey ones, the lettering is black, red or dark blue on the pale blue ones and red out of yellow on the red/grey ones. wheels can be metal, grey plastic or black plastic."
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Source: www.chezbois.com/non_corgi/matchbox/Model_1502.htm

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"The Lesney Accessory pack number two was the Bedford S type car transporter which was introduced in 1957.
The car transporter was made to a larger size than the 1-75 series vehicles so it could carry four models from the miniatures range.

The tractor unit was a one piece casting and the trailer was cast in two pieces where the lower deck was a seperate casting from the sides and upper deck. Oddly there was no ramp to allow vehicles to be driven up to the top deck and the top deck could not be folded down to be loaded.

The model was painted blue all over and it had '"Matchbox" Car Transporter' stamped to the sides in black ink and grey metal wheels on crimped axles,
Later a red decal replaced the stamped inscription which read 'Car collection Ltd car transporter' and the wheels were changed for grey plastic on crimped or rounded axles,
Later black plastic wheels replaced the grey wheels and transporters with grey wheels on the tractor unit and black wheels on the trailer are a known factory error.
Late in the models life it was recoloured when the tractor unit and lower deck on the trailer were painted red and the sides and top deck of the trailer were painted grey,

The blue versions are quite common but the red & grey version is rare.
It was packaged in either a 'B' type box or the later red & grey issues were packaged in a 'D' type box,

The model was deleted in 1962-63."

Source: www.vintagebritishdiecasts.co.uk/2index/car.htm

More info:
matchbox.wikia.com/wiki/Matchbox_Car_Transporter_(A-2)
www.bamca.org/cgi-bin/single.cgi?id=A02a
www.bamca.org/cgi-bin/vars.cgi?mod=A02a&var=01
www.bamca.org/cgi-bin/vars.cgi?mod=A02a
nigelsworld.dyndns-free.com/diecast/detail.php?ID=2585
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Bedford S type

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Bedford S was a heavy truck produced between 1950 and 1959 and known as the Big Bedford.

The S was launched at the Commercial Vehicle Show in 1950.
Known as the "Big Bedford", it was the largest Bedford truck available at the time, with a gross vehicle weight of 7 long tons (7,100 kg).

The truck was originally fitted with a 4.92 l (300 in3) 6-cylinder Bedford petrol engine that produced 110 bhp (82 kW) at 3200 rpm. Drive was through a four speed manual gearbox that introduced synchromesh to the top three gears. Final drive in the rear axle was by hypoid gears.
The Perkins R6 diesel engine was made an option in 1953, soon joined by the Leyland O.350, and Bedford's own diesel in 1957.

The Bedford S was used extensively by haulers and general trades through the 1950s and 1960s.
The chassis was used for fire engines and to carry the first liquid egg tanker."

Successor
Bedford TK

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_S_type

Taken on: April 25, 2017

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