This Yesteryear
was based on a Sentinel which delivered flour to
a bakery near to the Lesney factory. There are
only four listed variations of this model. All
models were blue, red and yellow. Early models
had crimped axles whereas the later (and scarcer)
models have riveted axles.
The issue in my
collection is issue 2 with full gold trim. The
central roof support can be missing as a result
of the casting being broken during production. My
model has this detail bent inward which clearly
happened before the model was sprayed. Most
models have grenodised wheels. However the last
issue 'borrowed' black plastic wheels from the
1-75 Miniature range and is very rare. Mint boxed
versions of the 'standard' issues can be found at
swapmeets for between £50 and £80.
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