Caterpillar CAT D8
tractor Matchbox

Brand - Reference

Matchbox 8

Type

Caterpillar CAT D8 crawler tractor

Comments

Model appeared in 1961 according to the Moko Lesney Matchbox Toy Collecting website, replaced in 1966 with a Ford Mustang.

No more tracks.

Scale given in the catalogue: 1/102.

Modifications

Caterpillar tracks purchased from Model Car Parts (Holland).

History

Quote from armyvehicles.dk: “The Caterpillar D8 was released in 1935. It was equipped with a six-cylinder 144 hp engine”.

Documents:

• Wikipedia article.
• Photos on flickr.com.
• History on ccmodels.com.