Leyland Comet flatbed lorry Matchbox

Brand - Reference

Matchbox 60

Type

Leyland site office lorry

Comments

Model appeared in 1966 according to the Moko Lesney Matchbox Toy Collecting website.

Transport of a site office

Scale given in the catalogue: 1/92.

History

It is a fourth-generation Comet model, manufactured from 1964 to 1975. The cab, named Ergomatic, has been used on many types of Leyland and even on other English lorry brands (according to Wikipedia).

Documents:

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Leyland flatbed lorry

Photo Paul Rankin on flickr.com.

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following the death of its author Nick Jones.
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