According to Robert Newson ("Budgie Models", Leisure-Time Publications Ltd., Felixtowe, 1988), it was issued in 1963 and sold boxed (although no box is illustrated). He adds that it was copied from the Lesney Moko toy (presumably Lesney could already see that the future was in miniatures and were happy to let Morestone copy a discontinued large-scale model) and that there was a hole in the offside cab door to attach a driver (presumably moulded in plastic although, at the time of writing, he had yet to see one).tjlglass wrote:Don't know about that but it has that hard plastic 1950's feel to it, although I think it's early 60's ?