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9a Dennis Fire Engine, issued 1955, length 57mm, box type B.
9b Dennis Fire Engine, issued 1958, length 58mm, box type B.
9c Merryweather Marquis Series 3 Fire Engine, issued 1959, length 64mm, box types B-C and D.
9d Boat And Trailer, issued 1966, length Boat 76mm, Trailer 77mm, box types E and F.


9a model


The 9b models


The 9a and 9b Fronts the 9b has the added front bumber.


The two casting variation beneath the ladder, of 9a and 9b.



These two pictures show the casting changes between 9a and 9b, the rear end and the front end of the base,


The 3rd the Silver trim to the front only, issue of the 9c model. This model is fitted with gpw and bpw. gpw 10x24, bpw 10x24 and 10x45 treads.


The rear ends of the 9c model with and with-out the top hose connections.


The two different ladders the 17 rung and the 18 rung ones.



The 9d boat and trailer, this model boat comes in many colour shades including the Green one.




George T.

the model in the forefront of the pic is a childhood survivor...the ladder was added as i mustve gotten a lot that included a ladder





this pic is pre-stannard as i use the book to set the models on to take pics if anyone was wondering why i always have my models sitting on a blue book haha! also the pic is pre-good camera

Hello Dan, it must have been great and a lot of fun, to be able to enjoy these Matchbox toys as a young boy. When they came out in 1953 I had already been in a apprenticeship over a year. So I do not have any from my childhood

George T.

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