Yesteryear Y-27 1922 Foden Steam Wagon

Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y-27 1922 Foden Steam Wagon

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The fifth version of the Y27-1 1922 Foden Steam Wagon was in the very pale green livery of Spillers Animal Feeds, Unlike the earlier Fodens this one had a sack load rather than a canopy, This was followed by the very attractive Guinness liveried van which had an all new load of five barrels mounted on a new load bed casting. The seventh livery was the dark green and brown of Joseph Rank Flour Mills and once again a sack load was thought to be the most appropriate choice of load. The eighth livery was the black and red of McMullen's Brewers which was probably the best looking with its gold lining and company crest. The final Fullers liveried van was packed in a special Fullers box and only released here in the UK,
In 1996 Mica produced a maroon and yellow code 2 Foden with "Mica 1996 Club Member" tampo.
In 1998 Mica produced a second code 2 Foden which had "Mica Chester 1998" tampo, Its body was painted grey and it had either a red chassis with a red roof or a black chassis with a black roof.
The model was not replaced or deleted but no further Y-27 Fodens were issued although many have been produced in the Matchbox Collectibles range.

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Above: The Spillers Liveried van was a Limited Edition and was also the last UK made Foden before production was moved to Macau. It was released in 1987 and it was painted a very pale green with dark green chassis and cab roof, It had red daisy pattern wheels and dark green or mid green Spillers tampo to the sides and the baseplate may have the hook fixing rivet,

Above: For the Spillers van an all new sack load was made in light brown plastic, There were no rarities.

Above: In 1989 the Guinness liveried van was introduced. This version was made in Macau and it was painted dark blue with a black chassis and cab roof. It had an all new load of 5 barrels mounted on a diecast load bed and the baseplate was not only modified to reflect the new country of manufacture but was molded in black plastic rather than being made in the usual painted diecast metal.

Above: The Guinness van featured gold lettering and lining with a pale yellow Guinness crest, Unlike earlier models this one also had Guinness in gold tampo across the rear tailboard.

Above: The Joseph Rank Flour Mills version was released in 1990, It was painted dark green with a brown chassis and cab roof. The body sides were lined and lettered in gold and it had push fit green daisy pattern wheels, The baseplate was modified to include a screw hole to enable the model to be securely mounted in the newly introduced N type boxes and probably because it was to be fixed in by a screw the baseplate reverted back to diecast metal as the plastic version would not be strong enough.

Above: The Rank van also featured gold lettering to the tailboard and the 4 horizontal sacks were enhanced with black lettering & lining, There are no variations or rarities to be found.

Above: 1992 saw the release of the McMullens foden which was painted black with a red chassis and an off white cab roof, The wheels were push fit red daisy pattern and the body was heavily gold lettered and lined with the McMullens company crest adorning the cab doors. Like the previous issue the baseplate was metal with a box fixing screw hole and as it was made in China so the baseplate was modified accordingly.

Above: The McMullens van reused the Guinness barrel load and load bed, The ends of the barrels were printed with gold McMullen crests and the tailboard was decorated with gold tampo. There were no variations and no rareties.

Above: The final livery was in the black with red chassis and cab roof of Fullers Brewery, It also featured a barrel load and diecast metal load bed and is sighnwritten and lined in gold and enhanced with a little touch of red. The die cast metal "made in China" baseplate was heavily modified as two new screw holes were inserted which both had long collars or sleeves (as seen hanging below the chassis),
I am not sure if this is a code 1 or 2 but it was only released in the UK and it came packaged in a special Fullers box.

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