BOX FACTS

SERIES :	Regular Wheels	FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :	1956
BOX TYPES :	B, C	SIZES AVAILABLE :	2, 3
TOTAL VARIATIONS :	9	NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :	6

GENERAL INFO

The boxes for the 26A ERF Cement Mixer have little differences, notably to the barrel size. Although subtle, those differences play a role in distinguishing the various variations. The vert first box, a B1 in size 2, show the model with a rather large barrel and no background. The second major variation, available in B1, B2 and B3 sub-types has a barrel which appears a bit smaller, and the model numbers are lower in the picture. The third major variation has a barrel even smaller, but large numbers. This variation is only available in B2 sub-type. The medium barrel would be used again for the forth variation, which has very small numbers, but the large “N”.

A large size 3 was then made, available in B4 and B5 styles. The larger barrel is used, and we can now clearly see the rear windows on the cab.

The C Box uses the same picture as the late B4 and B5 boxes.

RARITY

The rarity of the size 2 boxes is hard to tell. But the larger boxes B4, B5 and C are less common.

VARIATION LIST

RW26A - ERF CEMENT MIXER
Front/Back	#	Type/Sub-type	Size	Top/Bottom	End Flap	Variation Name
$C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\26A-BBoxB1Blurred.jpg$ (Large barrel, small numbers high, no window behind cab, no background)	1	B1	2	Blue/Black	All blue	RW-26A-B1-1a
$C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\26A-BBoxB1SharpB2Small.jpg$ (Medium barrel, small numbers lower, no window behind cab, no background)	2	B1			All blue	RW-26A-B1-2a
	3	B2				RW-26A-B2-2b
	4	B3				RW-26A-B3-2c
$C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\26A-BBoxB2Large.jpg$ (Smaller barrel, large numbers with narrow "N", no window behind cab, no background)	5	B2				RW-26A-B2-3a
$C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\26A-BBoxB2Medium.jpg$ (Medium barrel, small numbers with wide "N", no window behind cab, no background)	6	B2				RW-26A-B2-4a
$C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\26A-BBoxB5.jpg$ (Larger barrel, large numbers away from model, windows behind cab, with background)	7	B4	3			RW-26A-B4-5a
	8	B5				RW-26A-B4-5b
(Larger barrel, large numbers, windows behind cab, with background (same as B Box RW-26A-B4-5a))	9	C				RW-26A-C-1a