BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

June 1959

BOX TYPES :

B, C, D

SIZE AVAILABLE :

3

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

8

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

6

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

June 1959 saw the release of the 68A Austin Radio Truck, another model from the Army range. It started with a first “set” of B4/B5 boxes that shows a large drawing of the model, yellow wheels, and no background, with lines underneath. The second “set” of B4/B5 boxes has a smaller model and dark background, without any line underneath.

The two same major variations were then used for two different C boxes as well.

The D1 and D2 boxes show the model in green with dark wheels.

All boxes are size 3.

RARITY

The C boxes are the less common boxes for this model.

VARIATION LIST

RW68A - AUSTIN MK 2 RADIO TRUCK

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\68A-BBoxNoBackgroundjpg.JPG

(Front view, yellow wheels, large red model, no background, numbers away from model)

1

B4

3

Blue / Black

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence

RW-68A-B4-1a

2

B5

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence

RW-68A-B5-1b

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\68A-BBoxBackgroundjpg.JPG

(Front view, yellow wheels, smaller red model, with light background, numbers close to model)

3

B4

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence

RW-68A-B4-2a

4

B5

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence

RW-68A-B5-2b

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(Front view, yellow wheels, large red model, no background, numbers away from model (same as B Box RW-68A-B4-1a))

5

C

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence

RW-68A-C-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\68A-CBoxBackground.JPG

(Front view, yellow wheels, smaller red model, with light background, numbers close to model (same as B Box RW-68A-B4-2a))

6

RW-68A-C-2a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\68A-DBoxD1.jpg

(Numbers without serifs)

7

D1

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\68A-D1.jpg

RW-68A-D1-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\68A-DBox.jpg

(Numbers with serifs)

8

D2

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\68A-D2.jpg

RW-68A-D2-2a