ERF Cement Mixer - 26a

The wheels have little numbers '26' cast into them. Is that a reference for the wheel or a way of showing the model number? Update: I now know that this harks back to the days when wheels were not generic and each model had its own wheels cast. The wheels had the number cast in so that they ended up on the right model. Later of course wheels were standardised and not specific to a particular model.

Matchbox made this little truck from 1956 to 1961, it is always orange. Wheels can be metal, grey plastic or silver plastic. The metal wheels models can have the trim picked out in either silver or gold. The one to look for is the metal wheels version with gold trim or even better, silver plastic wheels - they can be worth an awful lot of money. Metal wheels & silver trim are the most commonly found and lowest value, grey plastic wheels are a little harder to find and worth a little more.