Matchbox Accessory Pack A-2; Bedford S Type Car Transporter

This is one of those I looked for and had to buy. I'd owned one when I was little and really enjoyed playing with it. It is such a truism that we remember the splendid Corgis and Dinkys that we owned, but we had few of them because they were expensive. We actually spent more time with the Matchboxes because they were cheaper and we had so many more of them; and a transporter is brilliant because you can play with loads of cars at once. I really liked my Bedford transporter.

They were made from 1957 onwards and are usually pale blue, there are some harder to find ones with a red cab and red and grey trailer. The lettering on the trailer can be 'MATCHBOX CAR TRANSPORTER' or 'CAR COLLECTION Ltd, CAR TRANSPORTER' or just 'CAR COLLECTION Ltd' on some of the red and grey ones, the lettering is black, red or dark blue on the pale blue ones and red out of yellow on the red/grey ones. wheels can be metal, grey plastic or black plastic.

Look out for red and grey ones, especially if they have the shorter text. Of the pale blue ones look for knobbly plastic wheels and red lettering.