D434
Dinky 434 Bedford T.K. Crash Truck. Near mint plus/boxed. Bright blue interior and silver-grey operating wheel. Detailed pictorial box. Scarce. From a small cache of period unsold shop stock.
Notes
First issued (1964-66), this example has a gloss white finish with a green flash and dark green wheels, bright mid-blue interior.
Complete Top Rank labels and logos on one side, and at the rear of the truck. Small nick to the green border of the TOP RANK sign on the other side.
A few little marks to the paint finish and closest inspection reveals a couple of factory sweeps of white paint.
The detailed pictorial box is clean, fresh and bright with no splits.
Light storage crease to one side of the lower half of the box. Period pencilled price on the box lid.
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