In 1964 Lesney continued to move away from the S Type Big Bedford with the newer Bedford TK taking over. This one confused me as a kid though, at a time when a lot of new lorries had tilting cabs to give access to the engine the Bedford TK did not, however Matchbox chose to add the feature to a lorry that never had it in real life and for years I was convinced that TK cabs tilted forwards because of this Matchbox.
The Bedford TK tanker was made from 1964 to 1968, most of them are yellow cab, green chassis and white tank with BP decals and black wheels. The BP version is also seen with grey plastic wheels. For mainland Europe the tanker was blue and white with Aral decals. The UK release with grey wheels is very scarce and very valuable, Aral versions get a decent price and even the most commonly found BP black wheel version is well valued.
