Matchbox 32f; Atlas Excavator

This is one of those models that survived the crash. From 1981 to 1983 it was part of the Lesney range; there are three Lesney versions. It was originally orange and then yellow with or without CAT logos.

After the 1983 crash and change of Matchbox ownership It went into a rainbow of colour variations under the new management, I've seen 13 variations at least up to and beyond 2008. None of them is particularly sought after or gets any sort of premium.