Matchbox 32c; Leyland Petrol Tanker

It's an eight legger Leyland Ergo Petrol Tanker from the 1960s. The Leyland Tanker 32c was released in 1968 as a regular wheels model and was converted to Superfast in 1970. It remained in the range until 1973. In both wheel type variations they mostly have green cabs and BP decals or blue cabs and Aral decals. In all versions you will find examples where the grill/base unit missed being vacuum plated in silver and remains plain white plastic, this always adds a little to the price.

In the regular wheels version look out for the Aral version which is worth slightly more with an unplated white plastic grille and base than with plated silver although both are much harder to find than the green BP as below. In the Superfast version Aral is rarer than BP but best of all is NAMC labels on a purple cab or rarer still on a red cab.