Saturday 14 February 2009

Regular Wheels Road Rollers

1a Road Roller was first released in 1953 but went into production until 1955. The earliest issues had rounded edges to the front and rear ends of the roof canopies. The later issues however had straight edges to the canopy ends. Some Rollers can be found in rare light green or the dark green which is a more common version. The first 7 models came out in script boxes because of the MOKO lettering that was printed in script.

The 1B Road Rollers were only available in light Green and measured approximately 56mm long, it was in production from just 1956 to 1958. The 1C Road Rollers came either in light or dark Green and production went from 1958 to 1962. The models were all approximately 64mm long.

The 1D Road Rollers were the last to be produced for this type. The last variant began production in 1962 and lasted until 1968. This variant only came out in dark green colour with plastic rollers compared to its predecesors.

Note: Image used with permission http://www.darkens.net.nz/

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