Yesteryear Collection - Tate and Lyle's Packet Sugar; Rear Tilt

In 1986, the third version of the (Y27-1) 1922 Foden Steam Wagon released was the mid brown livery of Tate & Lyle's Packet Sugar.
Although this was a standard production run only a total of 122,000 were made which shows that the Limited Editions were maybe not quite so exclusive after all.

Livery: (Tampo)
'ASK FOR' and 'TATE & LYLE'S PACKET SUGAR' in gold with blue and white shadow effect with two scrolls on both sides of wagon.
'PEASE & SON' ,'WANDLE WHARF WANDSWORTH SW18' and 'PHONE PUTNEY 2420' in gold on both cab doors.

Variations/Rarities: This version can have deep or shallow planking frame detail to the body sides (the side panels were skimmed down to better facilitate the tampo printing) and can have a 1984 or 1986 copyright date inscribed on the baseplate.
There were no rarities.

Interesting Facts: It comes in Tate & Lyle livery, as preserved by that company to replicate the Pease & Sons Fodens used by Henry Tate in the 1920s. In fact AU6695 was originally owned by the Star Brewery, Nottingham. It was then owned by Foden itself, then by a stone company before being left idle until rescued by Tate & Lyle. The lettering is reproduced as on the preserved wagon.


Tate & Lyle's Packet Sugar		The model on the left has the original deep body panel struts, that on the right the shallower later example	Pre-production issue with yellow chassis and tan canopy	The original AU6695, currently in the Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland

Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002"
C: TATE & LYLE'S
Issue	Year of Release	Colour	Cab Roof	Seat	Body Canopy	Wheels	Plated Parts	Body Panel Struts	Hook Rivet	Towing Hook	Baseplate	Rarity	Box
1	1986	Red brown body, glossy black chassis	Black	Black	Black	Red daisy	Gold	Deep	No	No	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND	S	J
2		Red brown body, glossy black chassis	Charcoal	Black	Charcoal	Red daisy	Gold	Deep	No	No	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND	S	J
3		Red brown body, glossy black chassis	Black	Black	Black	Red daisy	Gold	Shallow	No	No	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND		J
4		Red brown body, glossy black chassis	Black	Black	Charcoal	Red daisy	Gold	Shallow	No	No	MATCHBOX © 1984 ENGLAND	D	J
5		Red brown body, glossy black chassis	Black	Black	Black	Red daisy	Gold	Shallow	No	No	MATCHBOX © 1986 ENGLAND		J
Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare
Box: J - Red 'Made in England' with clear panel