Yesteryear Collection - George Farrar

The (Y63-1) 1939 Bedford KD Truck was introduced in 1992 in the livery of "George Farrar Yorkshire Stone". The K (series) was the Bedford name for this particular truck and the D stood for dropside as the sides as well as the tailboard could be lowered to access the bed for loading and unloading.

The production run was 26,700.

Livery: (Tampo)
'GEORGE FARRAR KEIGHLY YORKSHIRE' in white on both cab doors.
'GEORGE FARRAR YORKSHIRE STONE' in white with black shadow effect within white coachlines on both sides of truck.
'GEORGE FARRAR' in white with black shadow effect and 'KEIGHLY YORKSHIRE' in white on tailboard.
'GEORGE FARRAR' in white with black shadow effect on hoarding board.
White coachlining to tailboard and cab doors.

Comments/Features: It had a bright red cab and a light brown body and load bed with a clear plastic window unit.
The chassis and wings were black painted metal and fixed to the underneath of the chassis was a black plastic attachment of which the grill & bumper, cab steps, propshaft, main chassis rails, rear axle and spare wheel carrier were molded in as part of. It also included all of the model details inscribed on this sub baseplate.
It had silver trim to the headlights and radiator grille bars and the interior and steering wheel were of black plastic.
The wheels were chrome plated disc wheels fitted with black rubber tyres.

Variations/Rarities: There were two different sub baseplate moldings which can be identified by the model number being either Y-63 1 or Y-63 2 and having slight variations in the lettering, Pre production versions of the Y63-2 sub base had several spelling mistakes which were corrected before the model went into production.

Note of Caution: Bedfords have recently appeared on ebay with red hubs but have not been confirmed if this is a genuine variation as it is very easy to completely remove the chrome plating without leaving any trace of them ever being chromed at all.


George Farrar, Yorkshire Stone			Sub baseplate moldings which can be identified by the model number being either Y-63 1 or Y-63 2	The tailboard was decorated with "George Farrar, Keighley Yorkshire" tampo

Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002"
A: G FARRAR
Issue	Year of Release	Colour	Seats	Cab	Radiator Grille	Plated Parts	Wheels	Load	Baseplate	Rarity	Box
1	1992	Light brown body, black chassis	Black	Bright red	Black with silver bars	Chrome	Chrome solid	Light brown York stones	MATCHBOX © 1991 CHINA Y-63 2	S	N1
2		Light brown body, black chassis	Black	Bright red	Black with silver bars	Chrome	Chrome solid	Light brown York stones	MATCHBOX © 1991 CHINA Y-63 1	D	N1
Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare
Box: N1 - Red 'Made in China' with card diorama