Editing Articulated Truck

{{casting
|name=Articulated Truck
|series= 1-75 [[Superfast]]
|number=50
|years=1973 - 1978
|designer=
|image=7350_Articulated_Truck.JPG|scale = 1:90}}

The '''Articulated Truck''' is a three-axle tractor-trailer combo, offered in the [[1-75]] range, later come in the Twin Packs range with a second trailer. The tractor features a ball and post which fits a socket in the trailer. Though the tractor unit is shared with the [[Freeway Gas Tanker]], and is therefore interchangeable with that model, this seems to be for manufacturing reasons, rather than for play value. Wheel type sometimes varied between the tractor and trailer, even on models packaged together. Colored glazing, a small cab, and no rear window space hide the lack of an interior. The Twin Packs version come from after to 1978.

==Versions==
This Matchbox model has been issued in the following versions:

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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Col #'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Year'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Series'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Tractor Color'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Trailer Color'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Labels'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Tractor Base Color / Type'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Trailer Base Color / Type'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Window Color'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Tractor Wheel Type'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Trailer Wheel Type'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Toy #'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Country'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Notes / Variations'''
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Photo'''
|-
|50
|[[List of 1973 Matchbox|1973]]
|1-75
|Yellow or Orange-yellow
|Medium Blue
|Blue and Yellow Chevrons on trailer
|Black Plastic
|Yellow, Orange-yellow or Lemon / Plastic
|Purple
|[[Image:Bullseye.jpg|65px]]
|[[Image:Matchbox 5 spoke square.jpg|65px]]
|
|England
|
|[[Image:7350_Articulated_Truck.JPG|100px|Josiah Carberry Collection]]
|-
|50<br />TP-16
|[[List of 1978 Matchbox|1978]]
|1-75<br />+ Twin Packs
|Yellow or Orange-yellow
|Medium or dark Blue
|None
|Black Plastic
|Yellow, Orange-yellow or Lemon / Plastic
|Purple or Red
|[[Image:Bullseye.jpg|65px]]
|[[Image:Matchbox 5 spoke square.jpg|65px]]
|
|England
|ARTICULATED TRUCK on base. Same yellow / blue second trailer in Twin Packs
|[[File:Articulated Truck (No. 50 - Yellow & blue).JPG|100px]]
|-
|50<br />TP-16
|[[List of 1981 Matchbox|1981]]
|1-75<br />+ Twin Packs
|Red
|Silver-gray
|None
|Black Plastic
|Red / Plastic
|Purple or Red
|[[Image:Bullseye.jpg|65px]]
|[[Image:Matchbox 5 spoke square.jpg|65px]]
|
|England
|Same red / gray second trailer in Twin Packs
|
|}

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