01 Aveling-Barford Road Roller
The Aveling-Barford Road Roller was a popular model for the release of the (at the time) new line of toys. It was one of the original models released in 1953 and continuing in the basic range for many years, in fact it was released each year up until it was replace by the Mercedes Truck in 1967 a run of 14 years; although there were changes in that time.
Over the years the model itself increased in size, change in design and by the time of its deletion from the range even had been cost reduced with the introduction of plastic rollers.