Answer to Question 1      The 3A Cement Mixer.  First version.  Some notes about this model here.

Answer to Question 2       For a start, one of the corners of the label is curled upwards.

At the time of a paper shortage in 1975, surplus labels from earlier issues appeared on a few Superfast models.  One example was the 17F Londoner Bus with Esso Extra labels from the 74B Daimler Bus which had been discontinued three years previously.  So this one was fair game! 

The first thing to check when looking for a forgery is the labels (if any).  One corner of the label on the model pictured is creased and will not lie flat.  It has probably been peeled off another model.  80% sure it's not an original!  Check some other details.  Shape of the label - square or rounded corners?  Square - OK.  Base type?  Later type with axle braces - OK.  But the base is charcoal, not black.  This colour did not appear until 1978.  100% sure it's a forgery.

Answer to question 3      The 57C Land Rover Fire Truck.  For more on this model, follow this link

Answer to Question 4       The Cadillac Sixty Special (Issued as #27).
 

Up to this point, numbers were re-used only for models that were 'updates' of earlier releases.  The illustration is taken from the bottom of the box of the Commercial Vehicle Set of 1959.

The 4C Triumph Motor Cycle and Sidecar was originally allocated the number 78 [Ref. Michael Stannard - pre-production castings carried this number].  The mould will have had to be re-engraved (like that of the Cadillac) so making the 'No. 4' appear as if on a raised panel.

The obvious question is now, 'Which model was allocated number 77?'  I suggest it may have been the 17C Metropolitan Taxi as this also has its number on a raised panel (and, like the Motor Cycle, was a 'forthcoming model' shown in the 1960 catalogue).  But so does one of the alternative baseplates of the 7B Ford Anglia, but this was not released until 1961.

If someone who reads this has the answer, please let me know and I'll tell the world!

The Horse-Drawn Fire Engine shown in the 1960 pocket catalogue as a new model was a Merryweather Fire Engine. 

The Shand-Mason Horse-Drawn Fire Engine was issued in that year as Y-4.

 
 

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