Corgi
313 Ford Cortina GLX |
For this car, i don't know if it's genuine or not, if you have any information about this, please contact me !
A friend
of me says that :
"i recently purchased that exact item & i thought it might interest you & other collectors to know that i can confirm it is 100% original with original red spot wheels & original sealed body. I have now found out that it is an exremely rare export sales promotional model that was used to show dealers & importers how the red spot wheels looked on various models, Corgi thought the Cortina was a good model to use for promotion of the wheels because the car was a new popular worldwide Ford vehicle at that time."
"I
have spoken to the seller of this model & he has document proof from
the auction house where he bought it from that it is 100% genuine as discussed."
Look the pictures :
The Mustard colour was a rare export (European) issue & was issued with
Whizzwheels. Note the European left hand drive steering wheel, the other
bronze & pale blue version Cortina 313s have right hand drive! The mustard
version is not mentioned in the Great Book Of Corgi probably because it
was a very limited production export version so was not relevant to the
UK market, (although i think it should have been mentioned).
The man at Corgi who is thought to have had these pre-production/promotional
red spot wheel models produced in 1970 was called "Mike Tottle".
He was the sales manager at Corgi & used to get promotional models produced
at the production line to take to shows & to show to retailers etc.
Most examples of unusual version red spot wheel models were proabably produced
by him for promotion in early 1970.
Export issue finished in mustard-yellow, black roof, red interior