Land-Rover Breakdown Truck (417)Beautifully modelled, this brightly painted breakdown truck was manufactured by Corgi between 1960 and 1963. The bodywork is based on a Series 1 which it shares with the 406. Despite having a swivelling roof mounted spotlight, its best feature is undoubtedly a fully working winch, ingeniously operated by turning a spare wheel on the Land Rovers nearside body. Corgi revived the model in 1968, giving it a new 477 catalogue number. The new version was

Introduced into the Corgi range in April 1968

this popular model was created to tie in with the ‘Saint’ TV show featuring future James Bond

CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY CUSTOMISED RACER pack

two figures (the female passenger being considerably smaller than the male driver) and a boot/trunk that lifted to reveal a set of golf clubs and caddy

The model remained in the Corgi range for just two short years

Ford Zephyr Motorway Patrol

Corgi 348 featured the earlier model’s opening doors

which was difficult to open

It was introduced into the range in 1965 and stayed in production until 1969

with an aerial

Corgi 236 was right-hand drive but was complemented by an otherwise identical left-hand drive version for the export market

based on the Corgi 325 Ford Mustang ‘Fastback’ tooling from 1965