Vauxhall Velox - 203M
PAGE LAST UPDATED: 02 September 2007
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Vauxhall Velox - 203M PAGE LAST UPDATED: 02 September 2007 |
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VAUXHALL VELOX |
There are a number of clues to the fact that this is a sneaky repaint that the seller never bothered to mention in his eBay auction. Firstly the orange peel finish, but more than that the fact that the toy was never sold in this colour. Next the silver-painted bright work shows evidence of brushing rather than masking. That rear number plate is not from a Corgi accessory set, but the tax disc (now gone) was. The windows are far more worn than the bodywork, as are the wheels, the rivets look wrong and - killer blow, Corgi did not start painting tail lamps red until the Vanguard a year or so later. If that was not enough they've painted the wrong bit red.
Still it's a good model of the old Vauxhall and the mechanical version is not that easy to find.
