
The Vauxhall Velox was part of the original Corgi brand launch range in 1956.
This mechanical flywheel friction motor version was released at the same time as
the single-colour freewheeling version and remained in production until 1959.
The two-tone cars are freewheel only and were released as part of a
range refresh in 1959. The mechanical version, 203M, was available in red or
orange. The orange cars are harder to find and will get a good premium on the
price. There are a number of clues to the fact that
the car shown below 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 (lost in cleaning and
now gone) was.
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