Racing Car Set - GS5

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Gift Set 5 put together all the racing cars in the Corgi range. There were two Formula 1 cars - The Vanwall and the BRM and the Le Mans winning Lotus. The Lotus XI. I saw one of these Lotuses racing at a classic car event in Angouleme in September 2006 and it was very disappointing, it just trundled around at the back of the pack. Mind you I think the owner was taking more care of his polished alloy bodywork than getting a place in the race.

This group has been put together from my collection.

The models which made up the Racing Car Set - 9 were:

I'm pretty sure the BRM is right in green and I'm guessing the Vanwall is right too in red. It's also easy to be sure that these are the pre-revamp versions as they do not have suspension. However the Lotus is harder to place as neither the early or late versions had suspension, i think it really should be the blue version of the Lotus.

 
 
 
   

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