Ford Cortina GT - 25d
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Ford Cortina GT - 25d |
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| I really like this one. In the
late sixties as a teenager I bought the one on the left with the
intention of keeping it in its box. Forty odd years on I still have it
and it is still in its box, if a little dog-eared by now. I did however
paint in the grille & steering wheel with aluminium Humbrol paint and
stuck decals on the doors, now mostly gone. While I was doing this
another young man, unknown to me and a couple of hundred miles away, bought the one on the right. He unfortunately passed
away in 2010 and I was fortunate to be able to buy his whole collection
from his widow. I am so pleased to have both cars as it is such an
attractive model. The Ford Cortina GT was released in the 25d slot in 1968. In 1970 it was converted to Superfast wheels and remained in the range until 1972. Meanwhile in the real world Ford deleted this model of Cortina in 1970 and brought out the MkIII. The regular wheels version has a version of steering where you press down on one side of the car to turn the wheels, this is removed in the Superfast version. Generally speaking the regular wheels versions are metallic gold and the Superfast ones are metallic blue. If you can find them the other way around you have a rare and more valuable item. Blue ones with regular wheels are really very rare indeed. Other than this there are some darker blue Superfast ones which will get a premium. |
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