Corgi VA12623 Ford Escort Mk2 1300 Sport Jupiter Red

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: VA12623

Manufacturer Number: VA12623
Condition: New
Category: Models, Cars
Brand: Corgi
Range: Corgi May 2025
Era: 1970s
Construction: Diecast Model
Scale: 1:43
Gauge: O
Model of Car: Ford Escort Mk2

£34.19

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Another iconic Ford Escort for your Vanguards collection, but this Mk2 1300 Sport model is in a stunning shade of Jupiter Red. Based on a car that is currently undergoing restoration, our die-cast model shows how it will look when complete. If your collection is missing this type of car, you need to add this 1:43 scale version now.

This die-cast model is a limited edition of 1,200.

The 1300 Sport modelled here was built at Ford#s plant at Halewood, Merseyside, before being registered on 12th October 1977 by Skelly Ford, Liverpool. They used it as a demonstration car, as it was finished in the attractive but unusual colour combination of Jupiter Red with silver 1300 Sport graphics over black and grey Cadiz fabric interior trim.

It was purchased shortly after by local man Keith Echlin for his wife Mary, who called it #Betsy# and enjoyed driving it. When she offered it for sale in a local newspaper in June 1989, it was still in good condition, having covered only 42,000 miles, and was purchased by local 18-year-old Ford enthusiast Charlie Powell.

Charlie used the car for almost a year before his Mum damaged the front wing slightly in a supermarket car park, and it ended up in his parents# garage awaiting work for a new MOT. That never quite happened, however, as other Ford projects and general life took over.

On 8th September 2022, Charlie and his son Joe, who was then 15 and has inherited his dad#s passion for Fords, exhumed it to assess its condition. The pair then displayed it, unrestored, in the Barn Finds exhibition at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show at the Birmingham NEC in March 2024.

The father and son team have now started restoring this rare survivor to its original condition and specification.

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

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