Corgi VA09534 Ford Escort Mk1 1300 GT, Marine Blue 1:43 Scale *PRE ORDER £34.19*

Corgi VA09534
Ford Escort Mk1 1300 GT, Marine Blue

1:43 Scale

Product Info
The Escort GT modelled was initially purchased from Mayne’s Garage, Redruth, Cornwall, on 1st August 1973, by a retired army major who actually bought a pair of 1300GTs that day: this blue example for himself and a red one, which is believed to have had a sequential number plate, for his wife. He had both Ziebart rust-protected then painted inside the bumpers and hubcaps himself to prevent corrosion. 

He covered 72,000 miles before taking this car off the road and, eventually, both Escorts were purchased by a local 15-year-old enthusiast for £25 each. In 2013, he sold the blue example to Berkshire-based Ford enthusiast Gary Cook, who stored it under a cover for several years. In January 2018, Gary’s close friends, Ford enthusiasts Maria and Kevin McDermid, purchased it for Maria’s 50th birthday.

It looked solid but, after stripping and blasting the bodyshell, they realised nearly every panel was perforated. Because Kevin already owns a modified Escort, they decided to restore this rare survivor to its original specification. Ford specialists, Bishop’s Bespoke Builds, rebuilt the bodyshell and it was painted in the original Marine Blue by Tony Littlejohn of Porsche specialists GTR Motorsports. The pair then reassembled it, refurbishing components, and scouring the world for rare trim parts. It was finished in August 2021 and featured in Classic Ford magazine in June 2022. 

Maria loves driving it to retro Ford events, where it is often the only unmodified car. And now this Ford Escort Mk1 1300 GT is immortalised in 1:43 scale die-cast model form.

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