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1971 Ford Escort Estate 1300 Automatic London Transport Radio Control Car MkI

1971 Ford Escort Estate MkI in Public Eye, TV Series, 1965-1975 Ep. 7.10

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1971 Ford Escort Estate 1300 Automatic London Transport Radio Control Car MkI

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carobserver ◊ 2018-09-05 02:48	is mk I Ford Escort estate, maybe basic trim version
Danzie ◊ 2018-09-05 03:10	I wonder what kind of vehicle this was, it appears to have a station sign on it's roof.
Exiv96 ◊ 2018-09-05 03:14	Probably a London Transport fleet vehicle.
dsl ◊ 2018-09-05 03:24	Something like this
Danzie ◊ 2018-09-05 03:39	Wow, never seen such a thing.
Danzie ◊ 2018-09-05 03:42
dsl ◊ 2018-09-05 04:49	Page 31 of this huge list shows a run of 1971 (August and September) Escort 1300 Estate Automatic Radio Control cars JGF 506K to 524K and 532K to 534K, which would match here. The Cortinas above (by Corgi Classics and Vanguards) show JLA 82D which with 83D were apparently the first LT Radio Control cars in 1966 and both were actually 4 door Super. "Surviving in preservation in London is 1464F (JLA 83D) a Ford Cortina radio control saloon car. This was one of two vehicles which acted as prototypes for the subsequent generations of inspector's cars. Both were delivered in 1965 and originally had EYN/C registrations allocated and were stored until 1966, when the radio equipment and JLA/D registrations were fitted. The fleet numbers (82D was 1463F) were adopted in 1967." from here with picture, but it looks as if it's lost the roof lollipop.
Exiv96 ◊ 2018-09-07 22:04	dsl wrote Page 31 of this huge list Wow. I am stunned this exists ! Thanks to it, I've now found the exact reg numbers for three Corgi Trackside 1/76 die-cast models I've bought years ago. That has made my day. -- Last edit: 2018-09-09 01:47:58

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