030 - LOTUS ELAN S2In the range for only a relatively short time, the Lotus Elan S2 (Corgi 318) was introduced in 1965 but deleted just two years later. It featured a lifting bonnet (which opened to reveal a detailed chromed engine), a driver figure in racing overalls and helmet, plus tipping seats and side windows that could be raised or lowered. The box contained four racing numbers, which you could optionally apply to the doors and bonnet. In a nice period touch, a

operated via a thumb wheel on the base

this historic miniature garage looks fantastic when displayed with your Corgi Model Club models

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was painting into a unique cream and maroon livery for operation on the Salisbury to Bournemouth limited stop service

it was only the second ‘take-off wheels’ model

who would have been used to ambulances from more traditional marques such as Bedford and Austin

When you factor in the Corgi’s carefully moulded red interior and ‘Glidamatic’ suspension

but the wartime utility buses had been built using poor quality timber and were prone to premature deterioration

In January 1966

Southdown Motor Services Ltd

was issued first

some with shaped wheel hubs and others with the cast ‘louvre’ design