Designed by Jerry fisher the first van of this casting was the Kremer Racing Van in 1988 followed quickly by the Police in white, a great little casting. The rarer ones were only sold in Holland making them very hard to find.
There are a lot of vvariations in this casting which includes wheels / base Tampo and windows.
The "Mother Care" gift pack was one of the sets that this van came in and was by far the hardest to find as by the time I found out about it the store had sold them all and have only heard of three others.
In the end Corgi used up castings and paint and made gift packs to sell off items left in the factory. In the case of this casting only a few vans were used in this exercise and the plane colours in this van are hard to find.
Plastic Pre-Pro Jerry Fisher design
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Colour sample do not know if they ever made this van
Jerry collection sale
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The "Mother Care" set comprised of the AA van, a plain red, dark blue and white Police van
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The Ferrari van came in a three pack only with and without a roof rack. "Bachelors Peas" was a send away for item. Krakar Racing was the first ever corgi junior made, this was available in pull back and go variation.
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"Parcel Force" and two types of "Post Office" vans were made over the life of this casting. The "Royal Mail" van also comes with 5 spoke wheels and is harder to find.
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The last model ever made in this range came with Mattel and Corgi on the base. It was never seen again after 1995
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Rare Pull back and go police
The "Police" variation first made in 1988 was also available in pull back and go. Luthancer variation came out in 1993. The plain white vans came in a multi pack only at the end of the Corgi companies life to use up old materials.
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"Thames Water" leak protection never came in a box but was loose. In 1990 the "British Gas" and "British Airways" vans were produced and came in the Corgi box.
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Very rare picture cards
FIVE SPOKE TEN SPOKE QUARTER
The "Texico" van came in a three pack only. Eddie Stobart came with a light bar in two different positions on the roof. The plain yellow van came in a multi pack only
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"Wolf" was one of the hardest vans to find in 1995. The "Combi Mail" van came loose and never found in blister card or box. The "AA" livery came in loads of variations and was the most long running tampo to be used with this casting.
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"Polisi" is a export set only and very hard to find.The "White Arrow" set was a send off item. The later blue "Police" van was only available in a short run.
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Made for a drive day with ford code two comes with a sticker on the side and back doors 1 of 250 made.
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Netherlands "Fire" van was a export only and came on a blister card. "Pointers" was easy to find and a petrol give away.The "Fire Chief" van was produced at the end of the Corgi reign in numerous sets.
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"Falck Zonon" was very hard to find and came in a Corgi export fire set made for Europe only. The mail in "Malteser's" was a send away for model and came with a tampo variation as there were two runs of this model due to demand.
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"Kays" van was a mail in model and the new "AA" van 1995 came with light bar in two positions.
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One of the last transits made two variations on roof.
( Het Belgische Rode Kruis )
The rare Belgium "Red Cross" was made in 1990 and only 250 were made for the charity. I was told this by Corgi in a letter while trying to locate the model.
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Swiss set very rare.
CORGI WAS TAKEN OVER BY MATTEL IN THE 1990's THE CASTING WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.