Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of Corgi's first product, the Ford Consul, in a superb presentation box and including The Second Great Book of Corgi. Every copy will be personally signed by the author.

Corgi state `The book itself has far exceeded any expectation in terms of the content and the detail behind the last 23 years of Corgi'

Run Limited to 1500

Now expected in August 2007, with a free Gift Voucher against future purchases!

Corgi chose wisely with their first model, announced in July 1956, for although the Consul was by then six years old it was very popular and every boy wants a car like his Dads'! Within three months the initial production run of 100,000 had been sold out and the Swansea factory had to produce a further 250,000 eaxamples to meet demand. In four months Corgi made 118,519 more models that Ford did in six years, although at 2/9d the model was a bargain compared to the £663 Ford charged for the real thing.  This special limited edition model is made in exactly the same way as the 1956 original, with a metal chassis, turned wheels, and of course, for it would not be a Corgi without, windows.

The Consul shared its unit construction body with the more powerful and luxorious Zephyr/Zodiac and was a huge leap forward for Ford technically when compared with the V8 Pilot it replaced.