1/43 Ford Cortina Mk.II Crayford Convertible Blue Mink Roof

The Ford Cortina MkIIwith its hood in the folded down position inapale blue colour schemeregistered SOO 661D from 1966, the first year of its Ford debut. As well as the pale blue body and contrasting cream hood, the 2-door model features black interior seating, black floor, dashboard and controls, which are all shown off to great advantage with the hood down. Note especially the highly detailed dashboard dials and the sporty three spoked steering wheel.

Externally, the car features silver trim and two extra fine details - the highly decorative wheel centre caps and the red GT badge positioned centrally behind the rear wheel arches.

Crayford Engineering was a car coachbuilder based in Kent and was formed in 1962 by engineer and designer Jeffrey Smith and sales expert David McMullan. The company specialised in taking desirable and usually prestige cars of the era and converting them from the original into estates and convertibles. The Cortina Mk II was one such car that Crayford introduced as a convertible but in very small numbers, so they are very collectable today.

1:43 scale which means that this is 43 times smaller than the full sized vehicle(s).