Ford Escort Dinky No. 168 full restoration. Diecast model toy. 

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Also the rear number plates should be yellow. Lovely restoration.

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You're correct - E registrations were issued from January 1st 1967 to July 31st 1967 and F from August 1st 1967 to July 31st 1968. (Before the E registrations, the letter denoting the year of registration ran from January 1st to December 31st, with E they stared changing the letter in August so E-plates were issued for a shorter period than other letters.) The very first Escorts were produced in November 1967 after the letter had switched to F. The very last Mk1 Escorts had N (or possibly P) registrations.

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Me too, VNN167G. Great little 1100 engine and so basic by today's standards.... really easy to look after. Loved it. I was heartbroken when it was nicked from our driveway and smashed into a tree, writing it off. My first and best car.

@@septiccalling8341 Yeah spot on it was a little 1100 four cylinder and the engine bay was so large you could nearly climb in there and work on it

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Yes, that's correct, this model was also sold as a kit in the Dinky Action-range. It's also one of several models changing colour mid-production from red metallic to blue metallic (The Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman is another example) The design is not quite optimal: the doors always have a tendency to "over-shut" as we also see here, a problem increasing as the dies wore out, and the boot/trunk and hood/bonnet are so loose that they refuse to stay open, even when the models are quite new. Furthermore, the design with the thick wheelarch edges (being part of the baseplate), looks quite clumsy. I'm pretty sure the colour change from red metallic to blue metallic happened at the same time as the wheel switch from old style to Speedwheels, but the very earliest models were pale blue (as seen on the box artwork) and had old-style license plates (black background) The range was completed by a Police "panda" version, pale turquoise/white, catalogue number 270. Late production-run models came in the "bubble-top" boxes with the car on a cardboard plinth. The bubble tops turn absurdly fragile with age (and tend to go yellow/orange as well) so even if handled with extreme care, they crumble at the slightest touch, making them near impossible to transport in any way. I'm wondering if Paul would be able to recreate these bubble tops? The blue Escort is the only one to span both box types, so would be a perfect candidate for one of these infamous bubble boxes.

The transition to speedwheels occurred in 1974 ,over a period of time to use up the stocks of the cast hubs. Roughly coinciding with the colour change and moulded in steering wheel, dinky where busy cheapening the range.

@@teebodk3917 wow, thanks mate. You’re a wealth of knowledge. I agree with you re the casting faults and the bases in the wheel arches. I fixed the wheel arch problem with my first one by creating massive wheel flares, similar to the racing versions. I made my own deep dish wide wheels from some large Hotwheels wheels. It looks pretty good, but it’s not for the purists who prefer original condition or restoration.

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Grazie mille, ormai ho raccolto tanti modelli in scala da 1 a 43. Per quanto riguarda gli stampi li uso tante volte, stampi per pneumatici, li ho già usati per esempio 60 volte e non c'è problema.

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thank you very much, chrome was not on the models

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Not as bad you lot calling each other “Spunky” 😂 In the uk that means a much worse thing so don’t worry about the woeful yank sedan 🇬🇧🤣

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Hartelijk dank. Dinky heeft de zijstrepen bij Ford Escorts niet geschilderd, dit is beslist met de hand gedaan door de vorige eigenaar

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Wrong 1968!

@@terrybeechener5992 internet says no, I'm afraid. E = 1/1/67 to 31/7/67.

In reality the ford escort mk1s earliest uk prefix would be F registered August 1st 67 to end July 68 .no mk1s carried a E reg.

@@stevecann3394 I'm not on about the year letter,I'm talking about the year the Escort was introduced.

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