437 - Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis in red and cream livery video_551423608 each had an unusual horizontally

each had an unusual horizontally split die-cast body – a casting that allowed the top and bottom of the models to be painted separately

allowing three racing cars to be transported

(Please note that this gold grille 270 model is not included in the membership collection)

Issued in 1968 in the wake of the success of 1965’s gold Corgi 261

BUICK RIVIERA pack

437 - Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis in red and cream livery video_551423608 each had an unusual horizontallyWhen introduced by Corgi in October 1962 this striking American ambulance featured an infamously erratic mechanism on the models rear axle to switch the rooftop bulb on and off, thus simulating a flashing emergency light. It was one of the few Corgi innovations of the era that failed to live up to expectations and was eventually replaced in 1966 by a simpler battery operated circuit that powered a flashing bulb*. This Corgi Model Club edition marries