Corgi - Morris - Mini Cooper Magnificent 1968

Small mini cooper corgi car in its original box. Scale: 1/43 car model code: car97321 manufacturer code 334 color: green met corgi is one of the historic brands of model cars. The corgis launched in 1956 were the first to have windows, reproduced in transparent plastic. Corgi was a mettoy brand, a company founded in 1933 by the german immigrant philipp ullmann, based in northampton and then in swansea (wales). The corgis were made of zamac, on a scale of approximately 1: 43, and were soon equipped with many working parts such as opening doors and hoods or suspensions. The models of vehicles known from films and television series were particularly successful. In 1964, a new range of smaller models on a scale of approximately 1: 66 was introduced. It was originally called "husky", then renamed "corgi juniors" in 1970. In the 1970s, many models in the main range were made in 1: 36, but over the next decade, corgi returned to 1: 43 scale for cars and 1: 50 for commercial vehicles, moving production to china. In 1999, corgi took over the lledo brand, also continuing production of the vanguards range in 1: 43 scale.