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Win a Corgi / Vanguards Escort RS2000

19 March, 2015

This month’s prize model comes from the Corgi / Vanguards range of collectable 1:43 die-cast models —  a rather garish-looking Escort MkI RS2000 (VA09517). While we’ve never seen one of these iconic Pommie performance saloons in such a retina-burning shade of orange, this one is guaranteed to stand out like the proverbial dog’s whatsits in your display cabinet!

Thanks to those generous chaps at Toymod Ltd — the New Zealand Corgi/Vanguards distributors — we have one example of this brightly coloured 1:43 Escort RS2000 to give away to a lucky reader — just answer the following question:

Q:     What’s the factory name given to the shade of orange used on our prize RS2000

 

This competition is now closed

A second dose of Dash

24 April, 2025

When the car arrived in Wellington in December 2018 it was duly taken along for entry certification. Vehicle Inspection NZ (VINZ) found some wrongly wired lamps and switches — not too bad — but, much more significantly, some poor welding repairs. As the structural problems were probed more thoroughly, we realized the previous owner’s restoration would not do and we needed an upgrade. Dash had made it into the country but it would take some time and money before he would be free to explore any of New Zealand’s scenic highways.
We took the car to our new home in Johnsonville in the northern suburbs of Wellington and I pored over the car in detail to figure out what was next. There were lots of new parts on the car and a very perky reconditioned drivetrain but the chassis needed serious work.

Lunch with… Jim Palmer

16 April, 2025

In the 1960s, Hamilton’s Jim Palmer won the prestigious ‘Gold Star’ four times and was the first resident New Zealander home in the New Zealand Grand Prix on five consecutive occasions. He shared the podium with Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Denny Hulme, Jackie Stewart, and Chris Amon. The extent of his domination of the open-wheeler scene in New Zealand will probably never be matched or exceeded. Yet he’s always been modest about his achievements.