481 - Chevrolet Police Car


£34.99

With the same ‘split casting’ as the Chevrolet Taxi Cab (Corgi 480) and Fire Chief (Corgi 482), all three were introduced into the Corgi range in 1965. This was an era when Corgi were looking to make inroads into the lucrative American market – but also, thanks to US cop shows appearing on British TV, there was a big demand for American-themed toy cars in the UK. Police cars were a popular choice, perfect for chasing the bad guys in their getaway car across the living room carpet! 

Based on a first generation (1958) Chevrolet Impala, all three Corgis were given Glidamatic suspension, 481 also having two police figures, a roof-mounted emergency light and generic ‘Police Patrol’ stickers on the doors. The ‘split casting’ allowed the top and bottom halves to be painted separately, creating a two- tone look that perfectly suited emergency vehicles!

Size: Length: 106mm Width: 42mm Height: 35mm

Scale: 1:50

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Customer Reviews

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JEAN-PASCAL GALARET
de réelles autos de collection

toujours identiques aux anciennes , elles sont toutes aussi belles les unes et les autres.
Une qualité de fabrication trés largement au dessus de ce qui se fait actuellement.

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Mr G Ferranti
Sticker

This is a very good model well finished as always only one point is the decals keeps coming off so i managed to get a water slide set for £1.50

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Paul McStay
Memories

I had this model when I was young and the reason I bought it was because my fathers favourite programme on television at the time was an American police series called Highway Patrol and they used cars the same as this. A nice model that holds memories.

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Tom

It’s what it says

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Wolfram Berg
Beautiful Model

Beautiful car model in a very good quaility (with its classic box).

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