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CGVA06622 Ford Transit MkI - Lilywhites Corgi Classics Availability: Cancelled Size: 1:43 Scale Age: 14 years and up Release: July 2007 Type: Static Model Manufacturer's Code: VA06622 Product Code: CGVA06622

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No other light commercial vehicle has had such a wide variety of uses as the Transit, from fire engine to fruit hauler, builder's van to breakdown recovery;- Think of a task and someone has converted the ever-ready Transit to do it. In fact, at its launch in 1965 the Transit range contained a staggering seventy-eight different models, and the range has continued to expand. The Transit could well have been launched in Britain bearing its internal code name of 'V-Series' had it not been for the intervention of Bill Batty, who was later to become Ford of Britain Chairman. Just a few weeks before the public announcement, Batty asked to see one of the latest pilot build vehicles and, as it happened, a British-built, German-market, left-hand-drive, vehicle, labelled 'Transit', was sent to him at Ford's British headquarters. Batty immediately seized upon the name and had it changed it time for the pan-European launch. Established in 1863, the sports retailer Lillywhites has been based at Piccadilly Circus, London since 1925. In the 19th century, several members of the Lillywhite family were leading cricketers and Fred Lillywhite organised the first overseas tour by an England team to North America in 1859. Currently, Lillywhites is owned by the same firm that operates the Sports World chain.

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