Surely in England they call this car Cortina. In Germany - Taunus. In Middle Europe English cars were not so frequent, so when the Lesney released this model, we knew this car as Ford Taunus. Other producers had made this Cortina/Taunus, but I prefer the Matchbox casting.
That one I bought at a toy car börse begged for restoration.
So I obeyed her and restored/customized.
This very old SIKU Ford 17M Turnier is a rare find in Hungary, so I was glad to get it and all of the parts were fairly OK. It was in the colours of the German ADAC, but I knew that I will make something different decor for it. Only I didn't know: shall it be a doctor's car or a police car?
I painted it white (still without any decoration) and gave it new wheels:
Then I found out, that I will continue the Hungarian Police Car series with this model:
