BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

May 1968

BOX TYPES :

E, F

SIZES AVAILABLE :

5

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

3

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

2

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Released in May 1968, just in time to have an E box, the 25D Cortina was packaged first in an E4R NEW MODEL box, with white stripe on the end flaps. The sides show the auto-steer feature, and the model is brown with the passenger door open.

An F2 box soon took over, with the Auto-Steer logo and the model slightly turned to its left, compared with the E box. The F2 box was available with “ALP” bottom lettering and two different end flap closers : “PO” only and “TM”/”PO”.

All boxes were in size 5.


RARITY

The E box is very common, and the F boxes, a little less. But all are not hard to find at all.


VARIATION LIST

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RW25D - FORD CORTINA MK II

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

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(Light brown model, door open, black wheels, (R) )

1

E4R

5

Light Blue/Light Blue

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RW-25D-E4-1a

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(Beige model, black wheels, Auto-steer. “ALP” Bottom text)

2

F2

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(Top & Bottom identical)

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EFC: (X/PO/X)

RW-25D-F2-1a

3

Same End Flap

 

EFC: (TM/PO/X)

RW-25D-F2-1b