VA09534 Ford Escort Mk1 1300 GT, Marine Blue Brand_Union-Mills also known as the Genesis

also known as the Genesis

A popular choice to haul the Cambrian Coast Express

73 of the 76 escapees are recaptured

with a precision moulded bodyshell boasting details like the dome

VA09534 Ford Escort Mk1 1300 GT, Marine Blue Brand_Union-Mills also known as the GenesisThe Escort GT modelled was initially purchased from Maynes Garage, Redruth, Cornwall on 1st August 1973 by a retired army major who actually bought a pair of 1300GTs that day: this blue example for himself and a red one, which is believed to have had a sequential number plate, for his wife. He had both Ziebart rust protected then painted inside the bumpers and hubcaps himself to prevent corrosion. He covered 72,000 miles before taking this car off the