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Ford Cortina Mk1 #3 P. Hughes / B. Young African Safari Rally 1964 AUTOart 1:18

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Ford Cortina Mk1 #3 P. Hughes / B. Young African Safari Rally 1964 AUTOart 1:18 86428 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Ford Cortina Mk1 #3 reproduces the Hughes/Young entry from the 1964 African Safari Rally, one of the toughest events on the early rally calendar. Doors and hood open for cabin and engine bay detail. This is a used model, box showing traces of storage, the casting itself unaffected. A rugged early rally subject for a WRC-era collection.
Ford Cortina Mk1 #3 P. Hughes / B. Young African Safari Rally 1964 AUTOart 1:18
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Brand
Ford
Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
86428
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About the Ford Cortina Mk1 #3 P. Hughes / B. Young African Safari Rally 1964 AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Ford Cortina Mk1 #3 reproduces the Hughes/Young car entered in the grueling 1964 African Safari Rally. Doors and hood open. This is a used example, box showing traces of storage. A snapshot of rallying before purpose-built rally cars existed.

The Safari Rally was one of motorsport's harshest early tests, and the Cortina's presence there shows how ordinary road-based saloons were pushed into genuinely extreme conditions long before dedicated rally machinery took over.

AUTOart's Rally-Prepared Cortina in Diecast

The Cortina's boxy, upright saloon shape comes through with honest, accurate proportions on the zinc alloy body, and the rally livery and number 3 markings are applied with clean registration rather than smeared graphics. Doors and hood open to reveal a period-correct engine bay and a simple, functional cabin, with panel gaps staying consistent around every opening section. The model's solid weight suits a subject built for punishing off-road conditions rather than showroom polish. This is a used example, and the box shows traces of storage while the casting itself remains sound.

An Early Chapter of Rally History

Before Group B and modern WRC machinery, rallying was fought largely in modified road cars like this Cortina, and that context matters to anyone building a chronological rally shelf. Placed ahead of a later Escort or Sport Quattro, it grounds the display in rallying's rougher, earlier era and shows just how far the sport traveled from its origins.

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