437 - Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis video_551423608 Oldsmobile HQ Staff Car

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most notably the steering feature – although this time via a roof-mounted emergency light (which came in either yellow or blue) with a ribbed chrome surround

The tooling was later utilised for Corgi 345 – a 6-cylinder MGC

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437 - Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis video_551423608 Oldsmobile HQ Staff CarFeaturing Corgis innovative Trans O Lite battery operated lighting system, all four corner roof lights of this wonderful die cast Cadillac Superior Ambulance model illuminate, as well as the main emergency beacon. The first issue of the model, from 1962, had an ingenious but erratic switch on the rear axle, simulating flashing emergency lights when the model was pushed along the floor. A follow up version from 1966 omitted the temperamental axle