Land Rover 109" WB "Daktari"

This is one of three Land Rovers that only appeared in Gift Sets issued in 1968. These were the Pony Club (7 blue), GS8 Lions of Longleat in white with the same camouflage design as the Daktari one and this one from Daktari, (15, green with black camouflage) .

These lasted well into the 1970s so can be found with the normal spun wheels, later cast wheel styles and Whizzwheels.

The set had a whole load of characters! A lady riding a lion, a tiger on the bonnet, glasses for the lion, a doctor with a stethoscope and a chimp on his lap! All this enabled Corgi to make a lot more money out of this remarkably long-running model.

This is just the Land Rover with the scarcer cast wheels. The model is sound but has several marks on the paintwork. The screens are clean and intact, though, and the wheels and suspension are all fine. (The tiger is not included.)

At present this has oversized tyres which I will replace with the correct size when sold.