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Land Speed Record in Miniature

Lledo LSR Cars

Lledo Land Speed Legends, contains all five of their record cars

You could get the cars from Kellogg's one at a time or get all four together with a wall chart almost six feet wide and with a set of the cars pre cut on the card that could be "popped out" and slotted on to the chart. The cars came in simple card boxes with the initial of the car to identify them, the insert was of a very fragile plastic that was almost impossible to remove without damage.

Railton Special 1/87

Bluebird 1/80

Sonic 1 1/100

Thrust 2 1/80

Thrust SSC 1/99

Aproximate scale of Lledo cars

Lledo 1935 Bluebird in Ferodo packaging to celebrate 100 years of the brake manufacturer.

This autographed picture box was available through the Mach 1 club and at promotional events

This edition of Thrust SSC was available through the Mach 1 club and at promotional events, limited to 10,000 satin finish

Packaging for the aluminium coloured Jordanian desert model

Packaging for the gold edition model was the same as the regular black car

The cars were available in gold, silver/aluminium, black and silver, satin black and gloss black with a black or grey base

Corgi Land Speed Legends

After Corgi bought Lledo they reissued the LSR cars with a few small changes

The Corgi car is a slightly darker shade of blue, the rear wheels have a deeper recess and the Union flag is different

The Corgi Railton Special has a brighter finish, the winged horse decal is smaller and a different font was used for Railton Mobil Special

A lighter shade of gold was used for the Corgi Thrust 2, the sponsers are the same but a different font was used and the Union flag is larger

The only time I have seen this box it was on ebay. I believe it was available at promotional events

Packaging for the black Jordanian edition

Below is the packaging for the Coventry Transport Museum Corgi Thrust SSC, the car is the same as the Land Speed Legends edition

Brooklands Museum packaging