Ford
214 and 214M Ford Thunderbird
Issued in March 1959.
with smooth wheels and 1959 plate
with smooth wheels and blank plate
with shaped wheels and blank plate
Available in cream and pale green for the normal edition and pink with a black roof for the Mechanical edition. Fixed smooth wheels, shaped fixed wheels on the 214 late editions.
1959 included in the cast for the rear registration plate area but removed for late editions of 214. Examples with smooth wheels and no 1959 are known so it would seem to pre-date the shaped wheels but it may be that there are also shaped wheel editions with 1959.
All 214M models have smooth wheels but whether all have 1959 is to be researched!
215 Ford Thunderbird open Sports
Issued December 1959.
with smooth wheels and 1959 plate
with smooth wheels and blank plate
with shaped wheels and blank plate
This had no driver and was available in white with a blue interior. Fixed smooth or shaped wheels on late editions.
As for the 214, this is known with and without 1959 and combinations of smooth+1959, smooth no 1959, shaped no 1959.
430 Ford Bermuda Taxi
July 1962 - 1964
This is the Ford Thunderbird in white with a pale brown interior, a new driver and with some adaptation to take a sun shade. (Not shown in the photo here)
Available in white only with yellow-brown interior.
Always with shaped free-spinning wheels.
There appears to have been a change of driver at some point although the date is not clear and it may have been merely in preparation for the Chrysler edition.
320 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback Coupe
April 1965 - 1966
Another very nice model - the first with opening side doors and reclining seats. There was also a Corgi dog on the rear parcel shelf.
Available in a range of colours:
metallic purple
metallic silver
metallic deep blue
pea green
Early models had shaped wheels, although these are hard to find now. Most had wire wheels and later editions had cast wheels. The metallic lilac and pea green models appear to be rare with shaped or cast wheels. The interior is cream across the range apart from the silver edition which has deep red.
325 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback Competition
December 1965 - 1969
The Competition model was white with a double red stripe across the bonnet, roof and boot. Rare editions also had red sills.
There were two types of interior: chalky blue or green with a similar rear shelf to 320 but no dog, and later versions had a new style of interior with no provision for the dog.
This model can be found with shaped wheels (scarce), wire wheels and cast wheels, as well as a wide 8 spoke cast wheel.
166 Ford Mustang 'Organ Grinder' Stock Car
October 1971 - 1974
The Whizzwheels treatment of the Mustang was unkind.
Available in bright yellow with no opening doors, no jewelled lights, no interesting interior and just some bits of engine protruding from the bonnet. At least it didn't have the ubiquitous wheels and some effort was made, creating large ones for the rear uniquely for this model. On the front were the open 8-spoke style which would also appear on several other Whizzwheels models.
316 Ford GT70
June 1972 - 1973
One of the better Whizzwheel models but with a short production run, however not hard to find now unlike several others.
Available only in bright metallic green with the open 8-spoke wheel type. The rear engine cover opened and the doors to reveal a white plastic interior and gold steering wheel.
391 Ford Mustang Mach 1 James Bond's Car)
February 1972 - 1972
Issued only for a short period in 1972 and from the film Diamonds Are Forever this is the first of two models of this shape.
Available in red with a black bonnet and cream interior on a white base. It features the later closed 8-spoke wheel design but is also seen with the earlier open style.