1960 Standard Vanguard Vignale driven! FINAL AUSTRALIA VIDEO!
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Yes, I have reached the end! This is actually the final video from the New Zealand/Australia trip, filmed in Victoria back in February 2020 when the world seemed a very different place.
This deliciously shabby Standard Vanguard Vignale estate (or station wagon) was a joy to drive. The 2088cc four-cylinder engine uses a three-speed double-overdrive gearbox (that took a short while to get working properly) and proves an ideal everyday classic car.
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Hi Ian. I'm so glad you enjoyed my Vanguard. It's the 4th I've owned over the years and I've always found them fun to drive with a very good driving position. The motor has been overhauled since you drove it. It had unexplained water loss which turned into catastrophic core plug failure a few weeks later. I can now tell you that as you drove it it had broken top rings on 3 pistons and a cracked inlet manifold. With everything now sorted it doesn't go much differently but smells better, looks better, sounds less tractoresque, and holds water. Our first lockdown provided time to sort the engine and with luck I'll sort the body now that we're into our second (Melbourne). The radio is indeed later Japanese. The original was an odd hybrid of vacuum tubes and a transistor which sadly no longer works. The car does have synchromesh on first, but they're slow old synchros and there's a knack to them, a bit like that overdrive switch and the glovebox! I have taken this car interstate, and it's perfectly happy at 70mph. They're fondly remembered in Australia, perhaps more so than in the UK. Cheers.
I'm slightly envious of you owning that Peter! Were these locally assembled? AMI maybe?
@@cornishhh I'm not certain, but would presume so.
Interior looked so cheerful compared to today's relentless black plastic.
@@captaccordion Peter there was a Vanguard estate sold at Silverstone Auctions earlier this year details at: www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2020-auctions/the-may-live-online-auction-2020/the-may-live-auction-2020/classic-cars/1959-standard-vanguard-vignale-estate Thank you for extra Hubnut content.
@@stashedawayman1521 Interesting to see the differences to Australian versions. Thanks.
Rugged, handsome looks, period interior and enough torque for dignified progress - a hugely appealing classic.
Car isn't bad either...
FM broadcasting started in the UK on 2nd May 1955. We had a magnificent Pye FenMan II FM/AM radio in 1958.
Not universally, though. I don't think the UK national FM network was completed until the 1970s. Most UK radios of the 60s would have still been MW/LW. My father bought such a radio, a Bush TR90C to use in his 1959 Standard 10 - it was marketed as a car radio then, came with fitting brackets and had a car aerial plug. As all his post-1962 company cars had fitted radios, so the Bush became a second radio for the house, used mainly by me up until 1972.
Fenman II, definitely one of Pye's better moments. I thought Fenman's were FM only though.
@@paulbennell3313 FM,AM and turntable input.
@@paulbennell3313 Nope, Fenmans are definitely AM/FM and the Fenman II is probably the best mass-produced FM set the UK built (better IMO than the Hacker 'Mayflower' which really is FM only). You'd have had FM car radios in Germany when this car was built, but I'm not sure when FM reached Australia. It looks mid-70s to me.
Nick Doughty: there was a service limited to Wrotham in Kent prior to 1955 - some up-market TV sets had the capacity to receive it and HMV made a dedicated receiver for it.
Dad had a Vanguard ute when he & Mum married in 1956, upgraded to a Vanguard panel van with a rear seat when I was born, being the 2nd of 6 kids. It in turn was replaced early in 1965 by a Toyota Crown Utility wagon. The Crown had electric overdrive as an option, you had to be doing over 30 mph for it to work.
You certainly saved yourself - and us with the library of NZ/Aus vids! Have to say it feels like the best was saved until last - lovely car. And you’re right - very sadly overlooked. Guilty of that myself, having never paid them much attention, either. Prefer the look of the estate to the saloon but that’s me with many cars. Tail lights also reminding me of a Reliant model? Had those crossed flags badges on a Herald - don’t recall seeing them on anything else until this car. Gets my vote as the one from the trip I would have brought home 👍🏻
He didn't get that opportunity - he'll have to find his own!
What a beautiful old thing, like a favourite old coat that's become a bit scruffy but you just can't bring yourself to part with.
As an 11 year old back seat passenger I witnessed a Phase 2 Vanguard saloon give a glancing blow to a Mk3 Zephyr as a result of a just-avoided head-on collision. There was a small patch of grey paint rubbed down on the Vanguard's right front mudguard...but the Zephyr had a decent dent the legth of the front right quarter, along both doors and the rear quarter...plus the Zephyr was shoved sideways and went off the tar seal. It was a write-off. No one was hurt but the Grey battleship carried on life for a few more years....
Today, April 04 of 2024 I see this video( Standard Vanguard Vignale state of 1960. 😊 Is lovely station wagon !!!!!. I always love the station wagon, are beatiful and practical cars. ❤ from Argentina "" Congratulations "" Mr HubNut.✨️✨️
My uncle had one of these in the early 60's , cream top half , pale blue / green lower half. Went on many family holidays together , 4 adults and 4 children , work that one out . I do remember facing backwards looking out of the rear screen for many miles ( I was the youngest and smallest at the time ) Cheers !
I was a Driving Instructor, in a previous life, amber in fact, means stop, and even green, only means proceed with caution, as opposed to 'go'. Drive safely , match your speed to the road conditions, shouldn't advocate this BUT, sometimes it can mean giving it the beans too. Defensive Driving, and hope for many, many more hub nut content, you work very hard for your channel, and you have a good group of followers.
Interesting how "standard" meant something rather different back then, i.e. "This is the standard by which all others must be judged" as opposed to "this is just a standard car".
I think originally, "standard" meant this is the car as it was originally designed to be, whereas "custom" or "deluxe" had extra things added on. Eventually, it came to mean plain. Another ironic car name was the Studebaker Dictator. The concept was that it dictated the standard for automotive excellence. Unfortunately, by the mid 1930s it derived a very different, unpleasant connotation.
Kinda like limited on the back of Aussie Ford's- i see it as restricted-others may not
The one thing I love about your video's is they open a window into cars that I would never have ever seen or known anything about. Plus so many cars that I remember from my childhood that I have never driven as they had disappeared from the roads by the time I could drive. Standard for example Id' never heard of until I was given a Triumph GT6 that needs a full restoration (still needs it 20 years later I might add) and learnt more about Standard Triumph. Thanks again for a very detailed video about a car I'd never heard of built 14 years before I was born. As always great watching :-)
I think your 60 y.o + Vanguard has last😮ed well, despite a few different doors. Those front doors obviously came from a car that was duo-tone, no doubt a stunner in its day.
Manual transmission column change is a lost art 🎨, you drove it well.😮❤
Takes me back. My dad had a Vanguard Six Estate .. I even got to drive it. The engine was silky smooth (it sounded like a kettle boiling) but the cross ply tires needed a few miles to warm up the flat spots.
My parents owned , i think, a '58 sedan which was the same colour as your front doors, a two-tone dark green and white. It also had the rounded rear lights with a small fin. Many hours of weekend travel, in the '60s, from the beltless back seat chewing Minties and scribbling on writing pads or playing a BP game called Spotto. Most times my brother and i would look out the back window and wave to the people behind. It was a 50mph cruiser and would take forever to get from Sydney to Bathurst , or worse, Parkes. Anyway thanks for bringing back wonderful memories.
I was expecting bangs and rattles a-plenty, but no - just the beautiful whine of those gears and the thrum of that big torquey four cylinder. A lovely car, Ian. Thanks for taking us along for a ride in her 😀
Our father bought three Standard Vanguards in succession. The first was a black Phase III reg. TTX 47, bought in Swansea. The second was a two-tone blue and grey saloon, reg. UCY. 504 which had previously been owned by the Ford family of well-known Swansea Town footballers, and the last, a Vignale 6 estate of identical colouring, reg. BMCxxxA and on which I learned to drive, passsed my test and learned to tow a caravan that was even longer than the car itself. Unfortunately, it never ran perfectly and the oli pressure indicator during my driving test was almost at zero. A new exhaust finally solved the problem but by then my parents had decided to move on to a split-screen VW camper van. Our late eldest brother bought a Standard Ensign at one point, possibly out of nostalgia (he preferred Maigret-type Light and Big Citroën 15s) but didn't keep it long. Thanks for the review - it brought back very pleasant memories!
My friend has an old grey Ferguson TED petrol/paraffin tractor with what I believe is basically the same engine as this car. I remember him telling me that Harry Ferguson did a deal with the Standard motor company for the supply of engines. I was involved with the overhaul of the engine back in the late 90s and it was a surprisingly well made and well finished engine, that actually uses wet liners. He did change the pistons and liners as well as having the crank ground but it was actually incredibly surprising just how well the liners stood up to their many years of service. The tiny carburetor looks familiar too.
The vanguard seems like a very impressive car. Now I want one! Haha
Amazing amount of screen not covered by wiper.
Three-on-the-tree with overdrive! I'm digging it!
Love this video!! I owned a 1960 Vanguard wagon similar to this in the early 70s (Canada). There were a couple more neat features of this car that you may not be aware of .. when the tailgate is folded down, the license plate tilts out, such that it is visible from the back if you're driving with a full load / gate open. Also, when the gate is open there is a mechanism on the right that you insert the starting handle into, which lowers the spare wheel from a carrier under the car. When the gate is closed and locked, the spare is also locked. I always thought that was a nifty idea. The transmission is (was) full synchro on all three gears. The car we owned did not come with seatbelts, although it may have been a regulation in Australia that we did not have here. The engine was based on the Ferguson tractor engine (same block), and it was used for years in all the Vanguards, the early Triumph TRs, and even in the Morgan plus 4. That engine was as tough as nails, and practically indestructable. It revved low, and cruised easily at 60 mph. Really happy to see this car running, and for you to take the time to publish this video. Cheers from Ottawa Canada!
I like that simple, light coloured dashboard but the clunky arrangement of the boot is very of its time - reminds me of an old fairground ride in its simple toughness.
Our grade 6 teacher had one of these in the early 70's. Mr Stadler loved his Vanguard!
That radio is definitely not original, but the upgrade was no-doubt made at an appropriate time in the car's life so it's sort-of period correct!
Love the toolkit in the tailgate, a suitable use of space, and the Dunlop-branded fan belt is also a nice touch, even if just for decorative purposes.
Finally, Ian's 10-cent coin is the same size (and, at the time, value) as the old 1 shilling coin in Australia, due to the way the money was converted at decimalisation. Each pound (20s) became two dollars in the changeover.
Wow...it doesn't get any rarer than that! I love old cars that show their bruises....it makes them all the more interesting to me. Lovely car that is.
The first car my parents had that I remember as a child, was the Standard Ensign Saloon (1958). You've just brought back some well hidden memories while looking at the inside of this car.
I think they were a very under-rated car and for some reason never talked about or reviewed and I fear hardly any are still around in 2020 - well done for providing another great UK car review from the 60's
Vignale now owned by Ford. Purchased along with Ghia from De Thomaso in 1973.
An enlarged version of that Morris Minor Traveller you had a shot of a while ago. Scruffy, well-used and oozing character from every nut and bolt. And all the better for being so, in my eyes.
As always, top-quality content and a perfect vehicle on which to end your simply fantastic NZ/Australia adventure (my personal highlights were this Vanguard, the P76, the Leyland Marinas, the 3-Litres, the Nomad & the Kimberley). Oh, and all of the museums. ;)
Think that’s the biggest Corner Of Disappointment you have tested! Does anyone else think Ian should do an ‘Ian’s Top 10 Wipers’?? That would be awesome lol - great test of an appealing car
I do have a wiper celebration video in mind...
Designed surely so that the driver can see enough, and the passenger can see so little as to be not passing comment on the driver's driving!
Even wiv all the mis matched doors and Small amounts of Rust. She's a Beauty..! 😎
And what way to finish a wonderful video saga, jolly blooming marvellous piece of machinery ! That dash reminds me of a 1950's Magimix or somesuch piece of kitchenalia whilst the tailgate latches match the engine in their agricultural origins.
Wow! My dad had phase 1 black sloper back, phase 2 (blue) estate and phase 3 blue/white 2 tone 6 cylinder wagon. Then he bought P6 Rover V8.
I always thought these were very handsome cars - and I still do. I recall that the RAF had a contract with Standard Triumph to purchase Vanguards as staff cars. They looked impressive, I always thought, in Airforce Grey with an RAF roundel on each front door. I might be imagining this, but I think you could get a Dinky Toys Vanguard in the RAF livery. (Ah ha! I've just been checking my facts on Wikipedia. It seems more likely that the RAF cars were actually the lower spec Ensign models).
I remember once reading an article on the Vanguard Phase 3 in a Classics magazine; what has stuck in my mind is the description of the cornering being like a hippopotamus on Valium!
Thanks for the video.
This is the first car I have any memory of. My parents had a 1958 Vanguard Spacemaster wagon when I was born. HBY 154 in Victoria. I learnt to swear in that car - my Nan used to love telling me about the time I was found inside the car (in the garage) standing up on the drivers seat, one hand on the steering wheel and the other shoving the gear lever and yelling "bloody gears" just like my Dad used to. I was 3 or 4 at the time. Vanguard column change was notorious.
Ours was slightly earlier than this car, it had the round tail lights but similar front to this car with the separate amber blinker and white parking light.
My dad had a Standard Vanguard in the 1960/70's.... Ian, I would like to thank you so much for helping me through the first two UK lockdowns with your NZ & Aus Goes Global series. I first discovered your channel during the first lockdown. You helped keep me sane with your unique road tests, the BX, Betty and everything you do so well... Thank You
'Massive Corners of Disappointment..!'
Yet Another wonderful statement from Mr HubNut that Raised a Giggle over my Morning Coffee.
But for all the Disappointment,
I wouldn't say No, if someone offered me a Chance to Own One. ( Fat Chance, I know..!!)
Great Video yet again, thx for your Efforts Mr. H.N.
Cheers kim in Oz..!😎
Lovely review Ian as my dad had one of these in the 60’s I remember frequently shutting my fingers in the door as a nipper (ouch), he eventually moved onto A60 estates .
The Vanguard engine was good for 250,000 miles before needing an overhaul. No reboring needed as it was a wet liner engine. You got a kit of 4 liners with matched pistons for £25 in mid 1960s. The big ends and mains were wider and larger than most engines which is why they lasted so long. The block was cheap pig iron and the liners high grade steel which made them also long lasting.
Funny you mentioned the stopping at junctions in non synchro cars. My wife had to explain this to her driving examiner when taking her test in the Moggy Traveller (1981) I think he was impressed!
What a gorgeous car ... Long may it survive, be driven & enjoyed ...
That was something special. The character of the car came through in such a way that I know exactly what it feels like to drive it, (yes, I am old!). This is rarely achieved in driving films. I have only given Standards a curious glance in the past, but now I want one!
Congratulations, Ian. An excellent end to a fabulous series.
A near neighbor had a saloon version for many years, from the early sixties through to the mid eighties. It was two tone white and blue and I can’t recall ever seeing another one. I was told the RAF used an economy version in the sixties as a staff car. I am not a fan of column changes, but it looks a very practical estate. Very similar to a Volvo Amazon, maybe the Swedes copied it. I think the engine was used in tractors and the TR 3. Another great video Ian, stay safe.
My father owned a Vanguard 6 Wagon (bone over brown) which was the first car I can really truly remember in detail. The Vanguard 6 had a more comprehensive dash but was prone to overheating on hot Oz days especially when towing a van. It did tow a van from Melbourne to Sydney a couple of times when the Princes Highway (Hwy 1 along the coast) contained a couple of hundred km of dirt.
He sold it after the local fire station burnt down and they backed the ladder on the fire truck through the rear glass in their attempt to save the station
These were all over RAF stations in the late 1950s and early 60s. Phase three estates reminded me a bit of the Borgward Isabella Combi....except the Borgy was a bit more delicate to look at. The Vanguard was a handsome car and I travelled in one when I was little a few times. Edit: The RAF ones were probably Ensign's rather than Vanguards. They had a smaller engine and less gear.
Modern SUVs can learn a thing or two from this car like the tailgate container for tools and bits, what a great idea,
I have to say that I'm very much with you on this one, I don't care that its not pristine, it has character and a charm all of its own and an enjoyable drive too by the looks of it. I'm not sure how it would cope 6 up but it doesn't matter because it would be a car for me and nobody else.
I love the fact that when something is not working perfectly the old mechanical cars just keep going. The overdrive went from definitely broken to definitely perfect in one trip. The brakes or stopping ability is down to driver skill and common sense. Can you imagine how many warning lights and buzzers would come on if that was modern. I'm loving it too.
This car kinda reminds me of M-22 Volga Estate.
Reminds me of the Volvo wagon.
I was thinking there is some Eastern bloc design in there somewhere...
thoise old overdrive units were quite common at one time. even volvo used them on the 140, 240, 740 cars. the volvo used a switch on the gear shift but it only worked on forth gear. i beleive it was an electrically operated planetary gear set, similar to an automatic transmission.
the name laycock comes to mind as the supplier
Absolutely splendid! I've been looking forward to this one as I've always rather liked the lines of the Vanguard especially in estate form (although not a delicious as the Phase 1 and 2 estate). Two years older than me, and I feel in similar condition! Thanks for yet another super test, thanks too to the owner.
That engine and transmission sound remarkably smooth, and it steps-off with solid intent - all the more surprising with the broken piston rings and cracked inlet manifold! Practical too, with that estate body. (Though I've always had a perverse attraction to the odd proportions of the older beetle-back shape).
Really like that one. A neighbour had one when I was in my early teens. It was an unusual sight even then (early 70s).
In the early seventies I was on a farm somewhere in the wilds of Essex where they used one of these as a runabout. It was literally held togehter by fence wire and string. It still drove very well though even with about eight of us stuffed in it. Good to see one in use still.
Love these! Ironically back in the 80s there used to be a cluster of them parked up in the corner of a petrol station - 2 saloons and an estate on the main road from Newquay to Cardigan just outside of Sarnau. Always considered them to be a handsome car - and rather forgotten about sadly.
An astounding back catalogue compiled with that last trip Ian, amazing. Thankyou for taking the time to share them all with us. Top class. 👍👍👍👍
Thank you for another great video Ian, a fitting end to a really informative and entertaining series from the Antipodes. Thanks also to Peter for looking after the car in a way that doesn't make people afraid to touch anything on it.
Another great video from your trip to Aust and NZ, Ian. Your series of videos from this trip is a really brilliant body of work - congratulations. You really dived into the interesting curiosities of Aussie motoring - everything from the many Holdens and Falcons through to the Leyland P76 and Austin Kimberley plus 6-cylinder Marinas and Cortinas and many other surprises.
Giovanni Michelotti designed quite a few cars for Standard-Triumph, including the Herald, the Spitfire, the Vitesse, the GT6, the Triumph 2000 Saloon, the Stag, the TR4/A, and the TR5/TR250 etc.
Great video Ian, as usual. What a lovely old Vanguard - it is obviously loved and enjoyed and looks great just as it is :-) Take care and be safe :-)
Hi Ian, I this this was great video.
I remember seeing Vangaurd's on the roads in the UK and always thought the looked quite old fashioned but solid. The example you drove impressed by not rattling like mad. The layout was practical, and I especially like the drop down tail gate with the tools, where you can always get at them even with a full load.
I though the design had hints of Humber snipes and Volvo brabazons. Surely that must beat a Vauxhall Vectra?
How lovely! One of these was used in a film adaptation of „parsons pleasure“, a short story by Roald Dahl. These were sold in Austria when new, like many other sadly forgotten british brands, like Jowett or Hillman.
Last video from Oz. Loved every minute. Thanks for sharing Ian.
Australian FM radio was not introduced until 1974 with one station. It took until 1980 for commercial FM stations to start in Melbourne and Sydney. So the radio in the car likely a 1980s addition at least.
And Australia didn't have colo(u)r TV until 1975!
Wonderful. My dad had the saloon and he loved the overdrive too! I so enjoy your videos :)
Thank you for creating all the AUS/No videos. I’ve really enjoyed the thoughtful and honest commentary. In fact it’s been one of the things that has kept me sane during Covid-19. I hope you can find the time to still test driving the good old BMC/BL stuff while working on the fleet at home.
Luuuvly old car. Thanks for this, I've enjoyed this video immensely! Love how the Vv sounds! That is indeed a car I would fancy a drive in!
Growing up, my neighbour had Vanguards. I thought they were American😂😂😂. The dash and instruments are a beautiful design for the day as are the other unusual yet practical features.
60 years old.....and everything about her is just oozing in more character than anything built for decades.
A 50 year flashback here to early Primary schooldays and being very impressed by a friend's Dad's Vanguard with a bullet hole in a window. Standard's tank compared to their Mayflower shed.
Beautiful. I love all the Vanguards from the 'Beetle Back' right the way through the range. That engine sound is great. Who needs a wireless on board!
They were assembled in Melbourne by AMI. from CKD kits. Must be incredibly rare ! Lovely.
What a great car to test! I've come to the conclusion that the big, solid Standards and Triumphs are still great way to design large practical vehicles, with so much room for passengers (bench seats on this one!).And, thoughtfully, the handbrake and gear lever out of the middle passenger's way! The reason they were called STANDARD was because they were meant to be a standard to which cars should be made! And did you know, Bill Gates COLLECTS Standard cars? Love this car.
A wonderful car !!!!! With the workings of the car and the utilitarian design , it has the characteristics of a farm tractor with a body on it, thanks Ian you have done it again!!!
Marvellous. What a treat this report is.
A time when Vehicles were mechanical, steering and brake systems were weighted to work in unison, and anyone could pick up the rudiments of a car's characteristics in a few short trips. One of the simplest most forgiving, and comfortable cars I Ever drove was a 1966 Ford custom, Standard drum brakes, standard steering and base level equipment. No drive by wire then. Cheers
What an amazing car original unrestored brilliant video Ian
Lovely car, full of character and vintage wholesomeness. Wonderful.
What a great final vid Ian!!! Loved it
As someone asked, yes there were manufactured in Oz; with a high local content level at AMI. Subsequent Triumph models had less local content and eventually Triumph/Leyland downsized and AMI were to become Toyota's manufacturing arm in Oz
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Motor_Industries
What a way to end the Australia videos! This one did look like a fun drive, not to mention the practicality of the estate body. Cool 👍
Lovely! I’ve never seen one of those, but I agree that it would happily do the Nullarbor 🙂
I reckon that you didn’t have to twirl the wheel as much as we had to in our 1979 XD Falcon GL ha ha 😆 Imagine driving the other Peter Anderson’s XD with non assisted 6 turns lock to lock manual steering! That was fun times!! I do love the old cars. They are much more about the journey rather than being an end unto themselves. This one is a classic case in point, with bench seat and column change. It’s to get 6 people there, not to pretend to be a racing car with bucket seats and floor change. What a waste of space floor change is!!! Sorry! Off on a rant... awesome car and glad to hear that the engine is Mintocks again!
I say “imagine” Peter’s XD with manual steering, because of course, his has power steering, which is day and night more direct!
My father-in-law had an assistance-free XF. Must have been a fleet car originally, with a 'delete' option as it was notionally standard by then. To straighten up after a corner it was easier just to let go of the wheel and let the self-centering do its thing. And beware of entering a turn too fast.
Ian, you drive the most interesting cars. I have never seen one of these, ever.
I live in Hong Kong - lots of old pictures of various scenes in HKG in the 60’s feature a smattering of Standard Vanguards in the background.
Lots of familiar Standard Triumph design cues there but could be a fifties American car from the inside. Absolutely glorious with the possible exception of the awkward rear light treatment. What a wonderful car and a worthy episode for the end of the antipodean series.
I knew someone who had one of those as his everyday car in Christchurch about 25 years ago. It was actually a reliable car and as you say good in the traffic.
Well done on the Australia/New Zealand video series. I enjoyed every video.
Ahh I fondly remember dads version of this station wagon when we were living in Mt. Gravatt in the early 60s in Brisbane. It was a pale blue with a white roof. Dad loved, before that he'd owned a sedan version. Hard to imagine now but back then Mt. Gravatt had very few houses on it and the occasional kangaroo used to hop down our street.
My dad had a pale blue/white version too. He followed it with a Triumph 2000. They were both the best cars he ever owned. I loved them both and was old enough, and lucky enough, to be able to drive the Triumph occasionally.
Hi Peter, my dad went over to Holden in around 64, i recall him turning up in a new station wagon, chocolate brown with a white roof. After that Ford Falcon, then Fairmont... then Fairlane as he rose through the ranks in Caltex. I owned a lovely Mk.1 Triumph 2000 manual in UK in the mid 1990s, one of the last Mk.1's built apparently. It was a fine car, though one had to look out for crankshaft end float and upper cylinder head oil starvation when buying one of these cars.
This looks like an older model Volvo station wagon. Love it!
I was thinking Rambler American wagon. One of the earlier unibody cars in America. And for several years the only compact built in the US.
Going to miss these videos I learned a lot. You drove many fascinating cars and for me saved the best almost for last-the Leyland P76 I am going haverecurrent dreams about that glorious engine
I love the sound of the ratio. Very characterful.
What a way to end your tour and what a humble car the Standard is, that over drive stalk looks like a work of art, the original toolkit as well. The seats remind me of our Leyland and Volvo buses that we used to have in Edinburgh with the nice red vinyl seats. And lastly have to agree pulls up really well
I remember an uncle of mine owned a Phase III sedan. I remember it used to go like the clappers! Thanks for sharing Ian and bringing back some great childhood memories. :-)
I've been waiting for this!! My Grandfather owned a 1963 Vignale estate and loved it, and if I get a good income I want one as my car. The best thing about the engine is that they aren't prone to valve seat resuscitation, so engine rebuilds for unleaded are rather uncommon. I got the liberty too see a Standard six once, I love these cars.
What a lovely car! I admire them even more now! :-)
Good video Ian, thank you! :-)
Really nice, thank you. A Mk3 Vanguard was the first car that I ever thought... "I'd love one of those.... ". Walking to school through the back streets of Taunton, Somerset one morning in 1969. Sat on the forecourt of a second hand car seller, there it was. A slightly earlier version of the Mk3 than this one, it had the 'shark mouth' grille, and a big sun visor sticking out from the top of the windscreen. £80, and it could have been mine.....
Lovely engine note of your car. Reminded me of the TR4 that I owned in the early '70's. Thanks again for this video.
Blimey Ian, the editing on this video. You're becoming a master at cutting out the odd word here and there.
That looks and sounds like a proper, old, car. I can feel the column change; but I also know it's the sort of old car that can be practical. I had a Phase I and a Vanguard Six Estate when I was in Australia. The Phase I was a bit horrible by the time I got it, and felt very dark and enclosed, but the Six was a decent enough car for getting around Canberra. Bit of a comedown after the Honda S600 it replaced, though.
I'm in love with it and not even driven it! Gorgeous!
We had the Standard Vanguard “Spacemaster” that was used as the learn to drive car. Quite a handsome vehicle!
What a totally unique vehicle. Smashing!