The '59 Line - The New Series II Vauxhall Victor for 1959
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2023
- Dealer presentation by Vauxhall Motors of the NEW Series II Victor in 1959. Taken from the original record and archive pictures I have on file.
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I was surprised to see a 1960 PA at 0:24 in what purports to be a promotion of the '59 Victor. The raised top to the grille gives the PA away as a 1960 model, where the '59 had a straight top. Very nice to see these old images, they take me back to when I worked at a Vauxhall dealer in the early sixties.
Hi David, entirely my fault! I had the sound track on record and added the images from my collection as I don't have the original film strip that would have come with it. Great spot though; glad somebody is paying attention, and knows their Vauxhall stuff.
"Holds the road like a limpet"--incredible!
Thanks for uploading this . Obviously a dealer training film for the updated FA. Such a shame these cars rusted so badly , not many left now.
I had a 59 Deluxe as my first car. Rotten as a pear. Where on earth did the 'FA' rubbish come from? It was ONLY ever an 'F'
Vauxhall chassis numbers denote the model. Mine was FE238998. F being the model, E being the trim (Deluxe) variant, the numbers denoting the shell number. Later I had an FC VX 4/90 The chassis no was FCH31/R******* (I do know the digits, they are blanked for a reason) FC was the model, H was the variant (VX 4/90) 31 was the engine (twin carbs, Ally head and different crank) R was for RHD. You always had to quote the chassis number for spares, so 50 years on, they are still in my head. Please educate anyone who calls in an 'FA' - it really grinds my synchromesh 3 up the tree gears. (Had to rebush the external gear linkage, used to fall out of the worn guides.)
@@foxstrangler Completely agree. Never was the 'FA' and never will be. Another one is 'F Type' - Never referred to as the F Type by Vauxhall, always referred to as the F model or F Series.....
Great looking car and ran smoothly .I have a later 61 model that has survived pretty well .To say they rusted yes they did but so did many cars from the late 50s early 60s with no rust protection and mud traps galore.
My uncle had the Vauxhall Cresta I think 1959. Year it was built.
People remember the rust and forget what a well-finished car it was with a superb,sweet little engine. Ancillaries were mostly by locally made AC Delco rather than Lucas.
If you didn't use AC Delco plugs it would run rough and misfire. Common to Vauxhalls for years - never did find out why that was.
Seated 6, but with 6 adults you were asking for trouble, the rear leaf springs were 3 leaves, and the main leaf would snap right above the axle. Vauxhall springs have always been weak - they still break on much newer models.
A good looking effort at copying American styling of the later 50's. Pity there are so few of them left because they rusted so quickly, and badly. I haven't seen one in Australia in decades.
F Type _could_ have been great...it's a rather cute thing.
By this time GM was marketing Vauxhalls through Pontiac dealers in rhe U.S.
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