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In Australia the velox was sold through Holden dealers alongside the EK Holden but the vauxhaul was leaps ahead in looks and mechanicals
it has so much charm and character unlike today's cars.
Beautiful , I loved the old Vauxhall . I remember my dad having a velox SB , he taught me to drive in a victor FB and I had a victor 101 myself 😀
Reminds me of a water down Chevy Bell Air
Had a Triumph 2.5PI years ago and I see one occasionally that looks tidy,but it looks so small now. Back then it was a big saloon.
A friends dad, a bishop no less, had a pink CRESTA, whitewall tyres too. It was super comfortable, i loved it
The 3 window PA was the prettiest thing ever!!!!!!! And it was a SWEET RIDE as well..! Yes, a '59 PA Velox was my first car..!
If only those days could come back . . oh my !
I can only dream of having a girlfriend with such beauty and taste. Tremendous lady. Not so sure about the car though.
My grandfather had the cresta and bought a velociraptor for spare parts
My dad was a big Vauxhall enthusiast and had a Wyvern, A Velox and a Victor when I was a kid in the '50s. His Victor was yellow and he had it fitted out with leopard skin seat covers!
Maybe Stellantis should revive this!!! What a masterpiece!!!
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Very Buick-esque in the way it’s styled since the 3 piece rear window was on the ‘57 Buick and the vent windows are from the 1959 and 1960 GM cars.
The rear end resembles that of a 1960 Mercury.
Sure yes unfortunately if you crash you die on the spot. That car will bend and twist and look like an accordion after a minor crash. No thanks. Classics should be in museums
Probably the best motor-vehicle car review in the world ever,
You can probably tell I love this review.
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Kind of looks like a 1956 Studebaker President
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Steph, this back seat is very comfortable, please slow down? By the way you're on the wrong side of the road. You scare me to death at those intersections.
Since I am from the US I have never seen one of these. It's a really gorgeous car. They styling is great for a 1950's or 1960's car. I think it's much better looking than the PA Cresta you reviewed a few years ago.
They looked good – from a distance. I recall looking closely at a brand new two tone pink and cream one, behind the full length chrome body trim there was a bright steel unpainted gap between the upper and lower coats of paint!!
Love these cars ….& The way you narate is excellent ….very good show.
It looks like a Studebaker.
another british failure..
Once so common on NZ 🇳🇿 roads..when UK cars made up most of the market…if you had overseas funds to buy a new car….
I will never forget the day our Dad arrived home with one of these ( New Zealand ) , the whole street came out for a look and a talk and the speedo SPACE AGE technology ! , great cars .
Again thank you .
My sister had one in pink.
In 1960's
Love the Vauxhall style from the 1930s to the 1970s😍
I bought a 1961 Pa cresta automatic with two tone paintwork in 1970, it cost me £75 ran it for a year or so, it was great.
Probably a nice car, but moving the back seat forward to get the wheel arches out of the cabin was a mistake, when I was a passenger in the back seat the room was terrible.
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Was like driving a boat down the road, you had to negotiate bends well beforehand and bumps would be felt for a few seconds after the suspension had recovered. I loved the style, still do.
Car manufacturers to day have a. Contest to see how many blind spots in the cars to day
Talking of heaters, my father had a very old Ford pop, the heater was a circular drum on the floor, with two flaps, behind them was a heating element.
Pink and grey colour for me, stunning cars of their day.
excellent
Beautiful car. One of my uncles had one. In BURGUNDY!
It's got a little GM and Nash in it..attractive car all around!
When I was a lad …
and my Dad was a mechanic, he preferred Vauxhall because, he said, the engineering was so straightforward.
We had an E Velox, followed by PA, and a PB.
Some years later he went for fins again and we got a Mark 3 Zephyr, the car I learned to drive in, and one of the best cars I have ever driven.
My older brother must have like the fins too because after playing with Cortinas he bought a 57 Chev. It is obvious where the styling of the PA came from but the English and US GMs were such different cars.
That confirms it my uncle Dennys VAUXHALL PA must have been a cresta as it was two tone green.
I used to sit on the front bench fold down arm rest, and he would call me the Co- pilot, couldn't do that now .
Definitely wouldn't look out of place with GM's American lineup, the rear window is definitely indicidive of Oldsmobile and Buick.
I remember we had a 1959 Anglia that was the same color as this car though it was smaller.
Ah yes, but what about the Vauxhall Cresta?