As a young kid growing up in the UK, in the 1960 .This was always one of my favourite cars. Absolutely loved the look.

My Father owned a 1960 Vauxhall Velox. And I think it was yellow. Those were the days when cars had style and were artistic. Cheers NZ.

I am very familiar with the Vauxhall range. I have owned a few here in New Zealand. I love the P.A. Velox/Cresta. I am amazed by this stunning example. First one I have ever seen in metallic silver. These were the best ever British styled cars imitating the American style. BTW, American viewers, see how much smaller these are compared to Americana of the period. In Britain, this was a large car. In the USA it would have been a compact.

@michaeltutty1540

Жыл бұрын

Very much a compact, but selling at a price almost into the mid-priced market.

@VauxhallViva1975

Жыл бұрын

I still have a '62 PASX. Lovely car. Cruises like an ocean liner on the road. Pitman Arm steering, so not a car to let go of the wheel while driving - they wander quite a lot!

@markhealey9409

9 ай бұрын

​@@michaeltutty1540in Europe this size of car was sold as a large executive car,only luxury cars such as Rolls Royces & Bentleys would've been larger,and perhaps a couple of Jaguars & Daimlers.

A 62 Cresta was my first car. It was my deceased grandfather's car. Two tone grey, separate two front seats, powered front disk breacks. Once I was stopped on a regular traffic police control and , while he was checking car's documents, the police officer asked me why did I turned off the engine. I clarified him that the engine was running. He becamed amazed and, called the other policeman, commenting, have you ever heard engines like this one, so quiet, there are no cars like that anymore. This was the 80´s in Lisbon, Portugal. Everyone noticed me at distance because of the car. A fantastic car. Was it the best in some respect? Maybe not but, a pleasure to drive, in a style of its own, comparing to normal cars of that time, lots of personality and, despite its age, a very normal car for daily drive. At that time I was working as a journalist in Lisbon and living in a beach village 40km south of Lisbon, I still remember those daily trips, from Sesimbra to and from Lisbon as a relaxing delight.

Good cars, with very solid mechanics and engines that lasted for ever. Body rust was the only problem in the UK with salt on the roads in winter. Better with an overdrive - standard top gear was a bit low-geared for long-distance driving. The Velox and Cresta shared many pluses and minuses with the Ford Zephyr and Zodiac of the same era - virtually identical performance. You got used to that three-speed column shift very quickly, although it could get a bit sloppy with wear (same with the Zephyr). Handling was a bit barge-like. My father had one - he was a doctor and did a lot of house calls: the Velox never let him down.

@michaeltutty1540

Жыл бұрын

Ma had a 58 that was extremely dependable. You could depend on it getting you to your destination OR back home, but you could not depend on it for both. Ma had to have rust repair done after just 2 years. She gave up after that and drove it until the shop refused to work on a car that structurally unsound.

My dad had a Vauxhall exactly the same as this in, Melbourne, Australia. Wow it brought back memories of the 60's & 70's in my pre-teen years. His car was white and light green in colour. Traded it in for a 1972 Valiant Chrysler.

@michaeltutty1540

Жыл бұрын

Funny thing. Ma had the 58 Velox. In 72 she bought a Dodge Dart, which was essentially the same car as your Chrysler Valiant.

I have a Victor in Australia. Some great designs. The British did cut some corners with the flat top screws on badges instead of internal pin locks and the bonnet lever and grilles were slightly out when looking at the rest of the car. You always get a sense the British had American design foisted upon them but didn’t feel comfortable completely. Beautiful cars nonetheless.

@markhealey9409

9 ай бұрын

I agree,This sort of car design in conservative Britain of the 50s was considered radical,& not to everyone's taste here,Britain took quite a long time to get over World War 2,& didn't really get swinging until the 60s! The Beatles kicked it off,some say! There was still some degree of food & fuel rationing here until about 1954 or 1955,I believe,9 or 10 years after the war ended. There was a Hell of a lot of rebuilding to do here. Most average, working class people here couldn't afford cars until the 60s. The working class relied mainly on buses,trains,motorbikes or bicycles,which was doable here as with it being a small country,public transport was extensive,not like in The USA. With the coming more car ownership here in the 60s,many rural train & bus services were then massively cut. Average Americans NEEDED cars much earlier. My Mother was born in 1938 in a rural village here, & her Father had a motorbike & sidecar only when she was very young,he was a farm worker. My grandmother rode pillion & my Mum & her brother rode in the sidecar! He didn't buy his first car,a 2nd hand Austin,till 1955.

I had one of those. It never failed to start, in fact it never failed anything. Eight gallon tank which never seemed to run out.

23/9 22 Manufactured during " You've never had it so good " era ? Used to live near Luton & knew a few folk that worked there. Their recollections were that happiest working times were during Victor & Cresta & first HA Viva production. Export demands provided busy output with resultant earnings. BT ordered HA van fleets leading to Sunday OT ! GM's AC Delco plant was in the Luton/Dunstable conurbation too. Roads were busy thoughout the day with Large Goods Vehicles delivering Knock-Down Kits to ports for export. Different story today !

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the insight!

@peterallam6494

Жыл бұрын

23/9 22 (2) The quote was by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, BT was British Telecom before privatisation & OT was Overtime payment rate. A little further insight, Best Regards !

You say you've never seen one of these cars. They are very good - and actually, so is your channel. Which I MYSELF have never seen! Out of interest, there also is an estate car (or station wagon!) version, made by a company called FRIARY. So some people call it the FRIARY estate. Ultra rare. I've only seen ONE , here in ENGLAND. They are usually, true to the fashion of the times, in a TWO colour paint scheme - like the saloon - or sedan! I've never seen a SILVER one, it must have been specially repainted and is easily the best one I've ever seen in this colour! And the silver goes with the chrome! A well-known lady owns an estate version, in navy GREEN. She is called THE QUEEN, who has always had the largest models by Vauxhall! Amazingly, some companies got things wrong - including not importing an American styled car into AMERICA itself! They did import the slightly smaller Victor model into the states! The car I would like to see next please, is my all-time favourite car - the SECOND model by Karmann-Ghia. Known in England as the Razor-Edge Karmann-Ghia, (on account of it's (semi) sharp creases in the bodywork - you know - like on the Corvair. The second Karmann -Ghia, although styled like a European sized American car , also like this one, with wrap-around windshield and rear window - however ALSO wasn't imported into the States! Madness. However, it WAS on sale in CANADA. Some have been imported from Canada, and other countries - and, to my great pleasure- as a result, there are now actually MORE of them in the U.S.A., than anywhere, even more than in Germany where they came from! We have an American enthusiast, Lee Hedges to thank for what's called the TYPE 34 REGISTRY. Because the Razor-Edge Karmann-Ghia is officially known as the TYPE 34. Do check out this amazing car I'm sure you'll enjoy on the internet either on Type 34 Registry, or just Karmann-Ghia Type 34. There are even video reviews, one by a man who does the same as you do - under the name of FURIOUS DRIVING! Regards from England, Nygel Miller

They were sold through Pontiac dealers in the States but in very limited numbers, and most didn't last very long as American drivers treated them as disposable (same with the early Toyotas and most of the Fiats that were brought over in the 50s and 60s). They also sold them in the Benelux countries and Northern Europe.

Great video, thanks for posting. I have two of these cars, a '61 and a '62. Just a note, the Velox in this video should have a cardboard cover in the boot to hide the fuel tank, but these often get removed to make more boot space, such as I have done on my '62 car.

@milesfast

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great! Glad someone can appreciate this Car!

Great example. I always find it interesting how British design seems inherently staid and conservative but produced so many beautiful and unique cars.

Lovely Vauxhall Velox a rare car even in the UK now sadly were rust buckets when they were great designed cars

Nice restoration

My mum had a vauxhall velex when I was 20 I took my girlfriend out in when she was 16 we got married year later I was married for 50 year still missing her she died 6 years ago God bless xxxxx

Beautiful example but prefer the earlier PA DX with the eliptical rear lamps, flat fronted bonnet ( hood ) with mascot, 3-glass rear windshield ( or screen ) and the 2 large round binnacle instrument clusters , usually in duo-tone colours, introduced in the UK in 1957.My best mate's dad had a ' 58 Cresta in duo-grey and always loved going out in it .Just one of those cars that looks ' right ' with great elegance and deliberate transatlantic styling .Just like its cousin the ' F ' series Victor , they rusted profusely before entering old age so survival rates are comparatively low but now in huge demand and achieving record values in the UK.

We got the Victor and Cresta which won the first 500 mile race at Phillip Island which has grown into the 1000 km race which is held at Bathurst N.S.W Australia each year it was a productoin race for many years

A Vauxhall Cresta (being the flashier version of the Velox) won the 1960 Armstrong 500 mile race, being the forerunner to the iconic Bathurst 1000. So this Vauxhall had some serious pedigree.

Nice man

Beautiful!😍😍 The wrap around front & rear screens & tail fins are defintely very American GM,like a Chevy Bel-Air,the English GM Vauxhall design team definitely got together with this design. English Fords,BMC cars,which turned into British Leyland in the late 60's, & Rootes Group cars,which were bought buy Chrysler & created Chrysler UK,of the late 50s/early 60s also had Americana styles,albeit mostly on a less grand scale,due to English cars being smaller. However,I do think that overall, GMs Vauxhalls & German GMs Opels looked the most like North American cars of that time. Most Vauxhalls sold in Canada were rebadged as 'Envoys'....a new GM sub-brand created for the Canadian market that was used throughout the 60s,I believe. Similar to how GM used the Geo brand in the late 80s/early 90s for rebadged Toyotas & Suzukis & Mitsubishis.

Yup I just scored me a 1962 PAX Velox with the 3.3 engine sight unseen. It gets delivered tomorrow, can't wait aye...

@milesfast

4 ай бұрын

Congrats! I wanted to buy this one, but sadly it wasn’t for sale. Which means it must be more than i can afford 😂😭

Mega schön 👍

Very very nice 😊

Absolutely gorgeous! Surpassed only by the JaguarXJ6 series 2 for looks.

My grandad had at different times a Velox and a Cresta as company vehicles, he bought the Cresta from work when he retired. A bit before my time but he spoke highly of the Vauxhalls, they were reliable. The Fiat I remember he replaced the Cresta with performed well but wasn’t as reliable

The Velox was the lower trim level in the 6 cylinder range. Ma had a 58 until I was 5, and I remember sitting on the rear arm rest so I could see our. The GM seatbelts are to be expected, since Vauxhall was the British subsidiary of General Motors. Those seat belts were an optional extra. The mounts were built in at the factory, but belts were a dealer installed item. The Canadian Automobile Association sold seatbelts as well. My grandfather had CAA belts in his 61 Pontiac. One reason these cars are so seldom seen in North America is that the few that came here simply rotted into nothing. They were not a common sight. Import duties meant the Velox was priced way above the typical 6 cylinder cars in the market at a time when a 6 meant cheap. Ma paid more for her 58 Vauxhall than her father paid for his much nicer, albeit larger, 6 cylinder 61 Pontiac Laurentian.

Class

Looks great in silver!

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

I think it looks like an Aston Martin in silver 😎

That! Is a beautiful car. Far superior to what would have been a brand new one in it's day. I had a Cresta back in the sixties in England when I was a teenager. The PA series came as either the Cresta or the Velox, (shown here) . Great cars to drive, very reliable also, but their biggest problem by far was the dreaded rust 😮

@milesfast

5 ай бұрын

I wanted to buy this one but they weren’t selling it and I’m sure i didn’t have enough money. This thing is mint! ✌️😎

You could get duo-tone colours of the expensive Cresta models - pink and cream is my favourite:-)

I want the 3 window PA - my dream car

Could never get one. Had to make do with a Victor 101 which I loved, with it’s column change and front bench seat.

Here in the UK they were affectionately known as rust buckets.

Beautiful car. Looks like it just rolled off the assembly line

The velox wad the "poor mans cresta" haha.

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Hahaha

@stevecooper9896

4 ай бұрын

No it wadn't.@@milesfast

Hi where are this car is located, does it available for sale, looking extremely good

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

Norwich, NY Classic Car Museum.

Under the bonnet (hood) you will find either the straight 6 22993cc engine or the 25996cc straight 6 engine. You found GM seat belts in this because Vauxhall had been owned by GM since the 1930s. Vauxhall liked to use V in its names. Viva. Victor.VX490. Velox and Vicount . Sadly by the mid 1970s, Vauxhall had become a clone of the GM german brand Opel.

@timothyauger9905

Жыл бұрын

The capacities were 2262 and 2651cc.

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

Very nice!

22993cc Must have been a hell of a big straight six , thats a 23 litres .

@clayauslewis4236

11 ай бұрын

Typo! I believe 2262 cc.

Is this a 2.2 or a 2.6L engine. There is no ‘Climate Control just a basic heater. The gauge is an Ammeter showing the amps being drawn from the battery or the amps charging.

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

You’d have to tell by looking at the video. This car has changed locations.

Probably forward and up for first gear

What museum is this car located?

@milesfast

3 жыл бұрын

This is the Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich, NY. However it is not currently on display in the main building. This is only in the events room which you can reserve for parties and events!

@patrickmullen1153

3 жыл бұрын

@@milesfast Norwich! It's so close. I'm over in Buffalo. BUT, I'm not in the market. I've just always liked these and the Ford Zodiac/Zephyr/Consuls 1956-62. They were full size sedans back in the day in G.B. and I fell in love with American cars when we upgraded our Valiants and Nova's etc and started producing Granada's, Monarchs, Versailles, Sevilles, Le Barons etc. Liked them so much so, that I bought my summers drive a VGC 1978 Le Baron Medallion.

My aunt and uncle had a 1970 model. They don't indicate what gear they in because they're manual not automatic. I never realised there were LHD models built. Why would having GM seat belts be surprising, Vauxhall is a GM brand.

@milesfast

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize that. I thought it was French LoL

@cadifan

2 жыл бұрын

@@milesfast GM UK, design heavily influenced by GM USA.

@nygelmiller5293

2 жыл бұрын

@@milesfast yes, today VAUXHALL is actually owned by the French, but only recently!

Looks like a Rambler. A little overkill on the fuel cap.

@stevecooper9896

4 ай бұрын

He didn't know how to open it, it is a one tap pop up system, superior to anything else even til today aye.

The voltmeter won’t read till the engine is started.

Was kostet er ?

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

Too much!

I picked one up in pink and cream in 1969 for £5 yes that is correct and I transferred the number plate which was 4 - - - on to my car and scraped car I am sorry now !

@milesfast

Жыл бұрын

5 pounds! That’s a steal :)

Kind of a "trans-atlantic" design.

HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE. God save us from all these classic car reviewers, with their incorrect descriptions & terminologies. At least get someone who knows what they are talking about PLEASE !!!

@milesfast

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! Where are the people who know what they’re talking about? Oh yeah, probably not interested in filming and editing videos for KZread 😂

You are hard to understand

Is this guy stoned??!