1958 Vauxhall Victor Estate Series 1 [F]

1958 Vauxhall Victor Estate Series 1 [F] in Doctor in Clover, Movie, 1966

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

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Author	Message
nzcarnerd ◊ 2007-06-11 11:35	Vauxhall Victor Estate about 1961-2.
Sunbar ◊ 2007-06-11 11:58	Earlier than 1961. Victor [F], if it was a saloon it would be a 1958 by the 'bomb' over-riders. I think the first Victor Estate was probably introduced the year after in 1959?
2491tj ◊ 2007-06-11 22:33	1959 model..considering the movie was made in 1966, that victor was only a 7 year old car...look at the rust along the bonnet!!..thats why theres not many about today,terrible build quality when new, age hasnt improved any of them.
stronghold ◊ 2007-06-11 23:44	2491tj wrote 1959 model..considering the movie was made in 1966, that victor was only a 7 year old car...look at the rust along the bonnet!!..thats why theres not many about today,terrible build quality when new, age hasnt improved any of them. Goe's to show that when we 'Brit's' make fun of the terrible metal used on Fiat's, Lancia's and Alfa Romeo's in the '70's, We had our rust buckets too.! (..my dad had an Austin 1300 ..approx 6/7? years old and this was about to colapse in a heap of rust.!)
Vaux57 ◊ 2009-10-07 02:19	It´s a very early and today ultra-rare 1958 series 1 estate, produced for only half of the model year and because of that (and the fact that most estate wagons lead a hard life) there are only 5 or 6 of these in running condition in the world (2 in Norway, 2 or 3 in GB and 1 or 2 in the USA)