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◊ 2015-05-18 19:04 |
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◊ 2015-05-18 19:29 |
Vauxhall Cresta? ![]() Link to "en.wikipedia.org" |
◊ 2015-05-18 20:25 |
Yes Cresta Deluxe [PC] |
◊ 2015-05-18 22:24 |
Fake plate - never issued. |
◊ 2015-05-23 20:00 |
Ironically,the very first RHD British car I can ever recall seeing was one of these,near Shannon Intl. Airport,1972. (Plane was stopping to refuel,we passed over a road on approach,and one of these was passing by. I recall it was Blue. Odd the things one remembers!!!) |
◊ 2015-11-28 00:56 |
Might be a Viscount with the awful two-speed auto? |
◊ 2015-11-28 01:26 |
No - this is solid as Cresta Deluxe. Viscount had different grille - finer pattern and black infill. But it did have the same automatic option - was it really only 2-speed? My vague memory is a 3-speed which might have later become a 4-speed. |
◊ 2015-11-28 12:09 |
A quick look does show the 'Powerglide' automatic transmission as an option in the 1966 brochures in place of either column-change or floor-change manual gearboxes. The GM Powerglide from memory was a two speed unit that depended heavily on the torque-converter to get a barely acceptable performance. Link to "vauxpedianet.uk2sitebuilder.com" I cannot find currently, if it changed at a later date however. Later brochures mention a "super-smooth GM automatic transmission" which may still be the Powerglide box or possibly a different unit. edit: Later 1971 model year PC Viscounts were "fitted with the 3-speed 'Strasbourg' auto then in use by the parent company General Motors." -- Last edit: 2015-11-28 12:32:02 |