this is my new ride.
its purchase was slightly unnecessary bearing in mind my current fleet(which I'm supposed to be cutting down
), but I seem to have a thing about starting the year with a new car as ive bought one in january for the last 5 years.
plus, being slightly fed up of my never ending projects, I decided I needed something 'on the road' that was still cool enough to keep me happy.
it didnt have to be that practical, fast, economical or modern as ive got the escort van to fall back on for load lugging or driving to the moon and back for 50p, I was basically after a cool weekend car for me, the girlfriend and the dog to cruise around in, that looked halfway respectable. I looked at a few possibilities before deciding I wanted a 'proper' classic car again as I havent had anothing like that for a while, only 'retros', albeit I wanted it with a bit of a twist.
most importantly it had to be taxed, tested, not need much work, be able to go anywhere without worrying about it breaking too much, but still be unusual and cool. and I wasnt allowed to tear it apart and turn it into a major project like I seem to have a habit of doing with most cars!!
id have loved another yank tank, but that wasnt going to happen in my £1500 budget. but what I did find was a 1967 vauxhall victor saloon. the 'FC' body shape, sold as having '101 improvements over the older FB shape, was made from 64-67 and obviously borrowed very heavily from american styling of the period hardly unsurprising for a 60s british GM product. walking round it you can see elements of '62 and '64 impala, and early sixties lincoln continentals, so it was ideal for what I had planned.......
which was what exactly? well to put it simply, mild custom, '60s style.
its purchase was slightly unnecessary bearing in mind my current fleet(which I'm supposed to be cutting down
), but I seem to have a thing about starting the year with a new car as ive bought one in january for the last 5 years.plus, being slightly fed up of my never ending projects, I decided I needed something 'on the road' that was still cool enough to keep me happy.
it didnt have to be that practical, fast, economical or modern as ive got the escort van to fall back on for load lugging or driving to the moon and back for 50p, I was basically after a cool weekend car for me, the girlfriend and the dog to cruise around in, that looked halfway respectable. I looked at a few possibilities before deciding I wanted a 'proper' classic car again as I havent had anothing like that for a while, only 'retros', albeit I wanted it with a bit of a twist.
most importantly it had to be taxed, tested, not need much work, be able to go anywhere without worrying about it breaking too much, but still be unusual and cool. and I wasnt allowed to tear it apart and turn it into a major project like I seem to have a habit of doing with most cars!!
id have loved another yank tank, but that wasnt going to happen in my £1500 budget. but what I did find was a 1967 vauxhall victor saloon. the 'FC' body shape, sold as having '101 improvements over the older FB shape, was made from 64-67 and obviously borrowed very heavily from american styling of the period hardly unsurprising for a 60s british GM product. walking round it you can see elements of '62 and '64 impala, and early sixties lincoln continentals, so it was ideal for what I had planned.......
which was what exactly? well to put it simply, mild custom, '60s style.
and driven around with all the broken bits still broken, lol!! 
