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Old Melbourne, Australia shite sourced from the r/melbourne subreddit:

"Peak hour on St Kilda Rd, 1962":

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"Parking Inspectors doing their thing in 1967 on Spring St. Back in the 60s they used a Mini Moke and a yellow crayon":

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"Tram collision 1968, Swanston and Flinders Streets":

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"Tullamarine Freeway early 70s. Two lanes each way...":

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WTF is it???

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Headlight air-intakes.

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Looks almost Hillman Imp-ish.

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Does my arse look big in this?

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It was actually one of the XP 714 design concepts from 1960 for what was to become the HA Viva.  Fantastic.  It has a Rootes Group styling vibe about it though.

From Vauxpedia.

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Some more HA Viva concepts from around 1960.

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Looks like some sort of miniaturised Bristol.

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Can you imagine a GPO postie's Bedford HA van with this front on it?  The headlights must have been tiny, like bicycle lamps.

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A bit like an Americanised Austin ADO16 coupe, in 1960.

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Loads more pics and info on here   http://vauxpedia.net/vauxhall-ha---viva-part-1

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