Vauxpedia - lose yourself for hours ALL VOXLAZ R NOT SHITE

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I'm not sure if I posted this here before but:

 

http://vauxpedianet.uk2sitebuilder.com

[Jim Bell]

I have terrible news darling. We're expecting a Vauxhall.

 

[C1am]

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2015/11/06/dieselgate-latest-vauxhall-admit-to-selling-shit-cars/

[Bren]

Cresta and viscount = fit.

[Inspector Morose]

Oh my god, they made a diesel Chevette!

[sutty2006]

THIS IS EPIC

[Junkman]

Cresta and viscount = shit.

 

FTFY

[Lacquer Peel]

Oh my god, they made a diesel Chevette!

The American one right? That site is so hard to navigate.

[Inspector Morose]

Izusu (naturally). Yeah, the site isn’t the best but I think it’s one of those long term projects for the chap that he started when websites were simpler things and he’s concentrated on the content, not fancy bells and whistles (or even making it a bit more straightforward to navigate)

 

Hats off to the fellow. It’s an absolute gold mine of info.

[sierraman]

Unlike AR Online that’s an endless comment on Brexit, road tests of new Astras or the salesman guy going on about winding customers up.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The HB Viva development story is epic. British stylist shows Bill Mitchell the HA replacement. Mitchell says 'this is shite', takes British stylist to lunch, and gives a young Aussie stylist three hours to come up with something. When they came back from lunch, Aussie stylist has come up with this, the best looking two door saloon made in the sixties. 

 

The HB Viva really is a pretty thang.

 

 

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

To think, the Great* British Public really preferred the Austin A60 and Mark II Cortina to this. Bizarre.

 

 

 

 

[JimH]

I predict I am going to do absolutely fuck all work this afternoon.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Maybe I'm missing something , but does anyone know if there's a Ford equivalent to Vauxpedia and AR Online ?

There's even a Rootes/Chrysler site, but I've never found anything similar for Ford, lots of individual model club sites( mostly shit) and Turbosport for the old Skool racist/ Superlites type stuff.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 Turbosport for the old Skool racist/ Superlites type stuff.

 

 

They're " fine with 'gays', as long as they "don't shove it in your face".

[sierraman]

The Ford one would be full of bullshitters going on about how their uncle has a Mondeo Cosworth in his garage and all that bollocks. Any site dedicated to post 1980 Fords will have some right helmets on it. I’d join a lot of the Mondeo ones but having looked on them they attract a lot of the type you wouldn’t want to find in your garden at night.

[Junkman]

The HB Viva really is a pretty thang.

 

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Weird name for a girl, but true.

The car is shit, though.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

They're great. Only with the 2000 OHC in though. The four pot Viva engine was a plantpot. 

 

This is The Boy though. 

 

 

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The Ford one would be full of bullshitters going on about how their uncle has a Mondeo Cosworth in his garage and all that bollocks. Any site dedicated to post 1980 Fords will have some right helmets on it. I’d join a lot of the Mondeo ones but having looked on them they attract a lot of the type you wouldn’t want to find in your garden at night.

 

 

Mind you, look at the modern Vauxhall crew now, the VXR headbangers. The guys into early Rallye Sport Ford stuff are a better breed than the semi literate Fast Ford reader. 

 

Fuckin' Cosseh, three bar map sensor innit, fuckin' Samcoa 'oses m8

[Amishtat]

I really want another PC Cresta now I've had a quick look at that site

[artdjones]

The HB Viva is a nicer car to drive and more refined than a MK1 Escort 1.1 or 1.3,unless the Escort was a Sport or GT.It would be nice to try out a Viva with the Brabham conversion.

[quicksilver]

I've known about that site for a while and already spent far too much time on it. The look and feel isn't the best but it makes up for that with loads of truly fascinating and well-researched content, the opposite of so many glossy modern sites that are all style and very little substance. My three favourite things so far are the FWD V8 Cresta (utter madness), the FD Victor coupe (should have built that with a V8) and the Opel Commodore cabrio.

[Bradders59]

Thats my evening sorted then. 

My first car was a Viva HB (not much choice s Dad was paying, and it was a Vauxhall or nothing), Just over a year later I had a Chevette HS. 

Later had a Viceroy, two 24v Senators, and ten (I think) Omegas.

My current Omega will probably be my last Vauxhall though, unless I get rich enough to buy another Chevette HS or a Lotus Carlton.

It was bad enough that their recent cars are utter shite, but now the brand is owned by the French, for fucks sake. 

[bangernomics]

Thanks for pointing that guys site out it’s a full day killer reading endless T-car entries

[Mrcento]

The Ford one would be full of bullshitters going on about how their uncle has a Mondeo Cosworth in his garage and all that bollocks. Any site dedicated to post 1980 Fords will have some right helmets on it. I’d join a lot of the Mondeo ones but having looked on them they attract a lot of the type you wouldn’t want to find in your garden at night.

 

As bad as the Vectra ones?

 

I signed up to one ages ago when i was looking at a 3.2 GSI, the "characters" put me off getting one, thankfully.

[sierraman]

There’s a Vectra owners club?

[Junkman]

They're great. Only with the 2000 OHC in though. The four pot Viva engine was a plantpot. 

 

This is The Boy though. 

 

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If changing your spark plugs is shit, your car is shit.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

You are utterly and completely incorrect.

 

 

I give you the V12 Jaguar. A gentleman does not change his own plugs FFS.

[sierraman]

Or his rear brake discs.

[Bren]

The Pc Cresta and FD victor should have had a V8 like the opel diplomat.

 

The vauxhall everybody should aspire to is a Royale saloon. Seats from a 70's lap dancing club.