Vanguard Dies and Lives..behold Phase IV!

[fotorabia]

The Vanguard Phase 3 Vignale 6 I he helped the landlord buy off Trade Me two years ago has now been brought back to a full daily transportable life..he threw about $3000 at it professionally..and now we do art mafia around town in it..

 

When it arrived from Hamilton..

 

 

 

Jaf loves tasty leather..

 

Back from the garage with a new warrant,,

 

and sharing stable with the landlords girlfriends wheels..which hes trying to make her get rid of..not crusty enough..

 

so get rid of the beemer and sink the money into the Javelin Jowett project which comes next..sounds sensible to me..

[AXrescuer]

That's lovely.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Loving that.

[Torsten2001]

That's got to be one of my favourite cars of all time! The best colour and beautiful leather. I would love one of those or an Ensign but not the Sportsman for some reason!

[fotorabia]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 680181.htm

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 723055.htm

 

i know of two locally that aint up to much as well..

[STUNO]

These have been on my secret want list for years.Rab was your landlords one in the Cambridge area in 1964 if there is any ownership history for it ?

[fotorabia]

Interesting thought STUNO ..i dont know if anybody remembers..but the 20 yr old "I' bought the Vanguard off died two weeks before I tried contacting him to see what history he knew on it..it was all so heartbreaking so i nver followed thru with research...i suppose if we do a Car Jam check..the paid version ...that would give us the history in total...

[STUNO]

I am 99.9% sure that prefix BN was issued in Cambridge in 1964. Not 1962 as car jam says as the plates are "64 issue. A paid check may have history of ownership as c j has testing records.

[fotorabia]

Interesting STUNO....but surely the car isnt 1964?

[fotorabia]

ok..i paid..this all the early owners..Joyce Winsome FranklinOwned since: 1969, March 17th (for more than 22 years); Location: Auckland; Status: Complete; Prior odometer: 22,892km#Goile & Izard LtdOwned since: 1969, March 17th (for one day); Location: Te Awamutu; Status: Complete; Prior odometer: 22,892km#Collett & Fleming LtdOwned since: 1969, February 19th (for more than 3 weeks); Location: Point Chevalier; Status: Complete; Prior odometer: 22,156km#Norman Harvey BeatsonOwned since: 1962, July 20th (for more than 6 years); Location: Te Awamutu; Status: Complete#Henry Denis GilfillanOwned since: 1962, July 20th (for one day); Location: Cambridge; Status: Complete

[STUNO]

From new to '64 the plate would have been a 6 number plate. All plates were replaced with the aluminium black/silver ones in '64.

[fotorabia]

ah ok..that explains a lot!..its still got the Collett and Fleming Ltd.Pt.Chevalier sticker on it as well!..and funny how it came back to Hamilton after a long! stint in Auckland..thats what probably guaranteed its survival!

[STUNO]

My guessing..You could not just walk into a new car dealer and buy a car then. Life was not that easy!Gilfillan had the English pounds to buy the car,Beatson wanted a new car and had the cash to pay for one at a premium.So he got G to get one and paid him handsomely.Collett & Fleming are still Triumph specialistsGoile and Izard were the local s/t dealers.Izard later developed the tungsten tipped saw blade and became very very wealthy, I believe he has a large collection of expensive cars these days.note,, G and I were allocated 12 new cars to sell in 1965 to "walk in" customers, so you had to be almost a personal friend to get one!!!

[fotorabia]

STUNO..that is fucken awesum bro..my landlord loves this info..he was all in glee earlier this evening where he said id tracked all the early owners,and your contribution is fantastic...ill forward this onto him..thanks mate..ps..i talked his GF into selling the BMW and converting the Jowetts tonight over wine and cheese!

[STUNO]

Remember, the above is a guess

[fotorabia]

Thats fine..Ross will be happy with all that...just gotta secure a spares car for him now..thank u sir..