purple victor 1 Victor she run! Updated 22/10

[Rocket88]

Not sure if I started a thread on this or not, probably not as my flameproofs are still smouldering from the Peugeot/Golf unpleasantness.

Anyhoo…. Vauxhall never made an FE panel van, a situation that needed remedying. It will have a Chevy small block in it, and it will be Cadbury purple…

[sutty2006]

Oooooooooooo very nice indeed! 

[Twiggy]

Superb !

[ProgRocker]

I flipping love FE series Victors and VXs.

 

[tooSavvy]

Mmmm..... Purple 😋

GLF 👌

Oh Yess..ss..ss

🚙💨

[Rocket88]

Other mods…. Flush fitting front and rear screens, two door conversion, door handles shaved ( door poppers) custom rear lights… and some other shit I’ve forgotten 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Wibble!

[brandersnatch]

Well that’s pretty cool. 

[Back_For_More]

That's an epic amount of work going into that.......

Will the purple be with flake? (no Cadbury pun intended)

[Rocket88]

3 minutes ago, Back_For_More said:

That's an epic amount of work going into that.......

Will the purple be with flake? (no Cadbury pun intended)

Many flakes… hopefully large ones….

[stuboy]

cool project

[Jerzy Woking]

Now that is fucking fantastic. My late brother in law had a number of VX4/90's and had he still lived, he would have built something along those lines.

Really hope it all works out OK.

[skoda_fan]

I had the saloon version years ago and loved it. This looks fab. Very 70s custom! Needs a porthole in the rear panels. (Goes to the loft to retrieve old Hot Car mags...)

[Rocket88]

1 hour ago, skoda_fan said:

I had the saloon version years ago and loved it. This looks fab. Very 70s custom! Needs a porthole in the rear panels. (Goes to the loft to retrieve old Hot Car mags...)

I had considered it!

[Rocket88]

Deciding to do away with the screen rubbers, and flush fit the glass was the trickiest bit. Front screen meant welding in a new support structure, on the rear we sectioned the rear tailgate, and moved it up ( hence slit) that slit is going to be the aperture for the new rear light clusters.

[BL Bloke]

Interesting project. 

[bezzabsa]

moar pix needed with progress reports

[Rocket88]

Quick seat preview….😎

[Rocket88]

Rear compartment being lined with this….

[Boycie]

To match the seats ...2 words ...shag pile ....

 

[HMC]

Yove got to do a victor el Camino to have a matching pair. EPIC work

[Asimo]

Did it have / will it get a fabric sunroof (Webasto)?

[RichardK]

Dibs. Like seriously.

My original plan in the 90s was having my Ventora done in purple with purple/white seats, white vinyl top. At the same time I cleared obsolete vauxhall spares FE stock and filled my VX2300 estate with panels - but then my twat of a garage broke my Ventora, lost the chassis rails I'd given them to fit, and I sold my VX (panels included) because I was so thoroughly fucked off with it all. This is my /dream/ spec from the first things seen and I really hope it turns out amazing.

[dozeydustman]

That is going to be one beast of a motor!

[Billy - Medhurst]

This looks interesting - In a good way. Looking forwards to updates on this.

[Boycie]

11 minutes ago, Billy - Medhurst said:

This looks interesting - In a good way. Looking forwards to updates on this.

How's the legs Billy ? 

[Billy - Medhurst]

6 minutes ago, Boycie said:

How's the legs Billy ? 

Well I was right - The jump was to far for that bloody cozza........

[Boycie]

"Gizza a chip Billy " ,   one of the best episodes , up there with " Faces " , " Bad Apple and the  " Golden Fleece /Trojan Horse " pair 

 

 

[Billy - Medhurst]

11 minutes ago, Boycie said:

"Gizza a chip Billy " ,   one of the best episodes , up there with " Faces " , " Bad Apple and the  " Golden Fleece /Trojan Horse " pair 

 

 

Sure is.

[Rocket88]

2 hours ago, Asimo said:

Did it have / will it get a fabric sunroof (Webasto)?

I had a nasty aftermarket glass sunroof. Made the hole a lot bigger, and putting a bronze polycarbonate panel in