Dyslexic Viking Posted October 12 Posted October 12 12 minutes ago, Surface Rust said: Pretty sure these two statements are mutually exclusive for something that still exists! Unless the tyre is all that's left... It could be a 60s fridge that identifies itself as a 50s Vauxhall? Surface Rust, AnthonyG, juular and 7 others 10
Popular Post captain_70s Posted October 12 Author Popular Post Posted October 12 1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said: So mayby a Vauxhall before 1960? Cresta or Velox? Or even older? Ding ding ding ding ding, we have a winner! 1956 Vauxhall Cresta has arrived! busmansholiday, Tickman, chodweaver and 68 others 65 1 5
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Fantastic, really looking forward to following this . captain_70s, TrabbieRonnie, LightBulbFun and 2 others 1 4
D.E Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Cool! https://www.cresta1956.uk/history/ Shite Ron, FakeConcern, danthecapriman and 25 others 26 1 1
beko1987 Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Nice! Bringing it to the FOTU and/or chumly next year? captain_70s 1
High Jetter Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Wow, there's a good couple of weekend's worth of work there! Stinkwheel and captain_70s 2
Matty Posted October 12 Posted October 12 You absolute legend. Has @GingerNuttz left for the airport yet?? LightBulbFun, cort1977, dome and 7 others 10
Surface Rust Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Fantastic, has most of the welding already been done? I can see red lead paint everywhere which is encouraging!
somewhatfoolish Posted October 12 Posted October 12 May I be the first to utter the phrase All Vauxhalls Are Shit? Well bought. tooSavvy 1
danthecapriman Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Fuck me! You absolute legend lunatic!😄 That really is awesome. Well bought. Rightnider and Matty 2
Dick Cheeseburger Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Amazing, and love the back story which @D.E has already unearthed.
Sham Posted October 12 Posted October 12 You obviously have a lot more time, patience and skill than I. Going to be awesome to see it come back to life though. Peter C 1
GingerNuttz Posted October 12 Posted October 12 1 hour ago, Matty said: You absolute legend. Has @GingerNuttz left for the airport yet?? He's on his own with this one. I'm still suffering from Triumph depression years later 😂 captain_70s, Lacquer Peel, Rust Collector and 7 others 10
Stinkwheel Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Winning at life, that is all tooSavvy and captain_70s 2
somewhatfoolish Posted October 12 Posted October 12 5 minutes ago, Asimo said: Engine-driven wipers! Presumably off the end of the cam? Slightly* less miserable than vacuum driven ones. captain_70s 1
Six-cylinder Posted October 12 Posted October 12 @captain_70s You are not going to have time to vandalise any bus shelters any time soon!🙂 What a lovely project, best of luck with it. captain_70s 1
captain_70s Posted October 12 Author Posted October 12 I'll give a full run down of the car on my project thread in due course, but to reply to a few things. No - most of the welding has not been done. It is a major weldathon. That's not to say a lot of welding hasn't already been done, its just bloody rotten! Yes - Camshaft driven wipers. So unlike a vacuum system they increase in speed with the car. Probably not going to any major southern shows/meets anytime soon in it. It's a mega project and if I can have it pottering locally by next summer I'll already be surprised! It's also geared for a pre-motorway world... Tickman, GrumpiusMaximus, Dick Cheeseburger and 13 others 16
SiC Posted October 12 Posted October 12 5 hours ago, captain_70s said: LightBulbFun, lesapandre, Rustybullethole and 4 others 1 6
comfortablynumb Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Beautiful styling Well done that man👍 captain_70s and lesapandre 1 1
Rustybullethole Posted October 12 Posted October 12 Even with mot exemption on your side that's still some work. Courageous. Well played. captain_70s, Stinkwheel and lesapandre 2 1
2flags Posted October 12 Posted October 12 After seeing what you achieved with the Aclaim, I'm sure you'll soon be up to your armpits in wonderful iron oxide flakes! [Make note to buy shares in BOC.] captain_70s 1
sdkrc Posted October 12 Posted October 12 13 hours ago, captain_70s said: What's going on with that sandwich? Looks like the runs and some egg white. And why is your tea grey? Car is fucking fantastic Matty and captain_70s 2
IronStar Posted October 12 Posted October 12 I was about to say it doesn’t look too bad, and I’d expect worse from car of this vintage, especially in Scottish climate. It’s really amazing that it survived, I would hazard a guess that most of them were literally swept away by mid 60s. Amazing buy! Do you plan to keep it original or make some quality of life improvements such as electric wiper/washers and similar small things that make life more pleasant? lesapandre 1
Matty Posted October 13 Posted October 13 9 hours ago, sdkrc said: What's going on with that sandwich? Looks like the runs and some egg white. And why is your tea grey? Car is fucking fantastic The breakfast was obviously carefully choreographed to reflect the austere nature of 50s motoring. Next week a breakfast of Umbongo and Highland toffee bars before collection of a Austin Maxi in burnt orange. captain_70s, GrumpiusMaximus and Semi-C 3
captain_70s Posted October 14 Author Posted October 14 On 12/10/2024 at 22:38, sdkrc said: What's going on with that sandwich? Looks like the runs and some egg white. And why is your tea grey? Car is fucking fantastic One slice butter. Once slice peanut butter. I usually have apricot jam but we were out. It's a very milky coffee. On 13/10/2024 at 00:07, IronStar said: I was about to say it doesn’t look too bad, and I’d expect worse from car of this vintage, especially in Scottish climate. It’s really amazing that it survived, I would hazard a guess that most of them were literally swept away by mid 60s. Amazing buy! Do you plan to keep it original or make some quality of life improvements such as electric wiper/washers and similar small things that make life more pleasant? Aye, these were all gone by the mid 1960s, especially in Scotland. It's bad, but no worse than most. I could have paid double for a worse car with nicer paint... No major plans for modifications yet. It's top spec, so has a heater and screen washers! I'll keep the cam driven wipers for a start and see how they are. It'll not be going out in the rain on the regular and is only geared to cruise at 55mph so I'd rather keep it standard where possible. It will get radial tyres. Mostly because a set of the correct cross-ply whitewalls would equal the value of the car... Matty, Sunny Jim, somewhatfoolish and 8 others 10 1
Captain Mainwaring Posted October 14 Posted October 14 Absolutely can't wait to watch this, best of luck! lesapandre 1
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