Dyslexic Viking Posted Saturday at 13:12 Share Posted Saturday at 13:12 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? juular, captain_70s, AnthonyG and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted Saturday at 13:24 Share Posted Saturday at 13:24 Ford Zephyr/Zodiac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post captain_70s Posted Saturday at 13:42 Author Popular Post Share Posted Saturday at 13:42 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! Dave_Q, Doctormop, JMotor and 61 others 59 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted Saturday at 13:47 Share Posted Saturday at 13:47 Fantastic, really looking forward to following this . captain_70s, IronStar, TrabbieRonnie and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted Saturday at 13:55 Share Posted Saturday at 13:55 Cool! https://www.cresta1956.uk/history/ tooSavvy, Shite Ron, Matty and 23 others 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted Saturday at 13:58 Share Posted Saturday at 13:58 Nice! Bringing it to the FOTU and/or chumly next year? captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted Saturday at 13:58 Share Posted Saturday at 13:58 Wow, there's a good couple of weekend's worth of work there! captain_70s and Stinkwheel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted Saturday at 14:02 Share Posted Saturday at 14:02 You absolute legend. Has @GingerNuttz left for the airport yet?? Shite Ron, sdkrc, JMotor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surface Rust Posted Saturday at 14:07 Share Posted Saturday at 14:07 Fantastic, has most of the welding already been done? I can see red lead paint everywhere which is encouraging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted Saturday at 14:27 Share Posted Saturday at 14:27 May I be the first to utter the phrase All Vauxhalls Are Shit? Well bought. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted Saturday at 14:35 Share Posted Saturday at 14:35 Fuck me! You absolute legend lunatic!😄 That really is awesome. Well bought. Rightnider and Matty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted Saturday at 14:37 Share Posted Saturday at 14:37 Amazing, and love the back story which @D.E has already unearthed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted Saturday at 14:50 Share Posted Saturday at 14:50 That is fucking epic. Well bought that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted Saturday at 14:56 Share Posted Saturday at 14:56 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted Saturday at 15:19 Share Posted Saturday at 15:19 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 😂 Matty, Rust Collector, dome and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted Saturday at 15:23 Share Posted Saturday at 15:23 Winning at life, that is all captain_70s and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted Saturday at 17:15 Share Posted Saturday at 17:15 Engine-driven wipers! Lacquer Peel and captain_70s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted Saturday at 17:20 Share Posted Saturday at 17:20 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted Saturday at 18:32 Share Posted Saturday at 18:32 @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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted Saturday at 19:02 Author Share Posted Saturday at 19:02 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... somewhatfoolish, Tickman, Dick Longbridge and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted Saturday at 19:07 Share Posted Saturday at 19:07 5 hours ago, captain_70s said: Stinkwheel, LightBulbFun, Rustybullethole and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfortablynumb Posted Saturday at 19:09 Share Posted Saturday at 19:09 Beautiful styling Well done that man👍 captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybullethole Posted Saturday at 19:24 Share Posted Saturday at 19:24 Even with mot exemption on your side that's still some work. Courageous. Well played. captain_70s and Stinkwheel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted Saturday at 20:20 Share Posted Saturday at 20:20 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted Saturday at 21:38 Share Posted Saturday at 21:38 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 captain_70s and Matty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted Saturday at 22:34 Share Posted Saturday at 22:34 Impressive buyage! captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronStar Posted Saturday at 23:07 Share Posted Saturday at 23:07 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted Sunday at 07:22 Share Posted Sunday at 07:22 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted Monday at 12:07 Author Share Posted Monday at 12:07 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... somewhatfoolish, Dyslexic Viking, Datsuncog and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mainwaring Posted Monday at 12:20 Share Posted Monday at 12:20 Absolutely can't wait to watch this, best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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