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[adw1977]

I think the "Rekord" is a Vauxhall Victor.

[Joey spud]

2 hours ago, Somerset Suffolk said:

well snap ! heres mine after a tractor pulled out in front of me - 250cc  - the front end on these was very light and really needed a steering damper - had a tank slapper at 70 ish (concrete sectioned road) and shat myself 

Nasty business. Did you also have the matching plaster work and crutches ?

[GeorgeB]

7 hours ago, Remspoor said:

What's the car peeping over the roof of the Triumph?

[RayMK]

55 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

What's the car peeping over the roof of the Triumph?

Jaguar XJS?

[RayMK]

4 hours ago, Tayne said:

Any idea what the American car is?

I think I’m seeing (L-R)

Red Mini

Mystery American car

Opel Kadette

Opel Rekord

VW Beetle.

 

Mercury Comet 1962 ish?

[sheffcortinacentre]

6 hours ago, Tayne said:

Any idea what the American car is?

I think I’m seeing (L-R)

Red Mini

Mystery American car

Opel Kadette

Opel Rekord

VW Beetle.

 

Not a mini rear screen is wrong & there's a quarter light in front door, & record is an F type victor.

[Tayne]

I genuinely didn't think it would be a Vauxhall on the continent back then, but it turn sout they were manufactured in Antwerp.

 

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Katowice, Poland. by Wojtek Mszyca, on Flickr

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DAF by Bernd K, on Flickr

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Untitled by Missy Prince, on Flickr

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Portland, OR by kingqueenknave, on Flickr

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Portland, OR by kingqueenknave, on Flickr

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Portland, OR by kingqueenknave, on Flickr

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RENAULT RODEO by PETERSHAGEN, on Flickr

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MG at Ryeford. by bazzadarambler, on Flickr

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24-berlin-germany by Ulrich Heinke, on Flickr

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[Tayne]

Rainy evening by Anton Novoselov, on Flickr

[Somerset Suffolk]

7 hours ago, Joey spud said:

Nasty business. Did you also have the matching plaster work and crutches ?

broken left arm Joey and a distrust of tractors - my Golf got re ended by one as well - the bastards must be out to get me ......

[sheffcortinacentre]

30 minutes ago, Tayne said:

I genuinely didn't think it would be a Vauxhall on the continent back then, but it turn sout they were manufactured in Antwerp.

 

Vauxhall were popular atleast til the late 70s possibly further.

[Remspoor]

14 hours ago, Tayne said:

I genuinely didn't think it would be a Vauxhall on the continent back then, but it turn sout they were manufactured in Antwerp.

 

Vuxhalls of that age were not built anywhere else other than the UK. They were sold alongside Opels in The Netherlands, lesser extent in a number of European mainland countries

[Remspoor]

[Tayne]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Vuxhalls of that age were not built anywhere else other than the UK. They were sold alongside Opels in The Netherlands, lesser extent in a number of European mainland countries

 

Is this pedantry of "built" versus "assembled from CKD kits"?

[Remspoor]

56 minutes ago, Tayne said:

 

Is this pedantry of "built" versus "assembled from CKD kits"?

I would love to see the link where you found that please. I have only seen Opel based GM produces assembled in Belgium. 

[GeorgeB]

22 hours ago, GeorgeB said:

What's the car peeping over the roof of the Triumph?

Doesn't look like it to me.

[Tayne]

46 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I would love to see the link where you found that please. I have only seen Opel based GM produces assembled in Belgium. 

 

Well I knew lots of Brit metal went out to OZ and NZ back then

https://www.flickr.com/photos/42220226@N07/46296438655

 

And I was aware that GM had once had a factory in Bienne/Biel in Switzerland (Omega and Rolex have the biggest factories there now) but I'd never thought about what they built there.

https://web.archive.org/web/20221102170202/https://www.motor1.com/features/176834/general-motors-switzerland/

 

When I saw the wikipedia page stating the Victor F had been built in UK/OZ/NZ/CH/BE , I realised I'd just never joined the dots myself. Assembling cars from kits to avoid import taxes is a very similar process whether its in Belgium or Australia. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Victor - it references the Swiss article above.

 

The wiki page on the factory mentions Opel, Bedford and Vauxhall from '53 ownwards

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Antwerpen

 

Vauxhalls were also mentioned in the article about the plant closure

https://www.sgcarmart.com/articles/news/gm-to-shut-down-opel-factory-in-belgium-and-announces-more-job-cuts-5021

 

And this chap seems to like his Antwerp built Vauxhalls

https://magazine.vab.be/op-weg/nostalgie/vauxhall-cresta/

 

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Tayne said:

 

Well I knew lots of Brit metal went out to OZ and NZ back then

https://www.flickr.com/photos/42220226@N07/46296438655

 

And I was aware that GM had once had a factory in Bienne/Biel in Switzerland (Omega and Rolex have the biggest factories there now) but I'd never thought about what they built there.

https://web.archive.org/web/20221102170202/https://www.motor1.com/features/176834/general-motors-switzerland/

 

When I saw the wikipedia page stating the Victor F had been built in UK/OZ/NZ/CH/BE , I realised I'd just never joined the dots myself. Assembling cars from kits to avoid import taxes is a very similar process whether its in Belgium or Australia. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Victor - it references the Swiss article above.

 

The wiki page on the factory mentions Opel, Bedford and Vauxhall from '53 ownwards

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Antwerpen

 

Vauxhalls were also mentioned in the article about the plant closure

https://www.sgcarmart.com/articles/news/gm-to-shut-down-opel-factory-in-belgium-and-announces-more-job-cuts-5021

 

And this chap seems to like his Antwerp built Vauxhalls

https://magazine.vab.be/op-weg/nostalgie/vauxhall-cresta/

 

Thank you. The Guy with the old VX is a nice story. Wiki, is Wiki. Change the page to German and it has a slightly different history.

[Tayne]

It still says Vauxhalls were made there.

Später kamen Vauxhall und Bedford-Nutzfahrzeuge dazu

 

[Joey spud]