les509
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Last Edit: Dec 24, 2011 0:49:33 GMT by les509
61 Jaguar Mk 10 67 Austin A60 Countryman 69 Morris 1300GT 77 Triumph 2500S 84 Mk2 Granada Ghia Est 86 BMW 635 CSi 87 BMW 635 CSi
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I like it man, cool cool car
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Lovely car, lovely colour and excellent bit of rake. You're going to regret selling that one.
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foxy99
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Man. I want to know more about this...
I know that Viscount was a top of the range Cresta and there aren't many left but what's the story with this one and do you have any interior shots?
What extras did they have that the Crestas didn't?
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1974 Daimler Double-Six VDP 1965/67 Hillman Imp pick-up 1984 VW Polo breadvan 1970s Yamaha Twins (4) 1976 Honda SS50ZK1
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Viscounts come with extra trim, vinyl roof, deluxe interior with extra walnut, electric windows and power steering as standard
Gorgeous cars, always been on my want list.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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stefan
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That is very cool I like it alot
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POWER IS EVERYTHING WITHOUT CONTROL
1985 Honda jazz 1997 Saab 93 convertible 2010 transit 280
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They are a curse word car what 70's car isn't curse word. all vauxhalls - curse word - extremely cool all fords - curse word - extremely cool all lada's - curse word - ...
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'72 Opel kadett coupe
'77 Opel kadett city sr
'92 Peugeot 309 Gti Goodwood
'93 Peugeot 205 GL auto
'88 Citroen BX 16v(Breaking)
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massive WANT for that it looks great!
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Dec 24, 2011 10:02:01 GMT
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There is no such thing as a curse word car just overstretched expectations.................
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Dec 24, 2011 10:05:26 GMT
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OH... MY... WORD...!!! What a stunning barge sir... Now, how can I put this...?! DO NOT SELL THAT CAR...!!!!!!!!!
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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Del
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Dec 24, 2011 11:58:12 GMT
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That.....is.....beautiful!
And just to add, if I had the money and the garage to keep it in, I'd snap your hand off!
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Last Edit: Dec 24, 2011 12:17:11 GMT by Del
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les509
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Whoa! Well chuffed with the response fellas - yeh she's pretty sweet, the electric windows (all 4 of them!) work better than the ones on my '99 BMW 5 series - will get some interior shots next time I'm out in her - AKKU is spot on with the extras list - she was laid up in the back of a dealers garage nr Southport for nearly 20 years - I had to do the head gasket on her earlier this year (£6.36 off of the bay of e!) which was more down to the lay-up I think than anything else - apart from that she's been dead reliable (and dead thirsty) - I think they're pretty under-rated compared to their rivals of the time - the nearest thing to a british built yank??? A nice GM V8 under the bonnet would have iced that cake...
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61 Jaguar Mk 10 67 Austin A60 Countryman 69 Morris 1300GT 77 Triumph 2500S 84 Mk2 Granada Ghia Est 86 BMW 635 CSi 87 BMW 635 CSi
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Dec 25, 2011 22:04:37 GMT
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I really like that. I don't think I've ever seen one.
What's a 2 speed gearbox like?
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les509
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Dec 25, 2011 23:26:24 GMT
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It's pretty good - just don't expect to be seeing off any diesel mondeos et al from the lights - the last ones were 3 speed auto tho - did have a scrap 3.3 Cresta 4 speed manual that prob would have been a bit quicker - but it had no cylinder head so hey ho - actually bought that car just for the bonnet pull cable for the Viscount - got a few spares off it and moved it on to a fellow oval racer
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61 Jaguar Mk 10 67 Austin A60 Countryman 69 Morris 1300GT 77 Triumph 2500S 84 Mk2 Granada Ghia Est 86 BMW 635 CSi 87 BMW 635 CSi
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 26, 2011 13:34:18 GMT
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I think that's the only other one I've ever seen that's the same colour as my Dad's was back when I was about 12 (Honey Starmist....dontcha just LOVE that name).
PUK822F was a '68 Cresta with a vinyl roof rather than a Viscount and had a 4-speed floor-change/bench front seat combo (which meant it had one of those awesome cranked American-style gearlevers from memory).
This was back in 1976-77 so money was in very short supply. The front seat broke so he just welded a scaffold pole across the car between the B-posts and rested the seat back against it. Then the exhaust fell to bits so he made up a pair of exit pipes in front of each back wheel and dispensed with the back boxes. The final straw was when it failed the MOT on knackered front suspension bushes, I have clear memories of him knocking up bushes made from various size rubber hoses. Somehow it got through another MOT.....
That's lovely, a right old trip down Memory Lane!!
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les509
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Dec 26, 2011 14:12:06 GMT
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Cheers Brian, Honey Starmist was a bit lighter in colour - this one is Olivine Starmist, which is just as funky! My dad had a Victor in Honey Starmist, that seemed to suffer the same problems as your Dads, maybe it was the colour!
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61 Jaguar Mk 10 67 Austin A60 Countryman 69 Morris 1300GT 77 Triumph 2500S 84 Mk2 Granada Ghia Est 86 BMW 635 CSi 87 BMW 635 CSi
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les509
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Dec 26, 2011 15:15:11 GMT
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Wicked that one Neil, have been tempted to keep her but I'm in the middle of building a Cambridge estate and still have my 3.1 V6 Corsair to finish, I want to make my garage bigger at home so the money would go towards that. Stance on yours in the last pic is SO right!
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61 Jaguar Mk 10 67 Austin A60 Countryman 69 Morris 1300GT 77 Triumph 2500S 84 Mk2 Granada Ghia Est 86 BMW 635 CSi 87 BMW 635 CSi
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Brian Damaged
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Dec 26, 2011 16:23:41 GMT
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Cheers Brian, Honey Starmist was a bit lighter in colour - this one is Olivine Starmist, which is just as funky! My dad had a Victor in Honey Starmist, that seemed to suffer the same problems as your Dads, maybe it was the colour! Which would explain why it had a Viscount bootlid (with 'Powerglide' badge on) on that didn't quite match!!! ;D
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That is a lovely car, from back when Vauxhalls were premium grade material. Looks wonderful, colour and wheel choice just epitomises the contemporary era.
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