Vauxhall Cars:E-type Cresta,Victor F-Type S2,Viscount

Vauxhall Cars 1950s and 1960s

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The 2,262cc PA Velox and Cresta six-cylinder models of 1957 were some of the best-looking British cars of the period with their sleek low lines. Original cars had long tailfins and a distinctive three-piece rear window. Later 1961 / 2 PADX / PASY Cresta / Veloxes had one-piece curved windows and 2,650cc engines.
E-type Cresta

The completely new E-type Wyverns and Veloxes with curved instead of flat windscreens and coil and wishbone independent front suspension appeared in 1951, but used the old L-type engines until spring 1952, when both were given more powerful 79.4 x 76.2mm engines. Minor styling changes were made to the E-types from 1954, when the fronts were altered, first with a grille of "waterfall" chrome strip covering the opening and then from 1956 this horizontal bar grille with the big V motif. From 1955 the Cresta had become the top model, priced at

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