559 Vauxhall Cresta PADX Friary Estate (1961)
Vauxhall Cresta PADX (1960-62) Engine 2651cc S6 OHV Production 91,923 (PADX Cresta and Velox)
Registration Number 950 MHY (Bristol)
VAUXHALL SET
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All factory-built PAs were four-door saloons: the estate cars were converted by Friary of Basingstoke, Hampshire
Edward D Abbott retired from his company in 1950, selling the business to R Gordon Sutherland a former MD of Aston Martin (1932-46), seeking an alternative to the traditional and dwindling bespoke coachbuilt market and sought a new market, quickly establishing the company offering estate conversions, on behalf of manufacturers noteably the Ford Mk.1 and Mark II Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac..
He was also ran a Vauxhall agency from his car sales showroom in Old Windsor, so when Vauxhall sort a partner for the conversion of their new PA range of Velox and Cresta, they naturally approached Sutherland. Designed by Sutherlands designer Peter Woodgate the Abbott Estate came to fruition. The reason the car was not named Abbott rather than Friary was due to the Abbott names long association with Ford being unlikely to please Vauxhalls owners GM
Many thanks for a fantabulous
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Shot at the NEC Classic Car Show 13:11:2015 Ref. 112-559
559 Vauxhall Cresta PADX Friary Estate (1961)
Vauxhall Cresta PADX (1960-62) Engine 2651cc S6 OHV Production 91,923 (PADX Cresta and Velox)
Registration Number 950 MHY (Bristol)
VAUXHALL SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623863172810...
All factory-built PAs were four-door saloons: the estate cars were converted by Friary of Basingstoke, Hampshire
Edward D Abbott retired from his company in 1950, selling the business to R Gordon Sutherland a former MD of Aston Martin (1932-46), seeking an alternative to the traditional and dwindling bespoke coachbuilt market and sought a new market, quickly establishing the company offering estate conversions, on behalf of manufacturers noteably the Ford Mk.1 and Mark II Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac..
He was also ran a Vauxhall agency from his car sales showroom in Old Windsor, so when Vauxhall sort a partner for the conversion of their new PA range of Velox and Cresta, they naturally approached Sutherland. Designed by Sutherlands designer Peter Woodgate the Abbott Estate came to fruition. The reason the car was not named Abbott rather than Friary was due to the Abbott names long association with Ford being unlikely to please Vauxhalls owners GM
Many thanks for a fantabulous
48,866,059 views
Shot at the NEC Classic Car Show 13:11:2015 Ref. 112-559