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A brochure issued by Vauxhall Motors Ltd, a long term subsidiary of General Motors, for the range of accessories available for the 1957 versions of the Velox and Cresta cars. At the time GM had been limiting Vauxhall to three models largely sharing a similar platform although by 1957 annual updates were becoming the pattern and for this year new body styling was introduced for both models - the PA that heavily echoed US styling.
I suppose what is striking is just how much was not included in the basic models! That said many features in the list are 'standard' for the more upmarket Cresta but could be added to the Velox at the costs shown in the price list.
Even allowing for marketing hype - I have to wonder how many such stylishly dressed race goers were chauffeur driven to the course in a Cresta? The brochure cover features a Cresta with registration index mark SMJ 258.
From this angle, the most notable change is the wider rear end. Gives a much nicer look and helps plump up the rear arches for a more aggresive look. Also meant the easiest option for the spoiler was to split it into 2, which is kinda cool.
Helsinki, Finland 2025
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Conceptcar made for www.rebrick.com Lego building challenge "CELEBRATE THE FUTURE OF MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE"
An interesting brochure - issued to car dealers and showrooms to show the range of advertising and publicity material that was available to support the launch of the new Austin A40 and A50 range, the Austin Cambridge, that was launched on 28 September 1954. It describes the items that were automatically free-issued as well as other items that could be obtained and these include printing blocks that allowed dealers to place adverts directly in publications such as local newspapers or magazines.
The range includes the brochures that would have been given to prospective purchasers, nationally issued adverts from Austin themselves, posters, folders and cards along with window banners. I suspect one interesting item would be the 'styling booklet "GS5 into Cambridge" showing how the car was designed from concept to production - strictly one per dealer! There is a name on many of the blocks showing the illustrator of the new model but I cannot decipher it.
Away from the hype - 'This new Austin will sell - and sell - and sell" - the A40 was not a big seller with sales of only around 30,00 until it was withdrawn in 1957. The A50, with a larger engine, sold better with 115,000 being built until 1957.
The brochure's cover uses the BMC 'rosette', the logo of the British Motor Corporation that was the result of the 1952 marriage between long term rivals Austin of Birmingham amd Morris Motors of Oxford.
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Conceptcar made for www.rebrick.com Lego building challenge "CELEBRATE THE FUTURE OF MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE"
The unmistakable lines of the British Triumph Vitesse that was produced by the Triumph Company from 1962 until 1971 and that was based on the associated Triumph Herald. The bodywork was designed by Giovanni Michelotti. The Coventry based company was owned by Leyland Motors from 1960 and so the marque eventually passed into the BLMC group.
This model, seem on the streets of south London was registered in 1970/71 and so is amongst the last of the line.
Stockholm, Sweden, 2025.
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How stylish is this? One of the Triumph stable - this the Vitesse 6 model with the convertable roof no less and still looking very smart despite my mental connotations of this model really being a few miles south of here and with the late great Thora Hird dumped in the passenger seat!
By the time this car was constructed Triumphs, a company that had been merged with Standard Motors in 1944 having been formed in Coventry as a pedal bike company in 1885, was part of Leyland Motors - indeed possibly just about the time they merged with BMC in 1968 to form British Leyland. The Vitesse, launched in 1962, was based on the successful Herald model introduced in 1959 and both were styled by Giovanni Michelotti. This was seen parked up in Otley, West Yorkshire, on a fine September day and is obviously much loved and well cared for.
A colourful brochure showing the approved accessories available for the 1955 range of Vauxhall family saloons - the Wyvern, Velox and Cresta cars. The three models were largely based on the same body, in line with parent coampny GM's policy at the time, with the Wyvern as the 4-cylinder version, the Velox the 6-cylinder and the Cresta as the higher specification version of the Velox. This accessories booklet seems to cover the various 'facelift' versions that had been introduced up to and including the 1955 style changes to the Cresta.
One of the most interesting things to note is that amongst all the items that you could consider 'embellishments,' such as sunvisors or chromium plated exhaust deflectors, are the numerous things that were considered extras that would become standard equipment such as heaters or screencleaners.
The first page shows the introduction, explaining the various embellishments available for the three models - some common to all three, others only available on the more expensive Velox or Cresta models, and the folding guide page. It shows the first of many colour vignette illustrations used throughout the booklet.
Bill B's Restored 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Station Wagon (Woodie)
Photo taken by the owner with an Iphone, Photoshop CS4 and various Topaz Filters used to enhance the original image.
This '46 is Powered by a 239 cubic-inch Flat Head V-8 engine,100 horsepower and has a three-speed manual transmission . History note; Ford resumed automobile production in July, 1945, before the war in the Pacific ended. When converting to war production, Ford had retained a stock of wood parts at its Iron Mountain, Michigan facility, which it used for the 1946 station wagons. Ford and mercury were the last manufacturers to build 'woodies,' ending production in 1955. Since the war department forbade non-essential design work, the 1946 models were basically prewar designs with slight updates. Unique to 1946 was the red trim on the front grill. Due to parts being in short supply, some details did not always match. The 1948 Ford Woodie station wagon was the last of the all-wood bodied wagons.
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It is fair to say the copywriters at CFH got quite carried away in their selling fo the new Humber Super Snipe in 1938. Humber was a Covenrty based concern whose origins, like many motor companies, were in bicycle manufacturing and indeed until 1932 when they sold that divison off to Raleigh, they made both cars and bikes. A few years earlier, via Hillman Motors, the Rootes Brothers had gained an interest in Humber whom they acquired effective control of in 1932. Rootes used Humber as the controlling parent for their many companies & brand marques but like many British automotive companies the 1960s proved troubled years and in 1967 they sold out to Chrysler who in turn divested the UK subsidiery to Peugeot/Renault.
The Super Snipe was certianly towards the top end of the Rootes stable and I think a version of it became popular as a military staff car during WW2 and later.