Magnum Force

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https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-132--...

https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-214--...


In period I was never a great Vauxhall fan but these are simply lovely and great to see . I never realised they came in two different engine sizes . When placed against the Fords of the same period is it fair to say that the Vauxhalls comparative rarity makes it that bit more interesting ?

Edited by reddiesel on Friday 31st May 17:42

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sjabrown said:

They do look a positive bargain compared to anything with a Ford badge attached. Quite good looking things.

In general they are though the rarer ones are beginning to climb . As some of us have said before there was tremendous brand loyalty back then which I don't think really exists anymore . A lovely tradition Vauxhall had of shoehorning large engines into run of the mill cars . Here is another corker I came across whilst browsing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186445525557?itmmeta=01...

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I am trying to think what its competition would have been back in the day . Zodiac Mk 4 from Ford I suppose would be the obvious one but what about its stablemate the Viscount ? The classic " barge " I suppose in the eyes of many .

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and31 said:

As nice as that is it’s serious money-I’d rather have a lovely series1 Xj6 for that sort of money

Funny you say that because as you can read from the Advert apparently the Viscount was named Businessmen"s Car of the Year or something in the mid sixties . Upon reading I immediately thought XJ6 before realising we were still a year or two away from Jaguars masterpiece