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Well done and ripe for restoration with no rot what's not to like 😊

Simple old engine not like it is now you drive it not a bloody computer ive got a victor 101 estate good to keep the legend alive

A great video, I passed my driving test in one of these 62 yeas ago it still the plastic covers on the seats. Thanks for the memory n keep up the good work.

I've driven thousands of miles in one of those - back in the 1970s driving to Teachers' College every day... and it was considered to be an old car when I had one nearly 50 years ago!! My was actually a 1962, with the frumpier radiator grill. The 1962 was 1500cc, and the 64 like yours is 1600. Later on I bought a 64. They were going cheap secondhand because Holden had stopped selling Vauxhalls in 66, and the Vivas and Victors had become "orphans" and maybe some people thought that getting parts and service was going to be a problem. In fact, Holden kept plenty of parts in their dealerships until about 1976. I remember picking up some NOS clearance spare parts from Young & Green Holden in Kotara (Newcastle) when they finally decided to empty their remaining Vauxhall parts - and that was about 1977. By the way, I had my Victor up to 80 mph on the New England Highway heading up to East Maitland where a buddy of mine lived. That was a pretty good clip at a time when big Holdens of similar model - the EJ grey six - was only about 5 mph faster!! In fact, take a look at a picture of an EJ and you'll see the family resemblance with what was called "the beaver tail" - the boot rounded down to the back bumper and sort of similar type oval taillights set very low.

Had one in the 70s 4 speed floor change reg Amy 884a superb!!!!

It's not a 1962 FB-Y 1508cc It's a 1964 FB30 1594cc

Is this car the british correspondant model of Opel Rekord A ?

Great thing about aussieland is because of the sunshine the cars don't rust....over here in pommieland after 40 years not much of this lovely old vauxhall would be left.

Great stuff blokes.....viewer in UK.

Thank you! Great help. Billy Yorkshire Moors UK

Shorting the battery at the terminals is a good way to cause a battery explosion.

Still waiting for the clean up video on this vauxhall victor.

Thanks for the upload. I happen to be the proud owner of a Vauxhall Victor FB 1964 model, same as this car of yours, I can feel the excitement of that day when my car will be back on the road. At the moment in the process of restoration for the past so many years.

The essence of simplicity !

Congrats it finally started 👍👍 I guess it was raining outside that day, few rain sounds audible.

Top work, sounds lovely. Nice to see the the valves running without the rocker cover too👍🏻

Oh how I wish I was with you. Love that sound . Worried why not much oil from the rockers as you should be swimming in it. Of course thats how you adjust the tappets. With the engine running! Great Video and well done.

where's the engine lol :)))

What about the Mk 1 Cortina behind?

Sounds like a supercharged dragster when it (amazingly) first starts...

To get a car starting and running after standing so long is unreal last one I did been stood 10yrs+ 2.0 pinto

Excellent :) Electronic ignition probably a worthwhile addition because if it's found in another 40 years time the new gen wont know what points are

NICE !! This is a 1964 model Victor FB ....

Not sure why I get such a perverse sense of pleasure watching a few blokes coax a long-dead car engine made 25 years before I was born back into life. But I do.

How brilliant & satisfying it is to hear its heart beating again. Love these old motors, just takes you back to being a kid in the good/poor old days.

Keep up the good work guys :)

My dad had one in 69-72 I think, the estate version loved that car, pale grey and dark blue.

Hi Mark and guys. Any chance of a update or clean up on the Vauxhall victor fb. The last 2 video's were great.

Mum and Dad had one as the family car in the early 70s... YBK 592..👌

Awesome 👍🏻

Happy to be NO 300

Good one

amazing friend, can rise again, greetings success from Indonesia

first turn over should be with rocker cover off and spark plugs out

Hi all my dad had loads of these when I was a kid his favourite was a cream coloured chocolate roof estate 1964 model drum brakes all round the last versions had discbrakes and it was a four speed four on the floor my own car was a green 1963 saloon 3 speed column change with holes in the floor and various other places with the dreaded tin worm engines on these cars were fantastic happy days!

That raining noise aaaaghhh ! ... I haven't lived in England for 14 years.....

I started driving my dad’s Fb Victor in about 1963 as a 13 year old and passed my test in it age 17 with a faulty dynamo. I don’t remember the column shift though. Enjoy the restoration.

My parents' first car :) - a '62 Victor Super, 4-speed floor change. Great to see this come back to life.

This was my first (second hand) car circa 1974 . Light blue, column change (3 speed?)bench seat upfront. The seller, a reasonable older gent, addressing me from his front door - took a fiver off the asking price as an inducement to sale. Price after discount - £30. I should have put a tin tray under the engine, to catch the copious flow of oil discharging from the crank seal - and that was without the engine running ! My associates, rather unkindly, dubbed it - The Shitehawk. Sadly, my inability to keep up with it's thirst for fresh oil - did for the engine. One night out, on the home run, the car suffered from a severe deficiency of oil, and subsequent engine overheating, causing terminal damage to the crank bearings . Although we managed to nurse the Victor home - the damage had been done - this turned out to be her final journey. Shortly after, I rolled her down the hill, to the breakers. Strange to say, I went on to two further, later, Victors.The model I really lusted after, was the VX/490 - but I never realised that dream. Thanks for the video Mark Cooper

Why is he putting his hand over the throat of the carb? That is forcing the old ass fuel through the jets and opening them up, allowing that shit fuel to be drawn in 🤦🏻‍♂️

Oh memories again - even stronger than the previous video. Makes me think about the good times as a kid with my lovely dad. Thanks for posting guys 🇬🇧

OMG we had one of these when I was a kid. You never see them any more because they rotted like crazy. I was really amazed you'd found one in such good condition, then I saw you were in Australia. The only things I remember about the car was the column shift and a weird reading lamp that switched on when you moved it.

Oh for the days of when it was possible to work on cars. If you had a spark, fuel and it wasn't seized you had a fighting chance to get an engine to fire.Nowadays it's computers and sensors I wouldn't know where to start !!!!

Hi guys. Well done !!!. A quick question. Is that an old Datsun motor in the victor ?. It looks just like the engine that Datsun put in some of their cars and small pickups in the1970's

Good grief you're back to torture this poor old thing some more , this was so painfull to watch .

What are you going to do with it?..hi from Adelaide..✌

Nice FB Victor . These rusted like hell in the UK , a trait shared by all UK cars of the period of course but the Vauxhalls seemed much worse . Sold in the many thousands , disappeared into a pile of rust as soon as they hit the first winter . Nice to see at least one survive in the more pleasant climate of AUS .

The Vauxhall Victor fb was my Dad's mid-60s company 'repmobile' and he was quite proud of it, polishing it with Turtle Wax at the weekends. He drove it all over the South and South West of England, visiting farms, farm suppliers and grain dealers. No motorways there in those days so long distance trips were slow and he usually spent four nights away from home each week doing a lot of miles each week. He'd get an extra day off sometimes as the car often needed a lube job or service, at 1500 and 3000 mile intervals I think.

Seeing all the switches brings back memories. Here in the U.K. I learned to drive in my fathers ‘64 Victor during ‘66/‘67.

Well done in getting it to run 👍