Here’s a little tip for you when you’re putting fuel down the top of the carburettor on an engine that’s been stored for years if you use a two-stroke mix it will help to lubricate the bores and help stop most of Any scoring .
@@tammyjc15 Yes people do put diesel down to the cylinders diesel a dye penitent it is usually used to free seized piston rings and to unease Engins. it’s a trick i used to do when I uesd to restored old barn Engins 😎
Brought back memories guys. The old man had one until '74 and it still ran well. Happy outings to the seaside with fish paste sarnies on the beach lol. 🇬🇧
FB30 is the 1600 1964 like this one. FB31 was the twin carb and disc braked VX-4/90 FBY was the slightly earlier 1500 with a bigger grill design at the front, 62/63
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.
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.
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.
Hi I agree with Colin Barrett, it's certainly a '64 Victor as this grille was only used in that year, and it also has the '64 only sidelamp housings and hub cap centre motifs. I remember this because I was working for a UK Vauxhall dealer when this car was made. It looks a pretty solid car, ideal for restoration.
Superb Vid. Brought memories flooding back of my first car. The colour was Moreland Green and the reg was GMG 695B. (Glynn`s Moreland Green ) ..I`ve still got the rear number plate.
Brings back lots of memories. Front had bench seats with floor change instead of colomn change also shooting brake hand brake . Get mine in 1968 I think it was called FB Victor 101. Thanks for the memory
Love your video, my childhood neighbour had one in the late 60's in south Auckland, NZ. He updated to the FD 1600 in 1970-1980. My dad had the HB stationwagon ( Viva ) Fireball Red ( monza red - uk ) also south auckland. I still have a Vauxhall Magnum ( 1983> ) & bought a second HB 4 door with stromberg nine years ago. Incidentally, they are both on Pinterest. I also had an HB 2 door with Zenith carb from 82-84 as a first car, kept for my brother till 86. Currently visiting Auckland last weekend, lived Waikato fifteen years. Keep a follow up video coming.
Here in the U.K. I learned to drive in my fathers ‘64 Victor and passed my test in it in ‘67. Skinny cross ply tyres and three on the tree with front bench seat.
This reminds me of being a car salesman at a Vauxhall dealership in the late 70's. The old service department of said garage was being sold off as a new one had been built. This was to make way for a new Lancia dealership, so we had to empty it out. In one of the garages was a Vauxhall 20-60. I was tasked with moving it as I was the junior salesman. I turned up with a new battery, a gallon of fuel and a foot pump. Tyres inflated, battery installed and fuel put in the tank, the damn thing started on the third attempt, could'nt believe it. It drove horrible! Keep the vids coming.
I had a 1962 used one of these as my first car in 1970. The grill was different and it had rectangular side lights. Underpowered for its weight with a 1500 cc engine, it did me for nearly five years. Loved the front bench seat and column gear change. I still have a couple of pics of it. Its reg number was 4464 MU.
I ran an old FB Victor in the early 80s, BML 784A. She lived outside in all weathers so was sometimes reluctant to start on cold/damp winter mornings, I taught myself basic car maintenance and lived with it😃 that cranking sound is so familiar
It was parked so long ago that at the time you couldn't even get unleaded. It may have been wise to siphon out the remnants of the petrol in the tank, or just disconnect the fuel line from the pump, so you didn't pump the 40 year old fuel up. I bet that 4 decade old leaded fuel smelled interesting.
my first car was a Vauxhall Viva ..my second car was another Vauxhall Viva!! at 16 years old ( 1973 ) in Canada...loved those cars...cheap to cruise in...
@@markcooper605 hi Mark , I started as a trainee car salesman May 64 in a Vauxhall agent & was selling the facelift FB 's brand new . The last of before the 101 victors . That's why I am a mind of irrelevant information lol
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
Thanks, we actually know to do this but we had an off camera discussion about will it run on the old 'super' fuel as there is an ongoing family argument that it doesn't go stale like modern fuels. So we decided to give it a go and just see what happened for the sake of the video :) as you saw it was stale.
Couldn’t see your external petrol hook up was it gravity fed or an electric pump added inline. Will there be a vid of the Victor driving once again. Keep them coming if you don’t mind I enjoy a good tinkering session.
The external fuel was electric 12v pump from a Jerry can. We purposely tried to let it start on original fuel first once we realized it was pumping because we thought it would be interesting to see if it ran on the old type super fuel. Yes we will try and do a video of it driving. Cheers for your support.
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 Tom, We are still deciding, but most likely might get her on the road and able to drive and then move her on. We have plenty of other projects to keep us busy.
The original Vauxhall Victor was sold in the US through Pontiac dealers between 58 and 62. This version the FB was sold in small numbers in the US late 61 early 62. There's a few survivors over there.
Old wives' tales nonsense! Vauxhalls didn't use Lucas electrics anyway,they used their own... and Ford UK Autolite electrics and crappy Autolite(Motorcraft) carburetors were far worse than Lucas.
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 🤦🏻♂️
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.
Here’s a little tip for you when you’re putting fuel down the top of the carburettor on an engine that’s been stored for years if you use a two-stroke mix it will help to lubricate the bores and help stop most of Any scoring .
I’ve seen folk putting diesel down the spark plug holes. Same idea?
@@tammyjc15 Yes people do put diesel down to the cylinders diesel a dye penitent it is usually used to free seized piston rings and to unease Engins. it’s a trick i used to do when I uesd to restored old barn Engins 😎
Brought back memories guys. The old man had one until '74 and it still ran well. Happy outings to the seaside with fish paste sarnies on the beach lol. 🇬🇧
NICE !! This is a 1964 model Victor FB ....
FB30 is the 1600 1964 like this one.
FB31 was the twin carb and disc braked VX-4/90
FBY was the slightly earlier 1500 with a bigger grill design at the front, 62/63
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.
Look, I can’t think of anyone I know with that much patience boys, you two fellas deserve a medal! 👍👍👍
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.
I had a victor in 1976 a101 great car. they don't make them like that anymore. Good luck with it guys
amazing friend, can rise again, greetings success from Indonesia
Love the shape of those FB Victors. We had a FD when I was a kid. ONU 31J was the registration. Felt like my dad was driving an aircraft carrier.
My parents' first car :) - a '62 Victor Super, 4-speed floor change. Great to see this come back to life.
Shorting the battery at the terminals is a good way to cause a battery explosion.
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.
It's a 1964 FB Victor. It has the '64 model front grille.
Really enjoyed your video. Great memories of my dads FB Victor. Amazing it started after so long.
Yeah I was surprised but if they are not locked up dad usually gets them ticking over.
Love the old cars,simple was best..not a computer chip or sensor in site😂!,these old girls made you use your brain to solve the engine issues.
Hi I agree with Colin Barrett, it's certainly a '64 Victor as this grille was only used in that year, and it also has the '64 only sidelamp housings and hub cap centre motifs. I remember this because I was working for a UK Vauxhall dealer when this car was made. It looks a pretty solid car, ideal for restoration.
This is great, keep the updates coming. I have a 66 FC 4/90 here in England, that is one solid looking FB.
Don't want to buy it do you? Lol
I PUT JAG XJ6 TYRES ON MY 4/90 BACK IN THE DAY AFTER FINDIN SOME RIMS, IT THEN CORNERED PROPERLY.
Amazing it’s still in one piece. I had one in uk in the 60s that was nearly new and full of rust.
I had that TOUCH once. Loved it and miss it. Well done .
You guys were FLOODING that motor with Starting Fluid .
Superb Vid. Brought memories flooding back of my first car. The colour was Moreland Green and the reg was GMG 695B. (Glynn`s Moreland Green ) ..I`ve still got the rear number plate.
Top work, sounds lovely. Nice to see the the valves running without the rocker cover too👍🏻
Congrats it finally started 👍👍 I guess it was raining outside that day, few rain sounds audible.
Brings back lots of memories. Front had bench seats with floor change instead of colomn change also shooting brake hand brake . Get mine in 1968 I think it was called FB Victor 101. Thanks for the memory
The 64-67 FC was the 101.
Yay Someone making videos from SA. Greetings from Elizabeth Grove...I may do some videos of my cars too!
My dad had one in 69-72 I think, the estate version loved that car, pale grey and dark blue.
Love your video, my childhood neighbour had one in the late 60's in south Auckland, NZ.
He updated to the FD 1600 in 1970-1980.
My dad had the HB stationwagon ( Viva ) Fireball Red ( monza red - uk ) also south auckland.
I still have a Vauxhall Magnum ( 1983> ) & bought a second HB 4 door with stromberg nine years ago. Incidentally, they are both on Pinterest.
I also had an HB 2 door with Zenith carb from 82-84 as a first car, kept for my brother till 86.
Currently visiting Auckland last weekend, lived Waikato fifteen years.
Keep a follow up video coming.
Here in the U.K. I learned to drive in my fathers ‘64 Victor and passed my test in it in ‘67. Skinny cross ply tyres and three on the tree with front bench seat.
as i just commented i had one lol, also had a 1964 Vauxhall Cresta straight 6 and that also had bench seats
My father had the estate version .lovely car for the era.
An 1800 ute.
Truly amazing.
Bloody rusbuckets from new, and that one looks good!
This reminds me of being a car salesman at a Vauxhall dealership in the late 70's. The old service department of said garage was being sold off as a new one had been built. This was to make way for a new Lancia dealership, so we had to empty it out. In one of the garages was a Vauxhall 20-60. I was tasked with moving it as I was the junior salesman. I turned up with a new battery, a gallon of fuel and a foot pump. Tyres inflated, battery installed and fuel put in the tank, the damn thing started on the third attempt, could'nt believe it. It drove horrible! Keep the vids coming.
I had a 1962 used one of these as my first car in 1970. The grill was different and it had rectangular side lights. Underpowered for its weight with a 1500 cc engine, it did me for nearly five years. Loved the front bench seat and column gear change. I still have a couple of pics of it. Its reg number was 4464 MU.
Yes, I had a '63 FB, 3 speed column change, bench seat with leopard skin seat covers. First car and I had it for 3 years. Really good memories.
Mum and Dad had one as the family car in the early 70s... YBK 592..👌
I ran an old FB Victor in the early 80s, BML 784A. She lived outside in all weathers so was sometimes reluctant to start on cold/damp winter mornings, I taught myself basic car maintenance and lived with it😃 that cranking sound is so familiar
Had one in the 70s 4 speed floor change reg Amy 884a superb!!!!
My Grandad had one of these. Round about time I was born.
My father had a Victor estate, lovely car.
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
This Victor looks so familiar. Groundskeeper at my high school in Adelaide had one. He was still driving it when I graduated in 1991.
From what we were told it was stored before that.
First time watching Texas great video subscribed
Love this Victor, Corsairs and I had an Avenger in the 1980s. Please be sure to do a follow up video. Good work guys.
Awesome. These cars were rotboxes in the UK not many left.
Throw in a few 'I'll be dipped' and you could fool me :-)
Love it!, sat watching this video 'willing' the engine to fire.... And it did!. Nice one. What are the plans for it?....
The essence of simplicity !
It was the starter motor that locked up. Put it in gear, handbrake off and rock the car back and forwards to free it off.
Tow start the old girl?
Actually, no it's running like a Swiss watch.
Do more vids.
That was good.
Thanks.
Aha Australia.
PA and PB were assembled in Australia and New Zealamd by the bucket load
Not seen 1 for years the first car I ever drove was a vaxhall viva 1256 HC good motors in there day an passed in a vaxhall nova
I had one of those in the 80,s lol bought it with a blown engine replaced the engine from one in a scrap yard.
It was parked so long ago that at the time you couldn't even get unleaded.
It may have been wise to siphon out the remnants of the petrol in the tank, or just disconnect the fuel line from the pump, so you didn't pump the 40 year old fuel up. I bet that 4 decade old leaded fuel smelled interesting.
Love the content .... More please Mark !
Hopefully a driving video in a few weeks. We have access to many old classics so thinking we might make a go of it.
my first car was a Vauxhall Viva ..my second car was another Vauxhall Viva!! at 16 years old ( 1973 ) in Canada...loved those cars...cheap to cruise in...
Notice the grill & boot lid .it is a 64 in cactus green
Thanks for the correction. I don't know much about them tbh.
@@markcooper605 hi Mark , I started as a trainee car salesman May 64 in a Vauxhall agent & was selling the facelift FB 's brand new . The last of before the 101 victors . That's why I am a mind of irrelevant information lol
Nice find 👍🤘
To get a car starting and running after standing so long is unreal last one I did been stood 10yrs+ 2.0 pinto
Nice find....thank you
I remember these cars, my first car was a Voxel Velox because mum wouldn't let me by an original 1962 283 Chev Impala with my NZ$1,100. (True story).
My late Father in law had one of those! 😊😊😊
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
great video, i had one of those
Sorry I was wrong about the engine. Apologies
always disconnect the fuel line if a car has been sitting for more than 10 years otherwise your clog up your carb.
Thanks, we actually know to do this but we had an off camera discussion about will it run on the old 'super' fuel as there is an ongoing family argument that it doesn't go stale like modern fuels. So we decided to give it a go and just see what happened for the sake of the video :) as you saw it was stale.
@@markcooper605 Love those long standing family arguments!
Well what ever it is I've still got a big burn scar on my wrist while welding a the sill the under seal melted and dripped on to me on one of these
Never saw many of these in Australia but where everywhere in New Zealand as a child in the seventies…
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
The two tone Victor - blue and rust
Thats a vauxhall victor FB, I learnt to drive in one in 1970.😀
Couldn’t see your external petrol hook up was it gravity fed or an electric pump added inline. Will there be a vid of the Victor driving once again. Keep them coming if you don’t mind I enjoy a good tinkering session.
The external fuel was electric 12v pump from a Jerry can. We purposely tried to let it start on original fuel first once we realized it was pumping because we thought it would be interesting to see if it ran on the old type super fuel. Yes we will try and do a video of it driving. Cheers for your support.
So thats what happens when a old-timer mechanic gets excited over a old-timer car...lol
Brilliant love 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 !!!!
Vauxhall Victor 1508cc FB
Possibly 1595cc as the front end looks more like the '64 modelyear.
with a carb cleaning and an ignition tune up, it should be OK
Good one
Awesome 👍🏻
What about the Mk 1 Cortina behind?
Sure it's not Positive Earth?
Old Pommy cars...
Coffee and chrome next week is it? Top work 👍
Don't laugh that would be an awesome thing to be able to do. If we get it driving I might just take it to the next one. Lol 😂
Is this car the british correspondant model of Opel Rekord A ?
How has that body survived ?..In the UK I remember the Victor rotted away after a light rain shower.
Is that a British Leland engine?? They great engines. And will run for years. Thank you for sharing!
No its not its a vauxhall! GM.
Why would it be a BL engine?
Oh the memories❤️it
I don't understand why you gave that poor starter such a long hard workout, trying to start a cold engine with the choke wide open. Was it siezed?
love to own that beast
first turn over should be with rocker cover off and spark plugs out
What's the story on the Mk.1 Cortina?
Friends car that is slowly being restored hopefully will be ready for paint soon
@@markcooper605 Thanks
Just needed a bit more choke.......
Is that the Victor 101?
no, the 101 was different shape.
Happy to be NO 300
It's not a 1962 FB-Y 1508cc
It's a 1964 FB30 1594cc
What is to be done with this car?
Hi Tom, We are still deciding, but most likely might get her on the road and able to drive and then move her on. We have plenty of other projects to keep us busy.
I’m 63 I’ve never in my life heard of this car. Where are you from, I’m from America. Just wanted to know if it’s a foreign car .
Made in U.K by Vauxhall, UK division of General Motors.
From Australia mate, but we got a lot of pommy cars here in the early stages of motoring.
The original Vauxhall Victor was sold in the US through Pontiac dealers between 58 and 62. This version the FB was sold in small numbers in the US late 61 early 62. There's a few survivors over there.
@@roberttucker805 I think that they were sold in Canada as Envoy.
Is it raining?
Yeah almost the entire video 😃
That raining noise aaaaghhh ! ... I haven't lived in England for 14 years.....
What's all the background static? Oh, of course it's England and it's pissing down rain.
its a british car but this is in Australia, not England
@@briggaskin Oh, sorry, What a dumbass I am😁😁😁, I can't tell an Australian accent from a British one.
@@QBRX Dads a pom. But yeah we are in Australia
That carb is wide open while you're working on it - just sayin'
Vauxhall victor 101
FB victor 101 was FC think
FB 61-64 FC 101 64-67
They barely started and ran when new ! Lucas electrics , sure to quit the first time it rained
Old wives' tales nonsense! Vauxhalls didn't use Lucas electrics anyway,they used their own... and Ford UK Autolite electrics and crappy Autolite(Motorcraft) carburetors were far worse than Lucas.
Lucas only made one thing that did not suck and that was a vacuum
I agree I've had loads of cars with Lucas electrics and no problems
This urban myth appears from people who have no idea what they’re talking about.
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 🤦🏻♂️