Thanks for this. Very interesting to see how it was carried out but more crudely than I thought. Having said that I have a 1958 saloon and that includes a lot of rough edges too … straight from Vauxhall too!
Quite amazing, They did a great job of the exterior styling, I have always thought these were elegant station wagons. Great it has a good home. Rare in my part of the world (New Zealand) but there were at least 2 imported in the 1960's by British immigrants
We in Australia are quite lucky. All the wagons [estates] we got from Holden, Ford and Chrysler were designed as such from the word go and factory built.Why Vauxhall didn't follow the same practices as GM's other divisions remains a mystery. As you're now discovering, converting a factory built sedan in to a wagon [estate] was a recipe for disastor
Very interesting, a crude but effective way of converting to an estate. Great cars, it will be a very useful vehicle once done. Was the spare wheel well still used for the spare under the false floor?
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Fascinating
Most interesting to see how they were converted. Thank you.
Thanks for this. Very interesting to see how it was carried out but more crudely than I thought. Having said that I have a 1958 saloon and that includes a lot of rough edges too … straight from Vauxhall too!
Thank you for your video. We had the car, black with loads of chrome. Anything PA, Estates were great too.
Very interesting video!
Quite amazing, They did a great job of the exterior styling, I have always thought these were elegant station wagons. Great it has a good home. Rare in my part of the world (New Zealand) but there were at least 2 imported in the 1960's by British immigrants
great cars wish they where still around the same as many others of the times .
Very interesting thanks 👍
We in Australia are quite lucky. All the wagons [estates] we got from Holden, Ford and Chrysler were designed as such from the word go and factory built.Why Vauxhall didn't follow the same practices as GM's other divisions remains a mystery. As you're now discovering, converting a factory built sedan in to a wagon [estate] was a recipe for disastor
It looks like that on both the Victor and Cresta had double skins on the rear wings, which was perhaps unusual and only expected on premium make cars
God that's rare and even rarer a PA that's not rotten
That conversion company were no engineers, right bodge up.
Friary estates must be a nightmare to find rear cargo window and tailgate seals for.
Looks a solid car did it come from abroad?
Very interesting, a crude but effective way of converting to an estate. Great cars, it will be a very useful vehicle once done. Was the spare wheel well still used for the spare under the false floor?
Is this a guinuine Friary as it looks it far too good condition compared to my 1962 one