I worked for a Ford dealer in Sunderland, England for a while and had to deliver new Cortinas for preparation for sale to the workshops some miles away and later run them back to the showroom. We hammered them through the gears and raced each other when ever there were a few to deliver!
We called the Cresta Batmobiles in the 60s and my father a Cortina GT which made me the envy of my friends. It was good to hear the voice again, much missed R.I.P. JP.
The slightly later Cresta PA was my preference. (The one with the beautiful Smile ;-) ........ I've had several, and have a picture of one above my PC screen at present, as a GOAL I want to achieve ASAP! ..... Mind you, it's been there for a few years now, and unless I win the lottery it'll be my 'only' Cresta as the £££prices are going STRATOSPHERIC! :-)
My first car was a Hillman Super Minx love that era,being a teenager at the time I abused it crashed it twice.Part exchanged it for a Vauxhall viva HC (the worse car I have had),wish I had the Hillman now ! Have had 3 MK 3 Cortina's and 2 Corsairs in my time happy days,the rust worm killed them,modern cars are good just wish they had more style.
The Vauxhall Cresta PA was the most American looking British car, with possibly the Ford Zodiac in second place. A two tone pink and white Cresta contrasts sharply, with a black, grey, blue or green Standard 8, one of the bost boring cars in c1960.
I had a Consul Cortina with rectangular rear lights but I've never seen another one. It was pre letter but I can't remember the year. Wish I still had it.
@Darwinion Hi there, a check on the DVLA records (at vehiclelicence.gov.uk) shows that the Cortina is SORNed. Probably not scrapped as it's still on the DVLA register, but probably off the road awaiting repairs/restoration.
They still produce cars with hood ornaments, but they are spring-loaded, so they flip back in the event of a collision. I'm surprise no-one thought of that at the time. By the way, where is Part 1 and 2?
I have owned all these cars between the 1950s 1960s and 1970s + Humber Super Snipe and Mk10 Jags also Mk1 and Mk2 Jags also Hillmans Singer Hunter Ford Zephers and consuls Morris Oxfords and Austin cambridge standed 10s and all the others too many to remember,they were all okay and all had there faults as in any car,I also had all the 1950s 60s 70s Motor bikes as well as the cars. Regards J N White
I had one back in the late 1970s while an impoverished student at the Polytechnic of Central London. 8TRO its reg. Paid £125.00 with all my grant money for it! I believe its still on the road ...
People call Vauxhalls and ive had 2 and to be honest they are very very reliable. Ive had almost every make of car in my lifetime including Honda (had a Type R EP3) which are suppose to be bulletproof engines. Not after 100k miles there not, they suffer from worn pulley cams making the timing chain slip after so long. Still got a Vauxhall now got the GSI and absolutley love it.
We had Farina Westminsters at the start of the 60's. My father thought the PA Cresta "vulgar". Vauxhall marketed it as an expression of modernity but in fact it was overstyled and underengineered.
The Crests was as art car ,but its bodies were suspect to rusting from inside the body panels . It’s suspension road holding at speed was not good , rolling was felt ?
Why is the video titled "Classic British Cars" ?... These are CLASSIC ENGLISH CARS, as they're made in ENGLAND, and have nothing to do with Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
@Jack Beanstalk And Buick was from Scotland. And as an American I would,nt set a foot inside an ENGLISH DUSTBIN as ENGLISH cars are only glorified GO-KARTS.
5:12 who's that guy? he had nothing to do with the cortina, the cortina was designed by an American named Roy Brown who had previously done (god forbid) the Edsel
Those sixties cars looked Bueatiful ! And some of the late 50's cars ! 70's cars were awesome looking too. Some like these dome mobile dum cars, vehicles now days over the3 decades! 2 More so ! Stupid government try destroy are history, things we love mos in this world !how about we get rid of governmens & council! ! 😄😂😂😂😂😂👀👍👌✌
Ça ne valait rien comme voiture. Dans le climat canadien ça ne fonctionnait pas. Par temps froid ça ne démarrais pas et ça n'avait aucune protection contre la rouille.
The cortina was crap!!!!!!!! no power no road holding, when rained and the wipers were on, if you put your foot on the gas the wipers would stop, the brakes were crap, it was also a rot box d'ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Luckily enough the Morris marinas all came with a complimentary bus timetable,
I worked for a Ford dealer in Sunderland, England for a while and had to deliver new Cortinas for preparation for sale to the workshops some miles away and later run them back to the showroom. We hammered them through the gears and raced each other when ever there were a few to deliver!
Thanks Cardifff333UK for putting these up,I remember seeing these cars during my childhood (1970s).
We called the Cresta Batmobiles in the 60s and my father a Cortina GT which made me the envy of my friends.
It was good to hear the voice again, much missed R.I.P. JP.
My dad has a MK1 cortina GT & My grandad a Lotus.
Loved the dude with the pink Vauxhall. I so missed those characters back in limeyland when I grew up there.
The slightly later Cresta PA was my preference. (The one with the beautiful Smile ;-) ........ I've had several, and have a picture of one above my PC screen at present, as a GOAL I want to achieve ASAP! ..... Mind you, it's been there for a few years now, and unless I win the lottery it'll be my 'only' Cresta as the £££prices are going STRATOSPHERIC! :-)
British Fords and Vauxhalls look like 3/4 scale to American cars of the era, although they had the tail fins and pastel two tone paint schemes.
My first car was a Hillman Super Minx love that era,being a teenager at the time I abused it crashed it twice.Part exchanged it for a
Vauxhall viva HC (the worse car I have had),wish I had the Hillman now !
Have had 3 MK 3 Cortina's and 2 Corsairs in my time happy days,the rust worm killed them,modern cars are good just wish
they had more style.
Superb documentary!
The Vauxhall Cresta PA was the most American looking British car, with possibly the Ford Zodiac in second place. A two tone pink and white Cresta contrasts sharply, with a black, grey, blue or green Standard 8, one of the bost boring cars in c1960.
great vauxhall video,and..great guitar song at the end !! well done !!!
HITHEREFOLKS
I had a D reg Cortina while stationed at RAF Woodbridge in the early 80's
Loving this nostalgia
Lovely Cresta looking very American 🇺🇸 and very jazzy for its time
I owned a 1961 Velox Veox in the 60s. Best car I ever owned in England.
I had a Consul Cortina with rectangular rear lights but I've never seen another one. It was pre letter but I can't remember the year. Wish I still had it.
My dad had the Cortina and I cut my mechanics teeth on it lol, it was a great car but the rust monster won in the end :(
WONDERFUL VAUXHALL
The pa is just beutiful always wanted one I was born in 1957
Looks good with the 55-56 Chevy type scheme, basically being a red car with a white roof.
In AU in the '60s we called those tail lamps "monkey-arse lights".
My dad had one of those Veloxes in what is now Zimbabwe back in the early 1960s.
Love rear indicators
@Darwinion Hi there, a check on the DVLA records (at vehiclelicence.gov.uk) shows that the Cortina is SORNed. Probably not scrapped as it's still on the DVLA register, but probably off the road awaiting repairs/restoration.
Went to school there ,Woodrush S/ modern , Shawhurst Lane, not there now live in Thailand.. ....!!
They still produce cars with hood ornaments, but they are spring-loaded, so they flip back in the event of a collision. I'm surprise no-one thought of that at the time. By the way, where is Part 1 and 2?
Reminds me of a DKO Junior
I have owned all these cars between the 1950s 1960s and 1970s + Humber Super Snipe and Mk10 Jags also Mk1 and Mk2 Jags also Hillmans Singer Hunter Ford Zephers and consuls Morris Oxfords and Austin cambridge standed 10s and all the others too many to remember,they were all okay and all had there faults as in any car,I also had all the 1950s 60s 70s Motor bikes as well as the cars. Regards J N White
when i lived in brum selly oak i went to see this car when it was up for sale in hole lane the price was £1800
I'd love to have a Lotus powered Cortina!!
I had one back in the late 1970s while an impoverished student at the Polytechnic of Central London. 8TRO its reg. Paid £125.00 with all my grant money for it! I believe its still on the road ...
People call Vauxhalls and ive had 2 and to be honest they are very very reliable. Ive had almost every make of car in my lifetime including Honda (had a Type R EP3) which are suppose to be bulletproof engines. Not after 100k miles there not, they suffer from worn pulley cams making the timing chain slip after so long. Still got a Vauxhall now got the GSI and absolutley love it.
All of the cars featured apart from the Cortina at the end are still on the road. Not bad going!
@Daan Vaan Agree. Zephyr/Zodiac much preferred to these hideous cars.
Cortina was sorta bland considering the enormous sum spent developing it. Not a bad car, though, and sold million +
I have a Biege one. but it will be painted Pale Pink . two tone
and its Peeley doing the commentry ...
@87tubechrisd you mean the Cortina is scrapped? or SORN? How do you know?
What about the classic or capri ( mk1 cortina type ) 2 door version
Trims... smoga bisa mebgeluarkan yg lebih lengkap.... saya punya Ford Consul 1961...
no barbers in hollywood cant believe it !
William Taylor his hairdoo matches his pink car
mine is just like the 2nd car
3 window. aka 57 Buick
A lot of the cars back then are pretty dreary but the Cresta looks great.
My late husband love that car he and one
Drive your own Ford Cortina Mk 1 at classic car days co uk. Self-Drive 1964 Ford Cortina Mk1 1500 Super.
We had Farina Westminsters at the start of the 60's. My father thought the PA Cresta "vulgar". Vauxhall marketed it as an expression of modernity but in fact it was overstyled and underengineered.
The "full-sized" British cars look like miniature versions of American cars, with teeny little engines.
True . V-8s ruled the US . Nothing smaller than 4.6 liters stood a chance of success
Although I am an F Victor nut, there is one other car I would love to own. You just watched it....
hes a character isnt he :]:}:}
The Crests was as art car ,but its bodies were suspect to rusting from inside the body panels .
It’s suspension road holding at speed was not good , rolling was felt ?
Herlige gamle biler fra fortiden. Smukt.....
Image cost of windscreen
We had a PA Cresta (new) and thought those rear lights were monkeys' arses.
Over won thysand pynds! An ohtrage!
My Dad had an all pink Vàuxall Velex car,My mother broute for him .My dad culled it Betty.I have a photo of the car
Ann Gillings Spinks
Didn’t the Queen own a Cresta estate at one point?
The cortina was a good car . Excellent value and a winner. All cars described here were absolute rot boxes. What a waste- or was it intentional?
Your right, they were rot boxes. I think it was probably bad design, with all water traps.
Why is the video titled "Classic British Cars" ?... These are CLASSIC ENGLISH CARS, as they're made in ENGLAND, and have nothing to do with Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
Yes right..we want nothing to do with you either
@Jack Beanstalk And Buick was from Scotland. And as an American I would,nt set a foot inside an ENGLISH DUSTBIN as ENGLISH cars are only glorified GO-KARTS.
That was the most American Britishcar ever
Frankly though I prefered the Zodiac
The Cortina reminds me of Ford's US version of the Falcon
5:12 who's that guy? he had nothing to do with the cortina, the cortina was designed by an American named Roy Brown who had previously done (god forbid) the Edsel
So basically a Pontiac
The Cortina looked very American . Its a Falcon clone .
nice car bad hair ha ha
Jeez! That guy helps put the image forward that Brits have ROTTEN teeth.
Those sixties cars looked Bueatiful ! And some of the late 50's cars ! 70's cars were awesome looking too. Some like these dome mobile dum cars, vehicles now days over the3 decades! 2 More so ! Stupid government try destroy are history, things we love mos in this world !how about we get rid of governmens & council! ! 😄😂😂😂😂😂👀👍👌✌
Can’t touch a 57 Ford Skyliner retractable
Ça ne valait rien comme voiture. Dans le climat canadien ça ne fonctionnait pas. Par temps froid ça ne démarrais pas et ça n'avait aucune protection contre la rouille.
It's a Chevy
Sort ur hair out ! Lol bummy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😀
The cortina was crap!!!!!!!! no power no road holding, when rained and the wipers were on, if you put your foot on the gas the wipers would stop, the brakes were crap, it was also a rot box d'ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Norman White
The wipers on the cortina were electric not vacume. Vauxhalls were rot boxes as were most cars of the 50s 60s.
What are you on about?
Are you getting the cortina mixed up with the reliant regal you had ?