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6 Station Yard Steventon Abingdon Oxfordshire

OX13 6RX

1960 Vauxhall Victor S2 - Superb Time Warp - on The Market For Sale by Auction

Auction is LIVE now, and finishes on 11th October at - details above

Having been in the care of the current owner for the past seven years (and he in turn bought it from a chap in Norwich who’d also owned it for seven years, which demonstrates a pleasing symmetry if nothing else) this Vauxhall Victor Super is in stunning condition. It’s a genuine, highly-original time-warp car that has been sympathetically refurbished (not restored) over the years, with its owners evidently taking care not to ruin its patina and provenance with ill-considered modifications and repairs.



First registered in Dundee, the vendor has recently been in touch with the car’s first owner, who was delighted to see that ‘his’ car was still on the road and looking every bit as good as it had when he owned it back in the early sixties. Interestingly, the first keeper’s son now has a Vauxhall Victor as a classic too, making us think that he may well have grown up with stories of his father’s old car!



While we cannot verify the mileage as being correct, our research, along with the vendor’s recollections, would suggest that it is accurate.

Keen to maintain as much of the car’s originality as possible, the current owner commissioned his favourite bodyshop to carry out localized repairs to the n/ s/ f wing, n/ s/ f/ door, n/ s/ r/ door, o/ s/ r and n/ s/ r wings, and both sills in 2013 after accidently rubbing the Victor along a half-hidden bollard at Beaulieu. At the time the owner says that it still carried its original paint, but don’t cry that this has been lost; whilst it was usable, it had become tired with chips, rubs and the potential to fall off in a strong wind.



The sills, incidentally, were lead loaded by the bodyshop, which is an old-fashioned and expensive technique but one that gives far better and more durable results than the usual gobs of P38. That he went to the expense of having this carried out is illustrative of the care and attention to detail he has invested in the vehicle over the years. We shall see ever more evidence…



As is the fact that he then decided to invest in a full, £3, 300 respray in 2016, not because his Vauxhall was getting scabacious and unkempt but because the colour coat was rubbing through in places after decades of being polished. Commitment like this is a beautiful thing to see, and the Victor stands as a testament to his determination to get it looking and running as well as he possibly can.



The bodywork is still immaculate; please see the listing’s comprehensive photo gallery - including shots of the work in progress - to gauge for yourself just how good a job they did then as well as how well it’s standing up now.



The brightwork is in similarly good condition and gleams with a shine that Vauxhall probably barely managed to achieve back-in-the-day.



The wheels have been grit blasted and powdercoated recently, too. They still wear their original Americanized chrome wheel trims and are fitted with matching whitewall, Maxxis tyres. Including the spare, obviously… ... More text on our website

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The vehicle can be viewed with us in Abingdon, South Oxfordshire.

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