Vauxhall PA Velox and Cresta.
This page will feature various old photographs of the Vauxhall PA, either in Velox or Cresta guise. The PA of 1957 replaced the earlier, and also chrome-laden, E-Series range, and brought with it many of the design cues prevalent in models found on the other side of the Atlantic. Glitz, fins and chrome were all the rage in the US, and inspired Vauxhall to follow suit with the PA Velox and Cresta saloons of 1957.
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The first two photographs to feature Vauxhall PAs on this page came from the same source, and - coincidentally - were both printed in small format on Velox paper no less.
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The first PA is a two-tone job, fitted with whitewall tyres. The first cars featured a three-piece rear screen, but in 1959 this was replaced by a one-piece wraparound affair. The one-piece rear screen can be seen on this example, registration 358 UPG (Surrey). Is this a PA Cresta, rather than a Velox?
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The second photograph features a mono-tone PA, probably in black, parked outside a row of shops with a Ford Consul Classic for company. The lack of two-tone paintwork and whitewalls, suggest that TFX 363 is a 1962 PA Velox to me.
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Return to Page 13 in the classic & vintage car photo gallery.
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