Vauxhalls at SSAFA Car Show

Alexander Wilson and Company was founded in 1857 in Vauxhall, London and in 1897 was renamed Vauxhall Iron Works. The company started making cars in 1903 and adopted the name Vauxhall Motors in 1907. Two examples of their cars were present at the SSAFA Car Show at Ewen Fields on 19 Oct 2014.

This is a 1935 Vauxhall 12 Light 6 Saloon, a 12hp car with a 1531cc 6-cylinder engine which was produced from 1933 to 1938.

Vauxhall Motors was bought by the US General Motors Corporation in 1925 so it's only to be expected that the styling of some models would show an American influence, and probably none more so than the Vauxhall Cresta, from the Cresta E model in 1954 through the PA, PB, and PC models to the Viscount. The car above is a Vauxhall Cresta PC, produced from 1965 to 1972, with a 3294cc straight-six engine.

Vauxhall Cresta

A 1959 Vauxhall Cresta PA on the 'Vauxhall PA, PB, PC & E Series O.C. and Vauxhall Victors O.C.' stand at the 13th Northern Classic Car Show on 28th & 29th August 1994 at The G-MEX Centre, City Centre, Manchester (now the Manchester Central Convention Complex).

The show guide says this about the Vauxhall Cresta club:

' The Vauxhall PA PB PC & E Series Owners Club was formed in 1981. The club is international having over 500 members from as far afield as South Carolina, USA to Perth, Australia. We publish a quarterly magazine updating events, parts and cars for sale etc., news, views and topical articles of interest. Members cars have been featured of late in several classic car magazines, adverts and films. We hold regular meetings around the country and have representatives in several areas. We try to attend as many national shows as possible, together with many local shows and hold our own national and regional shows. We are an Associated club with the RAC offering discount on their membership and also approved by Swansea DVLA to recover original registration numbers.'