Classic Cars of the 1960s
Vauxhall Viva HA, 1963
Looking to share in the success of the Triumph Herald and the Ford Anglia, Vauxhall developed the Viva. They needed a new factory, and because government planning regulations decreed that large new factories could only be situated near unemployment black spots, they built new plants on Merseyside, a location suffering from dockyard decline.
Tuesday 26 February 1963
Mrs Elein Mialila, 53, has given birth to her thirty-first child in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Extra-small coal is being put on the market to keep homes supplied with fuel during the Big Freeze. The small coal, the Coal Board said, will be of normal quality, but cheaper. Coal merchants are being asked to “encourage” customers to buy it.
Monday 25 February 1963
“The sensation of Paris, I nominate the Shift (pictured) as the dress most likely to succeed in 1963. As a style it does most for most figures. It glides tactfully over the shape beneath, looks brilliant on good statistics, and cheats a little over bad ones.” - Felicity Green.
Classic Cars of the 1960s
The Morris Mini Minor
Inspired by the 1956 Suez fuel crisis, the Morris Mini Minor changed the face of economy motoring. The initial reaction was lukewarm - only 116,000 Minis were sold in 1960. But now the model is regarded as the most successful all-British car ever.
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This #ConspiracyTheory is doing the rounds of UK #motoring forums and YouTube channels - reading between the lines I can see why Brits in particular are going apeshit - we are now a "third country", I suspect at least some enthusiasts and even garages have been benefiting from buying a scrap #car from #EU , cherry picking the bits they need to fix their own project vehicle and abandoning the rest somewhere (many scrap yards will only collect whole #cars)
https://becid.eu/facts/fact-check-european-union-has-no-plans-to-ban-the-repair-of-old-cars/
Heads up : A University Professor who had a declared side hustle as an #author was refused #CarInsurance in the #UK as he was considered a high risk.
But he doesn't write racy novels and hang out with celebs in London bars and drive some unusual vehicle - he wrote #nonfiction books about #tax and #accounting , and drives a modest Vauxhall / Opel Corsa!
Reliable budget tow car recommendations or suggestions please.
Budget £4k-£5k maximum
Towing capacity 1800kg minimum.
Hoping to avoid high VED and insurance costs. It will be very low annual mileage use
Thank you.