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1962 VAUXHALL VELOX PA SX

1962 VAUXHALL VELOX PA SX. The Vauxhall Velox is a six-cylinder automobile which was produced by Vauxhall from 1948 to 1965. The Velox was a large family car, directly competing in the UK with the contemporary six-cylinder Ford Zephyr, and to a slightly lesser extent, with the A90, A95, and A110 Austin Westminster models. It was introduced by Vauxhall shortly before the London Motor Show in October 1948, as a successor to the Vauxhall Fourteen. Between 1948 and 1957 the Velox shared its body with the less-powerful four-cylinder Vauxhall Wyvern. From August 1954 through to October 1965, it shared its body with the more luxuriously-equipped Vauxhall Cresta, a tradition that ended with the introduction of the new PC Vauxhalls. The Velox name was discontinued at that time in favour of the more upmarket Cresta name, while a new flagship model, the Viscount, was launched. The Velox and its Opel contemporaries are remembered for having mirrored North American styling trends much more closely than other European models of the time. That was particularly apparent following the 1957 introduction of the PA version of the Velox. Velox PA SX (1960–62) The October 1960 facelift for 1961 was marked by further modifications to the trim, new rear lights with modified tail fins (no longer with indicators built in), combined front park/indicator lamps and a new dashboard with the two round dials replaced by a rectangular cluster with "magic ribbon" speedometer – the strip indicating speed changed from green to amber at 30 mph and to red at 60 mph. There was also a new engine, still of six cylinders, but now increased in capacity to 2651 cc, and delivering 95 bhp (71kW). The UK had recently embarked on its first programme of motorway building, and the Velox now boasted a straight line maximum speed of 94 mph (151km/h). Velox models were also assembled at the General Motors New Zealand plant in Petone with special versions again built for local traffic police. PA five-door estate models, converted by Friary of Basingstoke, were also available. In their 1961–62 forms, the Velox and its Cresta sibling continued without further significant changes until replaced towards the end of 1962. For 1962, the painted dashboard gave way to simulated wood, the ashtray was moved from an in-dash drawer to the dashtop, wipers were lengthened to overlap slightly, a horn ring was added to the Velox steering wheel and there were minor instrument cluster changes to increase the size of warning lights. This model is the last year of Velox PA models, which were assembled in New Zealand from 1957 to 1962, being replaced by the PB model in 1963. The last of the PA model production incorporates a number of improvements from the original model release in 1957, most notably the increase in motor size from the original 2260cc to 2651cc, in 1960. Power assisted front brakes were also an optional extra introduced in 1961. This Velox arrived in New Zealand, as a crate CKD kit, on the vessel ‘Parramata’ at Port of Wellington on 18th May 1962. The vehicle was assembled at GM’s Petone plant and completed on 24th July 1962 in Bermuda Blue. The newly built vehicle was purchased by its first owner, a GM’s employee. The vehicle resided in the Wellington region up until 1991 with 3 owners. It was then sold to its next owner in Hawkes Bay up to 2004, when it was purchased as ‘dead and unregistered’, and transported back to Wellington, where a new battery fired the old girl back to life. In early 2005 the vehicle was brought up to road worthiness and later that year a full bare metal restoration was started, this was completed in 2014 and registered as PA 1962 after a extensive nine year restoration. CC rating: 2,651cc 162 ci (2.7L) Iinline 6 ohv NZ First Registration: 02-Aug-1962