British Cars in Australia Part 5 (Page 3): Really enjoy seeing the full range of vehicles that were available in Australia in the mid 20th century. What continues to strike me is the...

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

Thorny Devil wrote:

British cars were a common sight on Australian roads for 50 years from the 1920s to the early 1970s. During the 1950s British cars outsold all other makes in Australia.

See also British Cars in Australia:
Part 1 https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-791593-1.html
Part 2 https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-791908-1.html
Part 3 https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-792187-1.html
Part 4 https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-792618-1.html

Really enjoy seeing the full range of vehicles that were available in Australia in the mid 20th century. What continues to strike me is the difference in appearance and appeal of the truly classics and the not so classic ones. The Austin Westminster and the Vauxhall Victor strikes me that their designers must have been thinking, if I add one more piece of chrome or stripe or panel it will make it look better, but never did. They're evolutionary changes, not revolutionary changes.

Thorny Devil Loc: Alice Springs, Central Australia

KillroyII wrote:

Another nice set… the cars and your captures.

I had a Jaguar 420G most of the 3 years we lived in England… we felt we were riding in real luxury. Remember something different about it… had 2 gas tanks with fillers on each side (sometimes took moving car to fill both) and a switch to activate the fuel pump in the desired tank.

Thank you for your feedback KillroyII. The Jaguar 420G would have been a big car to drive around the UK. I lived there for two years and had a Mark III Ford Zodiac which although not as big as the 420Jag was still larger than a majority of cars on British roads.

Thorny Devil Loc: Alice Springs, Central Australia

Reuss Griffiths wrote:

Really enjoy seeing the full range of vehicles that were available in Australia in the mid 20th century. What continues to strike me is the difference in appearance and appeal of the truly classics and the not so classic ones. The Austin Westminster and the Vauxhall Victor strikes me that their designers must have been thinking, if I add one more piece of chrome or stripe or panel it will make it look better, but never did. They're evolutionary changes, not revolutionary changes.

Thanks for your feedback and comments Reuss. Some of the British car manufacturers were not always very ambitious about change.

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

Thorny Devil wrote:

Thanks for your feedback and comments Reuss. Some of the British car manufacturers were not always very ambitious about change.

Almost all car manufacturers use minor changes to differentiate one year's model from the next. The VW beetle was probably the most successful in keeping the same general look for decades without perceptible changes. Don't mean to be negative, bit the things I'm commenting on are part of the charm of some of models in retrospect. No one ever accused the Rolling Stones of being handsome but.....

Thorny Devil Loc: Alice Springs, Central Australia

Reuss Griffiths wrote:

Almost all car manufacturers use minor changes to differentiate one year's model from the next. The VW beetle was probably the most successful in keeping the same general look for decades without perceptible changes. Don't mean to be negative, bit the things I'm commenting on are part of the charm of some of models in retrospect. No one ever accused the Rolling Stones of being handsome but.....

Point taken.