Oooh, bleeding ell, I once suggested that it's good form to check the plug gaps, in spite of all plugs these days being 'gapped' from factory (you can't guarantee a box hasn't been dropped, after all) and effectively got called an idiot for it
Anyway, I agree with you, Mr Broomies mate, agree always worth checking the gaps, and older type plugs
do need gapping
As for Mr The Bear's post, I'm with you there, brother!
Adore the older Vauxhalls, and yes, thanks to the ties with GM, basically what would happen is Vauxhall would send over their prototype models in clay form for an 'ok' from the Detroit bosses. In the case of the F series Victor it was damaged in transit, whereupon they 'improved' its looks, sent it back with the note 'yeah, just like this' the F Victor was stylistically over the top, and didn't sell too well in the UK (but an export success) the PA Cresta/Velox (the contemporary of the F Victor) was by far the cleaner, 'more right' design.
That process of the final say-so from GM continued right until, well present day, basically. But obviously these days a USB stick or decent broadband connection can carry a full 3D CAD model wherever you like for scrutiny.
Often when you look at a 60s-70s Vauxhall, somewhere there's another GM car that looks very similar. Check out the FD Victor and the 63 Buick Riviera for one example.
Hoping to get an HB or maybe an FD Victor myself over the next few years.
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