Your last sentence has triggered a memory I'd completely forgotten about.. I bought my second (and final) PC in 2002,a Monaco white automatic from a man in Ipswich. I lived in Coventry at the time and part of the deal involved ferrying an o/s rear wing from a chap in Balsall Heath down to the vendor...

Doesn't it just? Imagine rolling round in that at the time. Looks cool as fuck,that 327 will throb away beautifully and you won't find anything that'll beat you away from the traffic lights.

Its replacement was a gold (,Honey Starmist )2000SL,RUX417H. Four speed floor change ,and the first thing my Dad recalls which would pull uphill in top. Might not sound much,but they lived in Bridgenorth at the time and Dad was puttering round in a tired Minor Traveller as his first wheels

Sorry for Wayne's dad but the Viscount pissed on the 2000SL, metallic paint or not. Always wanted a Viscount (, I've even got the period brochures Dad got when Grandad got his first FD) but never got one and they're out of my league now. Incidentally,and it's only family legend, but apparently Grand...

Grandad's new VX4/90, August 1975.

Dad with his new Viva,1975.

My father, aunt,and grandparents by Grandad's VX4/90 in 1974.

Am I the only one who thinks this was Vauxhall's peak in terms of style? PC Cresta and Viscount,FD Victor and HB Viva were the best looking things they ever did,in my opinion. I accept that this is an unusual view for someone born long after they all went out of production,but I stand by it. PA Cres...