Our Touring Past

1960 ad for Carnation milk featuring a Viscount aluminium caravan.

And a PA Vauxhall for a tow car, what more could you want?!

No doubt everyone has heard the bad news about Vauxhall, GM just sold it to Peugeot!

George

Vauxhall taken over by the frogs ??
Sad day in history George.
Just cant imagine a front wheel drive corrugated sided Vauxhall
Reddo

hi george and reddo

when they took over vauxhall they also took over opal, so that means our post holden holdens will probably end up actually being peugeots.

keeping in mind that mahindra own 51% of peugeot motorcycles, holden might even end up being "glorified" mehindras in the future.

scary, isn't it.

geoff 'n jude

Crikey

The Poms must be beside themselves. Since Vauxhall was taken over in 1925 by GM they have never got a mention on the sales brochures, and now the Frogs. I didn't do much history at school but when I was England I found the Scots hate the Brits, as do the Cornish the Welsh and the Irish. The only thing that appeared to make it the United Kingdom was they ALL hated the French!

Just as well I will only ever own a GM Vauxhall. Mahindra in the pie too, I'm more depressed by the minute.

Sorry to digress from the lovely Viscount thread.

George

Photo from Alan Pottle showing Viscounts headed for Darwin after cyclone Tracy had left a trail of destruction.
Its interesting to see the truck towing 2 caravans.

Late 1950's Viscount caravan recently listed for sale via the internet.

Sellers Comment.

Vintage caravan
Been stored in a shed for past approximately 40 years.
2 x single beds and dining table coverts to a double.
Plenty of storage
Last date of registration 1967
Not confident to move out of shed to check tyres. Fairly sure they would be perished.
Some water damage.
Unsure of make or model.
Located on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia

1964 ad.

1965 ish Viscount caravans brochure.