Standard Vanguard

[@ChristoDavidson-vp7zy]

My father had a 52, 56 and 57 models Very reliable travelled almost the whole country including dirt roads and mud.

[@gm3750]

I brought my phase 3 off a couple of Aussie backpacker girls who had brought it in Dunedin and drove it to Auckland. It was 1985 and the car was a 1957 2.0 with overdrive (it didn’t work initially but I got it going). I had the car for about 7 years - my German wife fell in love with it particularly once it was equipped with a banging stereo. I drove it all around northland and it never let me down even when tyres fell off it (retread wall failures…). We sold it it a couple who returned it to the South Island but I know know how it fared then.

[@joelawrence56]

not grey with a pink section down each side?Family favourite in the 60s!

[@adoreslaurel]

I was around when the very first Vanguards came out and in RHD had a gear lever on the right,as if they used the same column as the car exported to LHD countries.

[@JohnBarringercopper101]

We had these as staff cars when I did my national service between 1960 and 1962. I have driven these for many miles taking officers from Lincolnshire to Bomber Command HQ in High Wycombe. Great cars!

[@stashedawayman1521]

Perhaps this is one of those cars:- www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2020-auctions/the-may-live-online-auction-2020/the-may-live-auction-2020/classic-cars/1959-standard-vanguard-vignale-estate

[@ray-wm7yd]

When I visited my Grand parents in north Wales in the early 60's ,we would occasionally get a taxi from Mr Price for the journey to Conwy. He was always sucking mints and whenever I see one of these cars I can smell mints!

[@450rhino1]

Wonderful job you did on this car. I have a 1953 Standard Vanguard in my garage. It was my Dads car. He had it fixed up to Sundy drive. Needs some repairs now. NS CANADA

[@racketman2u]

I learned to drive in one of these; had about 9" of ground clearance, great on rough roads, rolled in the corners like a tea clipper in a northerly gale.

[@johnpaget6807]

I owned one of these back in 1970/s It was very reliable and could tow a trailer load of coal over the Lewis Pass of the south island New Zealand without having to use the low gear. It had more torque than your mother in law.

[@joelawrence56]

same but ours was from 1965...6 cylinders not as rare!

[@frankkemble2103]

My father had two of these, a saloon and then an estate. He almost bought a six cylinder estate in 1968 and I so wish he had. I also remember them being used in the RAF, my father was a pilot and I remember seeing cars that i thought were his but which were actually RAF cars while waiting to be picked up from a Christmas party. Love em, where can I get one- preferably six cylinder estate?

[@nickwebb7868]

+Frank Kemble keep checking the car adds. in classic car magazine, and e.bay motors. they do come up for sale now and then but they are not a common car. and I would guess parts for these cars will be hard to find. as for the estate model. I have not seen one in the flesh so to speak. since I was a kid. and they were not that common back then ether. I wish you luck I hope you end up finding the car you are looking for

[@graghamstaylor2341]

I had a 1957 estate version back in about 1970 , I paid £25 (UK) for it, ran it for about 2 1/2 years & then sold with no MOT for £15 ( the list of failures was longer than the Gettysburg address !! It never let me down although I remember that it had a fault on the overdrive that allowed it to be used on all the gears so it actually had 6 or 8 !! ( I can't remember now if it was a 3 or 4 column change . I also remember that for a young manit the Estate especially was an ausome 'passion wagon . Go on somebody, break my heart tell me what it would be worth now !!

[@16mmDJ]

Gotta love that column shifter :)

[@SLADE330]

at least you have a spare engine for you tractor

[@ralphsteadey]

The front it has a shark looking face and the rear has that cute cuddly puppy face..lol but i like it wish I had one to show off ...

[@peteacher52]

@tommyau2006 So, what was better, in the overall price range, from Britain that year? Vauxhall Wyvern/Victor? Thanks, but no thanks. Ford Consul? Count me out. Austin/Morris? Not in 1958. The earlier A70 was a possibility. The Aussie Holden FE? Unburstable, but you'd need to stay on top of rust. To get better, you'd need to pay more, and/or visit the European stables. I'd be interested to know what bad luck you had with a Vanguard, assuming you had one, and that it was serviced periodically.

[@BoeingFE]

BMWe23aut. Mate, have you ever even sat in a Vanguard, let alone driven one? TOUGH AS TEAK. For their time a great low revving, high torque engine of 2000cc. How many 1953 BMW's are still running around?

[@peteacher52]

@SLADE330 No, not unless you have the equipment and the know-how to detune it - down the BHP and up the torque. If so, then you'd have a bullet-proof engine for your Fergie.

[@kumard3958]

I used this car taxi at coonoor Nilgiris

[@Palifiox]

Sounds like the tappets needed adjusting. Australians said they were like the little girl with the little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When they were good they were very very good and when they were bad they were horrid.

[@markgorney3325]

How do you adjust a tappet?

[@markgorney3325]

WELL?

[@philhealey449]

@@markgorney3325 In the usual way with your feeler gauges presumably!

[@skidmarkscar9082]

Please set the tappers.

[@anson617]

sounds a bit ticky need some thicker oil maybe!!

[@1258-Eckhart]

Der britische Borgward. Aber was Borgward Mercedes, so Standard Triumph. Letzterer (ungleich Ersterer) überlebte kurz, dann gab's nur noch jeweils Heckflosse und 2000. Jetzt ist Triumph auch noch weg.

[@paulsutton5896]

A very interesting comparison. The first Vanguards were (to my eyes) ugly and beautiful at the same time - like the contemporary Borgwards. But the Isabella was always very good looking. It was the Helene Fischer of its day.

[@asa1973100]

I wont one x

[@tommyau2006]

these cars were an absolute dung barge

[@tommyau2006]

@fj9fl you are joking right?