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BIG AND BASIC

emaining examples of Vauxhall’s ‘PC’ Cresta are rare enough, but this one is even rarer than most. The single headlamps mark this out as the basic Cresta (‘Standard’, in Vauxhall’s own words), which did not sell well back in period and survivors in the UK are now estimated to be in single figures. The exact history of this one is unknown, but with 66,000 miles on the clock, it’s still largely in original condition and has avoided the rust that ravaged so

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