- Seller: Bradley W (Contact)
- Location: Fredericksburg, Texas
- Mileage: 39,959 Shown
- Chassis #: FD 213276
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 1.5-Liter Inline-4
- Transmission: 3-Speed Manual
This 1958 Vauxhall Victor Super is now up for auction here on Barn Finds, offering enthusiasts a rare opportunity to pick up a largely intact example of a model that’s seldom seen in the United States today. Located in Fredericksburg, Texas, and showing 39,959 miles, this left-hand-drive Victor comes with a clean title and presents as a solid starting point for the right buyer who appreciates uncommon imports from the late 1950s.
According to the seller, very few of these cars remain stateside, which immediately sets this one apart. It retains its core identity and much of what makes a Victor Super interesting, especially for someone drawn to unusual British-market designs adapted for American roads. The car is described as mostly intact overall, with the main structural concern being the floor pans, which are essentially absent. Aside from that issue, the rest of the vehicle is said to be fairly solid.
The current owner acquired the car with their son from a former employer, originally intending to explore a project direction such as installing a more modern drivetrain or potentially pursuing a body swap. As it sits today, the engine is reported to be seized and the carburetor is missing, so it should be viewed as a project in need of mechanical attention. Still, key components remain present, including the trim, which will accompany the car. The glass is intact throughout, with the exception of the driver’s door.
Power comes from a four-cylinder engine paired with a manual transmission, maintaining the basic configuration the Victor was known for. With its rarity in the U.S. and largely complete nature, this example offers flexibility depending on a buyer’s goals—whether that’s restoration, preservation, or a creative custom approach.
As a Barn Finds auction listing, this Victor Super offers a straightforward opportunity to step into a distinctive, seldom-seen classic. The seller is even willing to assist with coordinating transportation at the buyer’s expense, making it easier for an interested party to bring it home.
Projects like this don’t appear every day, especially when they involve unusual imports with a shrinking presence on American roads. For someone looking for something different with real character and rarity, this 1958 Vauxhall Victor Super stands out as a compelling candidate ready for its next chapter.
Maybe the car actually is a 1958, but the parking lights, grille surround moldings, hood and rear bumper are from a second series 1959 or a 1960.
Its clearly a second series Model F, not a 1957-58 Series 1 Model F. Series 2 Model F production started in February 1959 and were introduced in the US in the Summer of 1959 and sold as 1960 models.
Not only that, the rear doors lack the curved scallops of a 1958.
Something seems to say there’s a typographical error somewhere in this car’s past.
You may be correct, we didn’t get a detailed history of the car when we purchased it.
Big problem is the car has 4 doors. I have never owned a 4 door car.
A Doctor in small town where I grew up had a Vauxhall 2 door coupe,never had a problem with it. Spare parts might be a problem ?
Vauxhalls Victors were only sold as four door sedans and wagons. They never made a 2 door coupe. Your doctor friend most likely drove an Opel Rekord coupe, the German sister car to the Vauxhall. Four doors are not a problem, I own one and have a ball with it.
Don’t know why anyone would want to spend serious $ restoring or getting it roadworthy????????
Frank. I agree with you. This car is so rare in the US that not many people know what it is and those that do know are few and far between. Rarity does not equate to valuable here. It seems to be ‘all there’ and the Texas climate saved it from a rusty grave. If I acquired this minimally (or free), I would put it back together minimally also and non original. Who is going to know? The car would be appreciated more at a local Sunday morning coffee meet than a British car show. It has the lines of a 56- 57 Chevy in smaller form. The American market likes that! Doing the work myself, I would fix the steel work, throw on a decent acrylic enamel paint job, recover the seats simply, rework the braking system with what is available, clean up the engine compartment and do what is needed on suspension, all minimally! For me it would be fun to see how little money I would need to spend to get it back to a simple driver! Once again, no originality, just creative thinking!!
I think your approach is spot on. It could be a cool little ride that gets a lot of looks and questions.
Joey, I grew up in the UK; these Vauxhall’s like most had obselences built in and known rust buckets – my uncle was a trained Vauxhall master mechanic and valued these cars for around 40K miles before the rust worms took effect and were sent to the junk yards and there scavanged for parts.
I own a nice 59 Vauxhall Victor. Its a rolling restoration and a lot of fun. Will never be worth much, but it brings a lot of smiles out at car shows.
The days of someone hauling this off to stuff a V-8 in it are suddenly over.
The guys with the resources, tools, knowledge, and ambition are not all over 50 and neck-deep in lesser projects that aren’t getting their attention, either.
This style of Victor was the first model kit I ever had.
I think that I used about 1/2 a tube of glue on it.
If you’d like a look at what it would look like restored, this was at the Bangers and Cash auction in ’84.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRLyAJOo7Wg
Complete with Lucas (type A bulb) driving ligjts!
I believe these were officially imported and timidly sold at your local Pontiac dealership.
The demands of the European buyer and the North American buyer were just so different. Funny what differences in fuel prices and population density can do.
That’s correct. Pontiac dealers sold the Vauxhall in the USA and Canada, although Canadian buyers had more models to choose from besides the Victor (Cresta, Viva, Firenza) and for a longer timespan.
Not only that, the Canadian market had a line based on Vauxhall called Envoy, sold at Oldsmobile and Chevrolet dealerships, but not in the States.
AND vehicle taxes! Engine size/horsepower were a critical thing at vehicle tax time!
funny thing,was going threw some old parts and in the box was a engine coolant heater for a vauxhall,a rare part that nobody needs
This particular Vauxhall is somewhat rare ’cause it has a radio. Maybe the original buyer persisted and the dealer came through and threw it in at no charge.
No carburetor
No floor
IMHO No style
No sale.
Sorry Brad! Just not my “cup of tea’
GLWTS!
Totally understandable, thanks for looking and your comments
Did this Vauxhall sell?
Someone has bid $100. I suggest the owner take that bid and be happy that someone is willing to haul it away.
Someone might be able to use it as a parts car.
Having the curved glass intact and nice & clear is very good news for this car. Getting one-off parts made is rarely a cheap, easy endeavor, and curved auto glass seems to be basically impossible in that respect. Still, replacing the missing trim pieces would be challenging, and the floorpans will have to be handmade. Maybe the engine can be freed, but if it can’t, now you’re looking at swapping out probably the entire drivetrain. It’s all doable stuff, but it’s going to take time, space, tools, and money.
Best of luck to the seller, and to whoever ends up with this Vauxhall, but speaking from my limited experience, these sorts of cars don’t do well at auction in this sort of condition. I “won” an auction for a pair of US market Ford Taunuses (admittedly in worse shape, but not too far off) on a $200 punt, because I was the only one that saw any more value in them than scrap metal. Did the math and figured out I would be spending thousands just to ship them and rent storage for them, let alone fix them.
Thanks for looking, while the front fender and hood trim are not on the car, they do come with it. The hood trim is pretty chewed up
I own a nice 59 Vauxhall Victor. Its a rolling restoration and a lot of fun. Will never be worth much, but it brings a lot of smiles out at car shows. Here’s a quick action video of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdM5LOzJdI
“Projects like this don’t appear every day”
Thank heavens.
truly a Vauxhall Vanquished. Give this and another parts car to someone who has a nice example, and he’d be set.
I think it was stored in salt water…
I need to dig through my old Lesney Matchboxes (Don’t get excited, guys: there’s hardly any paint left on any of them!). I’m pretty sure there’s at least one Vauxhall in there, not much smaller than this one.
I always get a laugh seeing the Brits’ failed attempts at replicating American tail fins on a 3/4 scale car! Some things are best left to the pros.
It was designed in Detroit.
By the student intern.
Designed in the GM Detroit design center
Just think you will have one of one, Vauxhall will run forever with very little maintenance. A doctor in Beckley,WV. used his daily,back when Doctors made house calls. His 2door red coupe was a nice looking car.He lived in our neighborhood and kept the car for years.
If the car was a 2-door it wasn’t a Vauxhall Victor. The Victor was only offered in 4-door sedan and 4-door wagon form.
Maybe you’re thinking of the Opel Rekord, which looked similar to the Victor and was sold in the USA during some of the same years. The Rekord came to the USA in 2-door sedans and 2-door wagons.
Great story, but Vauxhall Victors were never offered as two door coupes. Only sold as four door sedans and wagons.
These are fun little cars and do turn up every now and then in the states. I own one and love it. This is a second series F introduced in the states in the Summer of 1959 as a 1960 model. This is clearly not a series 1 1958 model F Victor.