Vexhall Volex ….. Vauxhall Velox!
When we all think of the Trotters one thing springs to mind straight away…Their 3 Wheel Van!
And then of course “The prat Mobile”….Hey don’t let Del here me call it that!
But who remembers their 1st ever car in the programme?
In 1981 in the episode -“Cash and Curry” they had the Van plus a Vauxhall Velox!
but only had that for 1 episode as they sold it to raise the money to buy the statue.
In John Sullivans Script to “Cash & Curry” he quotes it to be a “Vauxhall Velox Mark 3”
But not just a ordinary Vauxhall Velox…….But a “Rusty Vauxhall Velox”
One thing Puzzles me about that car..
When Del sold it,he never sold it to Boycie!? why?
I mean the 1st person he would have thought of selling it to would of been Boycie..
He was his long time friend & also a second hand car salesman…Boycie’s Motors!
Maybe it’s beacuse he wasn’t introduced in the series at that time.
The Vauxhall Velox was 1st released in 1948 and they stopped production in 1965.
The one Del has is from the 1960’s …. and is classed as a Executive car!
so that’s why Del thinks it will impress his contact Vimmal Malik.
So the Trotters were already a two car family….even from the very 1st series!
The car was not sold to Boycie in the 2nd episode because that’s who they bought it off for 25 quid! The car was a mk2 cortina crayford convertible btw.
The car in the 3rd episode was a velox obviously and why they didn’t sell it to Boycie is probably he would have ripped them off, he’s Boycie after all
The car was not sold to Boycie in the 2nd episode because that’s who they bought it off for 25 quid! The car was a mk2 cortina crayford convertible btw.
Boycie was introduced into the series at the time this is the the 3rd episode and Boycie was introduced in the 2nd episode and he was a car tradesman in that too I think Del didn’t sell it to him because he’d want it cheap.
“When Del sold it,he never sold it to Boycie!? why?”
Because he knows how much of a tight arse Boycie is!!
Thanks for showing me more about the Vauxhall velox as I requested in another comment
Thanks
Thats fine Daniel…Glad you remembered about the Velox..
seems it’s not mentioned much..
I mean when we were 1st introduced to the trotters they had 2 vehicles.