The Victor was Vauxhall's entry into a model range which lasted until into the late 1970s. Launched in 1957, and, having a good-sized luggage compartment, it proved a popular alternative for a family to the less exciting alternatives from BMC, Rootes and Standard-Triumph. The then class-leading Ford Consul now had a more serious competitor.

The F-type had relegated the traditional Vauxhall bonnet flutes to the sides of the body and both manual and automatic versions were available. After just 15 months of production the 100,000th Victor was produced.

The F-type had a few problems: the wrap-around windscreen pillars would take one's kneecaps off during boarding and alighting, and the exhaust tailpipe whist neatly emerging through the rear bumper, quickly blued the chrome. Most of the irritations and problems however were fixed with the Series 2 face-lift a couple of years later.

The example on display is one of the last F-types produced and the more cleanly styled and solidly built FB Victor replaced the model in 1961.