RETURN TO THRUXTON: The 50th Anniversary of the Vauxhall HP Firenza Droop Snoot

On Saturday 22 June 2024, 31 Droop Snoots returned to Thruxton to mark the 50th anniversary of the HP Firenza, five decades after the launch race, pretty much to the day, at the UK's fastest racing circuit. Our Tim presents the story of the hp firenza, widely known as the droop snoot. Many will remember gerry marshall, the vauxhall firenza rally car, gerry marshall big bertha, baby bertha vauxhall firenza and the vauxhall firenza v8… this short video tells the story of the ill fated droop snoot firenza. Introduced in 1974 by vauxhall motors at the Droop Snoot Race Thruxton, Return to Thruxton Droop Snoot celebrates Droop Snoot 50th Anniversary with Tim Watson joining 31 survivors of the vauxhall firenza droopsnoot. We start by looking at the vauxhall firenza, which some call the vauxhall viva firenza and go through to the HP Firenza Thruxton where a vauxhall firenza can am joined many other vauxhall firenza 2300, many of which will have vauxhall firenza restoration