lesapandre

If the carpets were original I'd have a go at repair and re-backing and then dying them if they are saveable. Nothing like original carpets

3 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Hmm yeah that's it, it looks sooo natural & like it's always been there...

6 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Surely you mean "burr walnut veneer to add the finishing touch of contemporary richness."

Oct-Dec 1983 brochure

I think BL made some great cars - really this one included but...they made some odd decisions - probably forced on them by expediency and not to compete with other cars in the stable and just general lack of cash. Note they can't 'deluxe up' the instrument panel because they left no further room for any further clocks like a rev counter, or analogue clock or anything else the upmarket market wanted.

And why a 2.0 and a 1.7 - I mean really whats the difference? And why not a six or a 3L? Mercedes had a huge range of engines on the W123 - one for every pocket and user.

The only market these were aimed at seemed Terry and June.

Ambassador had no LHD version...

Ah happy days...funny old BL.

Jaguar Brown's Lane had their own trim department - which I think after Jaguar purchased Daimler moved to the old Daimler Radford factory. Anyway wherever they were made the seats were made in house for both brands. I think in those far off days the trim department was mostly women's work.

The sacking is typically Jaguar - saving money were it would not be seen 

Nothing more annoying than a saggy seat - top bodging.

Incidentally there is an exhibition on at Gaydon - Women and Jaguar - "The Women Who Made Their Marque Exhibition".

https://www.jaguarheritage.com/the-women-who-made-their-marque-exhibition/

2 hours ago, SEATMad said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/955752366207006/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

British Mcl Car.

1 hour ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

 

This is so mind bogglingly, indescribably shit I can't even believe it. I've had to come out of retirement to drag it. Just look at the friggin state of that half inch thick 'carbon fibre' grille with two washing machine doors for headlight surrounds. And you're never even gonna know if the friggin suns out with that ridiculous forehead/brow on it. You'll just be rattlin along in the bastard dark all the time, stinking of diesel and (no doubt) chip fat. The door step looks like part of a climbing frame from the garden of a 'Harvester' pub. Just endless delight as every detail looks like a team of 100+ 'Last of the Summer Wine' castoffs have worked day and night to come up with the worst possible idea and execution.   Honestly this should be in a museum.

 

 

1 hour ago, Skcat said:

I'm sure that car seems to come up every six months or so with a new owner each time. Must be pretty rotten as nobody commits too it! 

You are stuck in the loop you just don't know it yet...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166685429074?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vksVQnQjTdK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rmbjp-qvseq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

6 minutes ago, Tayne said:

These were in the cock museum in Istanbul 

 

 

cock museum?

7 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

In a Dutch scrapyard.

https://flic.kr/p/2pGFTDE

Left Hand Drive too.

4 minutes ago, HMC said:

Its older cousin had been performing faultlessly. It even has a functioning aftermarket alarm system that you can see in the front window…

If you break into the car you get licked to death? 

*is "bunk rooms" a Devon euphemism?🤩

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Is that the optional hot tub in the back?

That's where you put your luggage...

"The past is a foreign country - they do things differently there."

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Bit of a Limehouse, London - landmark that. 

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

1941-47 Hudson Commodore

3 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Er no. Theme to Casualty maybe?

"Put A Tiger In Your Tank"?

On 23/03/2024 at 17:04, SEATMad said:

Another one to add if not already. A Vanden plas Ambassador. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176301190736?itmmeta=01HSP40KS43P9ZFF8Q3FPHJ57J&hash=item290c5eae50:g:m48AAOSwziNl~vc6 

A last desperate roll of the dice by BL it seems. There is nothing very Vanden-Plas-sey about that interior at all except the badge. Pretty grim inside for the buyer at what I expect was a much higher price.

Charming of course and interesting but shows up BL's limitations by that point.

Always thought this looked better from the front as a mod to the existing car -  than the BL effort. 

And why BL modded the crisp original windscreen surround who knows.

Still for sale.

13 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

End of the Westway with traffic from the Harrow Road pushing in so as to use the Marylebone Flyover - early 1980s. Paddington Basin is over to the left and that was a total dump back then. Wharf Road was cut in two by the Westway - here's a picture from the old GWR stables in what is now South Wharf Road - I was told that is was once the biggest urban stables in Europe - no idea if that's true.
Stables got disinfected and turned into part of the adjacent St Mary's Hospital

Horse ramp for getting the horses off.  The one in Deptford still survives and is Grade II Listed. You, or indeed your horse, can still use it.

Waiting for that Marina which is pulling onto the hard shoulder?

18 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Imp, g-red, trilby and roof-rack in an x-reg world...

On 24/03/2024 at 19:56, Remspoor said:

Super-rare Singer Gazelle convertible.

On 25/03/2024 at 15:38, Remspoor said:

London.

Lovat Lane opposite Billingsgate Fish Market. The market moved down-river in 1982. Not much of that photo survives except the Monument to the Great Fire of 1666. 

M62 Crash. Driving in the wrong direction on the M-way. 😐

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/23/west-yorkshire-police-appealing-for-information-on-fatal-m62-collision