Richard_FM Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I've wondered how well a hatchback Princess would have done. The B series engine was another odd choice, rather than using the 1750cc E unit. Supposedly BL considered selling them in the USA & wanted to use an engines mechanics would find easy to work on if they have fixed up an MGB. It also helps 40 years on when restoring them that many parts are available from MG specialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Datsuncog, adw1977, Fumbler and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Saw VOX877T in a road safety film on youtube. https://youtu.be/-5jtcubrTxk adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 STOP THE PRESSES! Craig the Princess, Datsuncog, Burnside and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 LHD Princess 1800 HL near the French/Belgian border, €2000: https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1933776749.htm?ac=4051296304 Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Filmed this weekend in a car graveyard somewhere in Scotland by a YouTuber called AMS Vauxhall. adw1977, Burnside, phil_lihp and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Filmed this weekend in a car graveyard somewhere in Scotland by a YouTuber called AMS Vauxhall. It was taxed as recently as 1 September 2012! LWK...P was a Coventry issue of September 1975. Burnside and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/147628073848788/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ae24d5e41-f202-4bac-9254-ffad46b60160 SNP345Y courtesy of @MarvinsMom in the eBay thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 11:21 AM, JeeExEll said: Beer mats printed in 1975. Rather odd product association advertising but it was the 70s. I'd say the association was entirely appropriate, as mass market beer was often shite at this time. Watneys Party Seven served warm, anyone? Alusilber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 @vulgalourI think this one needs adding to the wedgister: Princess 2.2 HLS What does HLS stand for - HighLine Special? Sounds palatial. Shite Ron and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 08/04/2021 at 09:32, Tadhg Tiogar said: Watneys Party Seven served warm, anyone? Brewed in my home city apparently. My dad told me it wasn't very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, ProgRocker said: Brewed in my home city apparently. My dad told me it wasn't very nice. ....and was a major reason why CAMRA was established! Wilko220, ProgRocker and greengartside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 4 hours ago, ProgRocker said: @vulgalourI think this one needs adding to the wedgister: Princess 2.2 HLS What does HLS stand for - HighLine Special? Sounds palatial. YOP...T was a Birmingham issue of February 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Have we had these taxis yet? Datsuncog, adw1977, bunglebus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 AWX...S was a Leeds issue of April 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Yes AWX853X is already on the Wedgister Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said: Have we had these taxis yet? Was that Briggate in Leeds? I think I've seen the traffic signal gantry in other photos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Was that Briggate in Leeds? I think I've seen the traffic signal gantry in other photos.... Vicar Lane, Leeds apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Had quick look through via search and CTRL+F, but I don't think we have this one; VOD873S: With that backdrop though, who cares if it's a pearoast. Datsuncog, ProgRocker, adw1977 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Those Triumph alloys look quite nice on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Found on Facebook Austat and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 VOD...S was an Exeter issue of August 1977 & SAF...Y a Truro issue of November 1982. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Hi All - not sure if you could include my Fathers old wedges on the data base both long gone by now I would think and having looked on DVLA site. The first 1800 HL in dark green WPE47S and its replacement a russet brown 2000 HL XFF 570W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 From Facebook. Reg isn't shown unfortunately Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 52 minutes ago, bunglebus said: From Facebook. Reg isn't shown unfortunately I was bored. Wife is still asleep and I have wifi at a substantial 56k Could be this one bunglebus, Alusilber, NorfolkNWeigh and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 6 hours ago, dozeydustman said: I was bored. Wife is still asleep and I have wifi at a substantial 56k Could be this one ohh nice work! id say so given it had a V5 issued in 2011 and an MOT issued in 2010 where it comes back as a PRINCESS 2200 HL strangely untaxed since 1992, I do wonder what the circumstances are when a vehicle successfully gets MOT'ed but still never returned to the road @Andrew353w's Skoda was like that, MOT'ed fairly recently (well in 2006!) but untaxed since 1989 still (although in this Princess's case the cynic in me wonders if it was MOT'ed in 2010 to rob it of its plate but it never happened for one reason or another) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 6 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Could be this one Surprised that hasn't been plate raped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Surprised that hasn't been plate raped It’s would be an ideal plate for me, being Rea is my surname bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 9 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: ohh nice work! id say so given it had a V5 issued in 2011 and an MOT issued in 2010 where it comes back as a PRINCESS 2200 HL strangely untaxed since 1992, I do wonder what the circumstances are when a vehicle successfully gets MOT'ed but still never returned to the road @Andrew353w's Skoda was like that, MOT'ed fairly recently (well in 2006!) but untaxed since 1989 still (although in this Princess's case the cynic in me wonders if it was MOT'ed in 2010 to rob it of its plate but it never happened for one reason or another) I hadn’t tried many *EA combinations; I got as far as E then decided just to put R in and a green wedge appeared! I know you have more tools than I do Dez so I reckon you could do a fair bit of poking around. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 49 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: I hadn’t tried many *EA combinations; I got as far as E then decided just to put R in and a green wedge appeared! I know you have more tools than I do Dez so I reckon you could do a fair bit of poking around. to be fair the tools I have dont generally do partial marks I still have to know the full reg or VIN number to get a result so if someone handed me the picture and said "figure out the rest of its reg" I would of done exactly as you did although I do have a couple tricks up my sleeve to help speed up this process in that because I have spent far too much time studying the English vehicle registration system I know generally for a given Suffix, what leading letter would go with that suffix letter for example I know that an R Suffix car would more then likely start with a late alphabetical letter so there would no point trying saying BEA5R so I would skip to probably REA-R straight away (as I know most registration series had alphabetically made it to R, by the R suffix time period) a good jumping off point is that in on the 1st of October 1974, every single registration series in England Wales and Scotland, reset to Gxx-N (as thats when the DVLC computer and local VRO's took over from county councils so you can just work forward from that, plus when you have studied as many registrations as I have you tend to get a feel for stuff and as explained here On 24/05/2021 at 19:26, LightBulbFun said: all possible area codes where used up by 1932 which is when the first 3 letter 3 number plates came in to get around the issue (before that Plates where just 2 letters and 4 digits with the 2 letters being a county council code) the DVLA simply issue plates/series that where not issued in period as age related plates today so for example PHH-P was never issued in period as during the P Suffix period Carlisle was on MHH-P so that left PHH-P to be issued by the DVLA as an age related series and this works because the first Serial letter, just went up on its own accord, it never changed because the suffix changed, For example see KOO120N and KWC403P, note the suffix change but the serial letter just keeps going, until they hit the end of the location markers for that area, (Essex in this case) then they wrap around again but with the next serial letter, so after KJN-P LEV-P was issued and so forth with this info in mind, you can then quite easily spot when even a suffix or prefix car is on an Age related plate because you quickly figure out what Serial Letters where issued in period with what Suffix/prefix's and then ALL age related plates pop out like sore thumb, not just the suffix-less plates and the world is never the same again LOL the serial letter rarely changed between suffix changes, so you can quick quickly get a feel for whats a valid registration mark and what is not a valid mark and/or what might be an a later issued age related mark etc obviously things can vary a little bit depending on how many registration markers a given area had to how many cars where being registered in said area so if you had an area which had only a couple location markers for its area but lots of cars being registered there, they would go through the alphabet much quicker then say an area that had lots of location marks allocated to it but relatively few registration marks Richard_FM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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