The Wedgister - Princess and Ambassador Records

[bunglebus]

Was for sale on eBay

[quicksilver]

Eleven wedges turned up at Gaydon for the BMC and BL show today, including a couple that don't appear to be on the Wedgister yet:

SMG413M (pre-production Wolseley)

LRX19P

TTL286R

YJO71R (pilot-production Morris)

REP191S - not on the list (Leyland 2200 HLS)

EJO141V

GNB671V

LSA481W

KSR934X - not on the list (Austin Morris 2000 HL)

EFK382Y (Ambassador)

TTF665Y (Ambassador)

[Richard_FM]

This Flickr user has pictures of quite a few at an event.

[bunglebus]

From FB, outside a cafe somewhere 

[adw1977]

Long dead of course, EWL373S was a 1.8 registered in August 1977 and untaxed since August 1992.

Picture nicked from Facebook. 

[quicksilver]

11 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

This Flickr user has pictures of quite a few at an event.

That's me, and those are the ones listed in the post just above yours

[Angrydicky]

You can add mine on if you want to. 
XJL 356T

Russet Brown 2.0 HL manual, first registered 1/11/1978.

 

[Richard_FM]

12 hours ago, quicksilver said:

That's me, and those are the ones listed in the post just above yours

Thanks for letting me know, I didn't notice your above post!

[Billy - Medhurst]

Spotted this week - Love this car!

[Pieman]

Now that's a really weird coincidence, because I only saw that one myself recently and messaged @vulgalour about it!  Was the black one there on the driveway as well (and the green Armstrong-Siddeley)?

[Billy - Medhurst]

8 hours ago, Pieman said:

Now that's a really weird coincidence, because I only saw that one myself recently and messaged @vulgalour about it!  Was the black one there on the driveway as well (and the green Armstrong-Siddeley)?

Did not manage to picture black wedge but yes -

[bunglebus]

No reg shown in pics but it's LHD352N, and well dead, despite "needs restoration"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266962923396?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1M4hsnpSQh6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[SilverMachine]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

No reg shown in pics but it's LHD352N, and well dead, despite "needs restoration"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266962923396?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1M4hsnpSQh6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

wolseley?

[adw1977]

DVLA says Morris (same bonnet as Wolseley) and 2200 engine.

Untaxed since 1985!

[D.E]

CHD 339V, seems to have lasted only six years:

 

[bunglebus]

Facebook fresh MSF 556P

[vulgalour]

On 24/08/2024 at 06:51, bunglebus said:

No reg shown in pics but it's LHD352N, and well dead, despite "needs restoration"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266962923396?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1M4hsnpSQh6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

That's monumentally shagged, quite possibly the worst case of rot I've ever seen on any Princess ever.  Good find!

[bunglebus]

YKK 564X, already known?

[vulgalour]

It is known.  I think it was someone on this forum who first brought it to my attention with it was doing its best to blend in with some modern cars.

[SilverMachine]

unsure if this is know of - currently on ebay, apparently been hidden away by collectors DJL808V

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296772640191?itmmeta=01JBWHWYH048X3VW46QEDM8GB5&hash=item4519071dbf:g:3-oAAOSwhKRnGoMS&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29hwm%2Fhzo6uJylTO8h737lNbJgZX%2BnLHhFcWwrYMZsfA67354uj7dEBOFnJhMm%2BK9wIMseL50xXwqjFGbFJThYbI97gi1TwmR1sWmpKh9UeME1hNKe7CT9y0MZ%2FEqAQQl3Jr1Kig4JFOhg6a3rApGcdb6mMzpNjeZJ0A%2FWFZTp%2FlIkK%2BQPJNUObohq3eBhLZVXUl6HopkSXNtOvoCeY4PIcesh2ZJaxAlZCITzemwndIZxPoueblhJf9M4SLI9319U0h97jKwoRAsHBrTP51WIio|tkp%3ABk9SR8zo85HfZA

[riek]

The badly drawn boy ambassador has surfaced

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBO7SBnNE-1/?igsh=NW9qYjFob2EyZmwz

[adw1977]

For the benefit of non-Instagrammers:

It's a HLS painted in brown fence paint!

[bunglebus]

Facebook fresh

[cms206]

On 10/11/2024 at 10:06, adw1977 said:

For the benefit of non-Instagrammers:

It's a HLS painted in brown fence paint!

That is the Badly Drawn Boy Ambassador; he has another which has been off the road since 1985 which was a scrap save earlier this year, NDS 641Y.

[cms206]

Facebook marketplace - looks like WHJ 680S, off the road since the end of November 1986.

[bunglebus]

Essex reg in Essex, just down the road to me

[quicksilver]

Another possibility. Latest Princess model release by Oxford Diecast is SAK562S, a Reynard 2200 HLS. No photos of the real one and not on DVLA so it may or may not be a legit reg, but SAK739S is a known car the same colour.

I listed the first four (three known survivor cars and one fake plate) back in 2018 and the only other release since then was of known Jade Green PVW620R.

[Datsuncog]

Ambassador under pressure - recently uploaded onto a Facebook urbex page.

Facebook 

AFP618Y - last on the road in 1996, it appears. Fairly boggo 1.7L spec.

[MorrisItalSLX]

One of the known Australian Princesses has come up for sale, still in Western Australia (about as far away from me as possible) and with running issues. (any ideas @vulgalour ?)

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/boddington/cars-vans-utes/austin-leyland-princess/1331498197

It goes without saying, but WOULD. It would make quite the collection caper.

[Asimo]

On 24/01/2025 at 16:40, Datsuncog said:

Ambassador under pressure - recently uploaded onto a Facebook urbex page.

AFP618Y - last on the road in 1996, it appears. Fairly boggo 1.7L spec.

Image pasted here for post-Facebook posterity.