The Wedgister - Princess and Ambassador Records

[LightBulbFun]

8 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

With a bit of squinting, I make that out as RIA5740, which is a Co. Antrim registration though it's hard to be definite- no DVLA records are returned for that combination anyway,

RIA5740 comes back as a January 1981 Red Austin Princess HL

its worth keeping in mind when dealing with old NI cars that for whatever reason the DVLA hide old Northern Ireland records, from what I can work out, anything that was inactive before the 2014 merge, gets artificially hidden despite the fact the DVLA have a full record for the vehicle

sadly my own personal tool has degraded in ability so I cant perv at these records anymore and give you a full keeper or markers list, but a few of the (esp ".ie" ones) car checker websites can still spit out basic info,  so you can still fish out basic info/see if a vehicle was actually computerised or see if a reg is what yah think it is  

[SilverMachine]

2 hours ago, Formula Autos said:

If you look on Google Earth at these co-ordinates 54°16'33"N 3°14'04"W, there’s an abandoned Ambassador in a field. It’s been there nearly thirty years that I’ve been passing there for work, and last time I went past the roof seems have collapsed, but it’s still there. It’s a fair way from the main road, but the road’s elevated so you can see it fairly easily if you know where to look. It’s near Duddon Bridge on the A595 in Cumbria.

 

 

street view is okay till 2011 when seems to be hidden by trees at least from the road fork! 

[horriblemercedes]

On 14/09/2025 at 21:29, Billy - Medhurst said:

Vehicle make - LEYLAND CARS

Date of first registration - November 1975

Year of manufacture - 1975

Cylinder capacity - 1798 cc

Fuel type - PETROL

Export marker - No

Vehicle status - Untaxed Since December 1990

Vehicle colour - BRONZE

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued - 12 July 1990

That's an incredibly terrible ad. "People only buy our cars because they're cheap" is the message! 

[quicksilver]

Ten wedges were present at the Autumn Rally today, all known cars:

JAH660N (the Wedgister has this as a Morris but it's an Austin 1800 HL)

TAO488S

EJO141V

GCH636V

JMJ814V

VJX803V (limo)

LSA481W (this one is listed correctly and in error as LAS481V) 

CHJ402X

AWK360Y (Ambassador)

A217TEU (Ambassador)

[Peter C]

[Datsuncog]

Cribbed from Facebook - AAA324R, which I don't think has been mentioned on these pages yet?

No longer returning a match on the public-facing DVA checker, so presumably no longer with us.

[Muniphobia]

On 05/10/2025 at 18:20, Peter C said:

Garage from where I lived in the Hill Top area of West Bromwich when I was growing up in the 80s and early 90s it was a Volvo dealer before becoming the premises of a company that did mobility conversions and after they moved out it was boarded up before getting demolished for a row of shops.  Managed to go back far enough on Streetview to get a picture of it before it was demolished.  It gained cladding at some point when the mobility company were using it.

What was Barclays bank on the right closed about 30 years ago and became a supermarket and they built flats on top of it shortly afterwards.  The road down the side was the access to my Grandad's garage as my grandparents lived at the top of the road behind the bank so I often went around there to get to their house.

[greengartside]

One to shove on the register.

CHJ 377X, taken in Norwich in the ‘80s.