adw1977 Posted November 19, 2018 Posted November 19, 2018 That does make it seem more plausible. Looks like someone mashed a Montego, Rover 800, and a Talbot Alpine together so it probably wasn't really that far off the mark and had it been released when the Ambassador was released it would probably have done quite well since it would have been slightly ahead of the curve in terms of design. I wasn't actually aware of that concept so that's an interesting addition to the story. Unfortunately the link is coming up as a 404 here. I think I've sorted out the link, but in case I haven't here it is in plain text - www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maestro/concepts-and-prototypes-meet-the-lc-family/ The LM 14/15 would certainly never have been planned for launch when the Ambassador was launched in 1982, it would have followed on after the Montego.
vulgalour Posted November 19, 2018 Author Posted November 19, 2018 Yep, link works now. What might have been.
flat4alfa Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 KGC243T bovingdon raceway,1991. (flickr.com)princess KGC 243T raced by my uncle rob the, 1700 o-series engine blew its head gasket after the second heat ! Vehicle make: AUSTIN MORRISDate of first registration: May 1979Year of manufacture: 1979Cylinder capacity: 1994 ccVehicle colour: BROWNTax due: 01 October 1990 michael t and vulgalour 2
flat4alfa Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 RJO234N Press Publicity Scan from Autokampioen nr 13 (NL) 28-3-1975 Vehicle details could not be found vulgalour and adw1977 2
adw1977 Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 RJO234NAn Austin 1800 base. Buyers who bought one of these instead of the equivalent Morris got lucky when the range was revamped as the Princess because they got the trapezoidal headlights which became associated with the higher spec Princesses.
flat4alfa Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 TIB4796 AUSTINAmbassador 2.0Hl Hebden (Woodhall Nicholson)Date of first registration: November 1982Year of manufacture: 1982Cylinder capacity: 1994 ccVehicle colour: BLACKTax due: 01 August 2009 vulgalour and adw1977 2
flat4alfa Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 RHD528P AUSTINHebden (Woodhall Nicholson)Date of first registration: May 1976Year of manufacture: 1976Cylinder capacity: 2227 ccVehicle colour: BLACKTax due: 01 February 2001 vulgalour and adw1977 2
flat4alfa Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 OCP87X Vehicle details could not be found Kirklees (Woodhall Nicholson) adw1977 and vulgalour 2
adw1977 Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 OCP78X It's OCP87X and Cartell says it was a HLS auto. No DVLA record.
Craig the Princess Posted November 20, 2018 Posted November 20, 2018 PRC351X today Asimo, anonymous user, adw1977 and 2 others 5
Datsuncog Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 I know I've a few snaps of Ambassadors and Princesses snapped while on holiday in Norfolk in 1996.Ambassadors of Cromer: GAH248YAUSTINAmbassador 2.0HLSDate of first registration: June 1983Year of manufacture: 1983Cylinder capacity: 1994 ccVehicle colour: GOLDTax due: 01 November 1998 RNP416YAUSTINAmbassador 2.0Date of first registration: February 1983Year of manufacture: 1983Cylinder capacity: 1994 ccVehicle colour: BEIGETax due: 13 April 2000 Turns out that the number plate on the only Princess I managed to snap is illegible, so sadly that's not much use to you. Currently checking other publications for Wedges as yet unlisted... vulgalour 1
Datsuncog Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Two more for tonight:NBW377P AUSTINPrincessDate of first registration: October 1975Year of manufacture: 1975Cylinder capacity: 1748 ccVehicle colour: GOLDTax due: 01 October 1984 VYY729SAUSTIN MORRISPrincessDate of first registration: July 1978Year of manufacture: 1978Cylinder capacity: 1994 ccVehicle colour: BLUETax due: 01 January 1989 vulgalour 1
adw1977 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 VJX803V Pic from Flickr. You already have its twin VJX802V in the register. vulgalour 1
flat4alfa Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 VJX803V is already on page 4 But I prefer the sexy rear shot
flat4alfa Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 MOC458R No Irish or UK vehicle details were found vulgalour 1
flat4alfa Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Thought I'd found another one. Oxford Diecast normally model real cars and they've done models of UOX766S, VRW475S and YBJ243X. The fourth version is a Staffordshire Police car registered LRE750P but sadly that doesn't seem to be a genuine reg as DVLA says it was a Suzuki moped. Corgi 'Vanguards' did KDM999T, LYL531X, LCC23 as well as WEL850S which is already on the register. Their current model is of DAD352T, the 'water-tight' Top Gear car which is also on the register not least because half the planet have seen the episode! KDM 999TAUSTIN MORRISPRINCESS HL AUTOMOT Expired: 19 Jun 2007Registered 23 January 19792227ccRedVehicle has a SORN LYL 531XAUSTIN MORRISPRINCESS HL AUTOTax due: 01 December 1989Date of first registration: February 19821700 ccBLACK No Irish or UK vehicle details were found for registration 'LCC23' WEL 850SLEYLAND CARSPRINCESS 1800 HLDate of first registration: March 19781798 ccGREENTax due: 25 May 2011Export marker: Yes chodweaver and vulgalour 2
flat4alfa Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Dinky did a model in at least two colours, wearing DKY123 No Irish or UK vehicle details were found for registration DKY123 I am not surprised. vulgalour 1
flat4alfa Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Just to be further annoying, I wanted to mention that Heller did a kit, wearing french plate 8899-SN-91, denoting a locality of Department 91 (Essone) south of Paris. vulgalour 1
flat4alfa Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Leyland's own publicity films show these two: GDA700NAUSTIN1800Tax due: 01 August 1989Date of first registration: October 19741798 ccBLUE GDA701NMORRIS1800Tax due: 01 June 1987Date of first registration: October 19741798 ccRED While the later Princess 2 commercial wore: YYW222TAUSTIN MORRISPRINCESS HL AUTOTax due: 01 July 1992Date of first registration: January 19791994 ccRED vulgalour 1
Daviemck2006 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 I learned to drive and passed my driving test in my Dads 2200hls. TSE599R. It was white with a blue vinyl roof which he bought new in 1977 and traded in for a vauxhall astra in 1981. I was seroiuslt comfortable with its blue velour seats, with armrests on the front seats and had a pushbutton radio! Pure luxury in its day! Sent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk rovamota and vulgalour 2
Datsuncog Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 What appears to be an original Northern Irish-registered Ambassador, from the Datsuncog Shite Archives. AXI409 Oddly, this comes up as 'Vehicle details could not be found', despite the pic being taken only last summer. Maybe it's a trailer queen from over the border; who knows. flat4alfa and vulgalour 2
flat4alfa Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 The plate AXI409 was sold through a broker not long ago, so it's not the original plate for the car.It is also currently advertised on www.plates4less.co.uk for £955. The plate that is, not the car. Datsuncog 1
Datsuncog Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 ^^^ Ah, interesting... AXI is a Belfast series from 1982/83, so it would be about age-appropriate for an Ambassador. I'd thought maybe this was a local car, which would be a rare thing!The car was up for sale when I snapped this last June; can't remember how much for, but it didn't strike me as overly bargainous. Wish I'd found out a bit more about it now... Perhaps it was originally on a GB plate, brought over here and was retrofitted with a NI cherished plate for a short while (that just happened to be the 'right' year), before being separated from it again? If the plate's on retention, that would explain the 'no result' message...I might put some feelers out locally and see if anyone can fill me in. Cheers!
alcyonecorporation Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 KMA 155T Vehicle make: AUSTIN MORRISDate of first registration: March 1979Year of manufacture: 1979Cylinder capacity (cc): 1700 ccCO₂Emissions: Not availableFuel type: PETROLEuro Status: Not availableExport marker: NoVehicle status: Not taxedVehicle colour: RED vulgalour 1
Dick Cheeseburger Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 KMA 155TScrapped 12th Feb 2013 by the look of it.
vulgalour Posted November 22, 2018 Author Posted November 22, 2018 Yep, it was destined for the oval. I still have bits of it in my spares stash, it had a surprising amount of useful stuff. The doors off that car ended up on OKK160W (also now deceased). alcyonecorporation 1
Fabergé Greggs Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 I had this back in 2006. 2200 HLS auto. I won it on eBay for £240 as a young and promising shiter. Two hundred and forty quid!!! It was pretty great all things considering. One time I was driving down the great western road in Glasgow and a bloke came up to me holding what turned out to be my wing mirror- turns out he was sitting outside a pub down the road remarking to his mate at my princess- saying how they were the worst cars ever made.. at that moment my wing mirror fell off, much to their hilarity. He picked it up and chased me down the street! Sadly it was sat outside the back of my flat without MOT when some emergency works had to take place and I had no where else to keep it and so it had to go that day- I sold it to a bloke for £75 on the promise that he took it away then and gave the money that afternoon. The fucker never gave me the £75. Other fond memories include the horn switch breaking to “on” and an electrical fire under the bonnet whilst driving down Byres road.. I bailed next to a brand new Audi which the owner wasn’t happy about at all... so I got back in and reversed a little bit with smoke billowing.. it went out prety quick luckily. It also had a massive stereo. 2x12 subs in the boot. I was only 20 something and it was the kind of thing I was into.. Oh yeah and foam fell out of holes in the headlining over speed bumps. Happy times. Oh and one other memory.. after the fire the RAC towed me to a garage that had a steep and sharp corner into its yard- the princess jumped off the tow bar and crashed into the back of the RAC van.. the insurance paid for a few little body work bits and bobs thanks to a friendly garage.. vulgalour, flat4alfa, adw1977 and 1 other 4
cms206 Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 Facebook. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk vulgalour 1
dozeydustman Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 There's occasionally a silver Ambassador parked round the corner from me, it's had a new front apron fitted and is a rolling restoration. Not seen it for a couple of weeks now but I'll get you a photo for this archive when I come across it next.
dozeydustman Posted November 23, 2018 Posted November 23, 2018 Taken from an episode of "The Sweeney" Number plate genuine. Morris 1800, checking registration plate it didn't even reach its first MoT in 1978 steveo3002 and adw1977 2
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