whitevanman Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thanks to feeling down about missing cars and would I ever like to own a new car etc, I thought about it and came to the conclusion that if they still made them I quite fancied a Hindustan Ambassador.......so of trawlling the net and loh.... I came upon this most mighty of steeds......and I so badly want it http://www.hmambassador.com/pdf/Veer-Leaflet.pdf I am tottaly in love........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thanks to feeling down about missing cars and would I ever like to own a new car etc, I thought about it and came to the conclusion that if they still made them I quite fancied a Hindustan Ambassador.......so of trawlling the net and loh.... I came upon this most mighty of steeds......and I so badly want it http://www.hmambassador.com/pdf/Veer-Leaflet.pdf I am tottaly in love........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 ...and in the final of the 'shittiest plastic grille on a 50 year old design', Volkswagen's watercooled type 2 has been beaten into second place by whatever the hell that thing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 ...and in the final of the 'shittiest plastic grille on a 50 year old design', Volkswagen's watercooled type 2 has been beaten into second place by whatever the hell that thing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 True...but I still would... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 True...but I still would... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Am I going to get in trouble by saying the flatback (or whatever you call the one on the left) would look cool lowered on some Slotmags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Am I going to get in trouble by saying the flatback (or whatever you call the one on the left) would look cool lowered on some Slotmags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Not from me you won't........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Not from me you won't........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Unusual for a vehicle to look better in snapshots than publicity material, but it does look pretty good IRL: The front end treatment is reminiscent of a Morris Oxford biting into a habanero chili pepper, having mistaken it for a cherry tomato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Unusual for a vehicle to look better in snapshots than publicity material, but it does look pretty good IRL: The front end treatment is reminiscent of a Morris Oxford biting into a habanero chili pepper, having mistaken it for a cherry tomato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Ace, where do I sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Ace, where do I sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 That's almost reached a point where it could get away with being 'retro' and become fashionable.Is there some company still importing the saloons to the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 That's almost reached a point where it could get away with being 'retro' and become fashionable.Is there some company still importing the saloons to the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Nah. Was a place in Wales that did it, but it didn't last long. Guess there just wasn't a market for £9000 50 year old cars! They should have slapped a Danbury badge on the side and raised the asking price by several times. It might have worked then... GR8 RETRO CAMPER. BRING A DUVET. KIP ON BACK SEAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Nah. Was a place in Wales that did it, but it didn't last long. Guess there just wasn't a market for £9000 50 year old cars! They should have slapped a Danbury badge on the side and raised the asking price by several times. It might have worked then... GR8 RETRO CAMPER. BRING A DUVET. KIP ON BACK SEAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 wernt the company who makes them on that program on bbc2 about rich vs poor traveling in india Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 wernt the company who makes them on that program on bbc2 about rich vs poor traveling in india Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozza Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I do find the idea of a trayback Ambassador quite attractive. Especially as that spec-sheet implies that the diesel version still has a B-Series engine. Isn't the petrol engine an Isuzu these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozza Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I do find the idea of a trayback Ambassador quite attractive. Especially as that spec-sheet implies that the diesel version still has a B-Series engine. Isn't the petrol engine an Isuzu these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I remember Fullbore Motors were importing them into the UK in the early 1990s, they also had a go at importing some basic spec Tatra 613s, different to the ones Tim Bishop was trying to import at the same time. When I was in India last year, on my ropey old factories of the world tour, I spoke to a bloke about the Ambassadors. He said that recently they were made of thinner gauge steel so weren't as well thought of as the older ones. I guess that NCAP stars haven't made it as far as India because the general feeling was the Hindustan was safer in a crash than new cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I remember Fullbore Motors were importing them into the UK in the early 1990s, they also had a go at importing some basic spec Tatra 613s, different to the ones Tim Bishop was trying to import at the same time. When I was in India last year, on my ropey old factories of the world tour, I spoke to a bloke about the Ambassadors. He said that recently they were made of thinner gauge steel so weren't as well thought of as the older ones. I guess that NCAP stars haven't made it as far as India because the general feeling was the Hindustan was safer in a crash than new cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 It started so well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 It started so well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I think I'd rather have one of these trucks if you like the English looks but with Japanese reliability presumably : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I think I'd rather have one of these trucks if you like the English looks but with Japanese reliability presumably : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Yep -but the Datsuns MUCH smaller. Its more comparable,sizewise, with a Peugeot 403 I woud, too. Flight out -and drive back ,perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Yep -but the Datsuns MUCH smaller. Its more comparable,sizewise, with a Peugeot 403 I woud, too. Flight out -and drive back ,perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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