rovamota Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Well it actually has a new MoT! I will tax it from the beginning of March and set about smartening it up a bit. SamR380, Magnificent Rustbucket, Lankytim and 36 others 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucedoctor Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 My glass eye is floating. Jolly well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Top job chaps, a great thread. I grew up with BMC/BL products and my Dad had two Princess'. A 1.8HL which he fitted an Leyland ST Kit, twin 1/34 SU's and a LCB manifold to get a bit more 'get up and go'. Then a 1.7HL. Love em or hate em, they are part of our motoring heritage and great that you are saving them. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 This deserves a double thumbs up. Well done to 'Team Prinbassador' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Like for the whole thread. Damn good show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I STILL wish that I knew how to spell SPLUNFF. cms206 and Paul Dupart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Status: Hero. saucedoctor and binhoker668 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 This deserves a double thumbs up. Well done to 'Team Prinbassador'I'm glad you suggested that, I thought the combination of Ambassador and Princess would be an Abscess. Paul Dupart, DeeJay, saucedoctor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Heroes of CLASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Congratulations guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Presumably the magical hydrophantastic whoopee cushion suspension is pumped up. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 So long as they used correct 1980s BL nitrogen, all will be well. Modern nitrogen is shite. cms206 and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have no idea why you saved this, but you've done a bloody good job at it. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I love this so much! I'd like to buy it, even though I'm supposed to be saving up for a prewar car. Hnnng. Skizzer and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I love this so much! I'd like to buy it, even though I'm supposed to be saving up for a prewar car. Hnnng.As you didn't specify which war, the Gulf war started in 1990 making the Ambassador prewar. HTH. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk eddyramrod, dollywobbler, Jim Bergerac and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Autoshite, the day that this Ambassador goes on sale: Banger Kenny, cms206, Dick Longbridge and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 now it would be "a good thing" if this beige temptress was to stay within the AS family when it gets sold. binhoker668 and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Top job chaps, a great thread. I grew up with BMC/BL products and my Dad had two Princess'. A 1.8HL which he fitted an Leyland ST Kit, twin 1/34 SU's and a LCB manifold to get a bit more 'get up and go'. Legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 My dad had a brown Princess as his BL company car (he was teaching at the BL staff college at the time, and then managing a Unipart exhaust factory in Oxford). He really liked the Princess, and it was reliable. I can recall him driving us back from a curry house one night, after several pints of Skol, on the wrong side of the suburban road at 80 mph. Because 1980. He was pissed off with me when I honked out of the window on another occasion while he was driving me back to university (I had been reuniting with old sixth form friends in the pub the night before). Later he briefly had a black Ambassador, which gave him trouble, but that was soon replaced by a very early talking dashboard Maestro (they were given to managers to test). He liked that and got it sideways on roundabouts a bit. cms206, Vince70, Isaac Hunt and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Fixing this is a real achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovamota Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Thanks for the great comments, guys. It's a great feeling knowing we've saved it and I hope we get a few miles out of it before we pass it on. We're going to tax it from March 1st. Here's a pic I took today, ebay 'shadow of photographer' style. There's still a lot of tarting up to do. eddyramrod, Vince70, LC Torana and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Thanks for the great comments, guys. It's a great feeling knowing we've saved it and I hope we get a few miles out of it before we pass it on. We're going to tax it from March 1st. Here's a pic I took today, ebay 'shadow of photographer' style. There's still a lot of tarting up to do. 20170218_154045.jpg So good that Richard III took an interest. cort1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 So good that Richard III took an interest. Cheated of feature by dissembling natureDeform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my timeInto this breathing world scarce half made upAnd that so lamely and unfashionableThat dogs bark at me as I halt by them Oops, sorry, that's a Montego. KiwiAlistair, Parky, anonymous user and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 35 years today since the Ambassador was first hurled at an unsuspecting public - Eddie Honda, Angrydicky, Asimo and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovamota Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 And as it was its birthday we took the Ambo to the pub for lunch. It drives really well, though the foot long throw needed on the gear lever between changes is hilarious. And I got the tyres muddy. I hate muddy tyres. eddyramrod, Sudsprint, paulscavalier and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovamota Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 You'll be able to see the Ambassador at the Austin Morris day, this Sunday at Brooklands. https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/austin-morris-day Braddon81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Autoshite, the day that this Ambassador goes on sale: This turned out not to be true. How the FOOOOOOK is this car still not bought by someone on here? I want to buy this, but really can't, because I have taken on a hopefully non major Italian project. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C857304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 It's just TOO nice for Autoshite now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Needs a white backdrop and an extra 2k on the price and it would fly out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 If the bucket-list Gamma hadn't come along I suspect I might have weakened. It's a very lovely thing and Mrs Skizzer didn't exercise her right of veto. That's not much help, is it? Soz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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