MG Allegro, MG Princess etc.

[Inspiral_Mondays]

On 1/21/2021 at 2:33 PM, Rovorsche said:

It was the Porsche 924 of its day then, powered by a Van engine.
The 1622 was fitted to the Austin J4 (and refitted quite often with fresh gold or silver paint on the outside)

 

The dashboard above was a 2.0 Ambassador VandenPlas with factory Twin carbs, but I seem to remember more wood in the one I drove about.
No Rev counter but it did have an ECON gauge, the mission was obviously get the lowest reading on this because more fuel = more POWER!
It had the ingredients just needed badges.
Chasing an XR3 through some twisties did make the PAS pump rather incontinent, the car belonged to my girlfriends dad and I mumbled at my shoes about "It was OK when I parked it"
 

What are those 2 levers either side of the dash in line with the glovebox for?

[Rocket88]

16 minutes ago, Inspiral_Mondays said:

What are those 2 levers either side of the dash in line with the glovebox for?

To open fresh air vents, perhaps?

[OM646]

On 21/01/2021 at 14:19, Wilko220 said:

That really is miserable looking for something with a VDP badge. They even managed to do better than that in the Metro.

First time I see wood being optional in a VDP

[ETCHY]

On 1/21/2021 at 1:33 PM, Rovorsche said:

It was the Porsche 924 of its day then, powered by a Van engine.
The 1622 was fitted to the Austin J4 (and refitted quite often with fresh gold or silver paint on the outside)

 

The dashboard above was a 2.0 Ambassador VandenPlas with factory Twin carbs, but I seem to remember more wood in the one I drove about.
No Rev counter but it did have an ECON gauge, the mission was obviously get the lowest reading on this because more fuel = more POWER!
It had the ingredients just needed badges.
Chasing an XR3 through some twisties did make the PAS pump rather incontinent, the car belonged to my girlfriends dad and I mumbled at my shoes about "It was OK when I parked it"
 

They did a very minor tweak to the Ambassador (not that long before production stopped) & wood on the VDP became standard. Trim on other trim levels was also changed.

Well one wanky  wood strip above the glovebox became standard on VDP anyway..(see previous pic' )

[Inspiral_Mondays]

On 1/22/2021 at 8:53 PM, OM646 said:

First time I see wood being optional in a VDP

Love the Toyota Corolla digital clock as well.

[anonymous user]

On 18/01/2021 at 5:34 PM, JeeExEll said:

For 1966.  RWD, rear suspension as in S-type Jaguar, Powerlock diff. 

Maxi 3-door models (from 1969) shared the same longer doors.

So that's where Ford got the idea for the Sierra XR4

[HMC]

The acclaim turbo that an aftermarket company produced also later did* a styling and engineering proposal in conjunction with IAD for an MGised and blown rover 200 series- an MG 1300T

*did not

[rovamota]

On 1/22/2021 at 6:43 PM, Inspiral_Mondays said:

What are those 2 levers either side of the dash in line with the glovebox for?

They're the levers for the lower footwell vents, not the air vents seen in the picture. The Princess also had levers but they were hidden away under the dash. Lots of owners didn't know they were there and complained of cold feet in winter. It was a shit idea anyway!

[bezzabsa]

Turbo Acclaim...

pics n words

[dozeydustman]

On 22/01/2021 at 19:53, OM646 said:

First time I see wood being optional in a VDP

And what appear to Peugeot 505 original dash electric window switches. BL got desperate enough to steat bit from the French?

[Noel Tidybeard]

rover apparantly toyed with the idea of a 200 vitesse with the 2.0i mg montego lump but the chassis wasn't up to the jpb hence the 1.6 injected s-series