Seen on the road

tonupkid · #1 10th April 2012, 10:18 PM

Could we start a fan club?
Naaa I bet there's one already, and I'm betting them to be a pretty defensive lot

Your wife was lucky. I guess they had big crumple zones, without the inconvenience of a safety cell.

The one I got was an HL and was amazingly loaded. As per many of that marque you could park it on the handbrake, pointing up a hill, then with use of the clutch amuse the kids with the quite extreme see saw effect, back and forth

briang9 · #2 10th April 2012, 10:22 PM

I was particularly impressed by the "sparkling performance figures" in that ad, and ohh yes an Econometer as well

David's8 · #3 11th April 2012, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by briang9

I was particularly impressed by the "sparkling performance figures" in that ad, and ohh yes an Econometer as well

Me too Brian, I had to say that I laughed out loud when I saw that (and the Dappled velour - tasty!)

I think I could RUN faster than that.....

HPsauce · #4 11th April 2012, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tonupkid

Could we start a fan club?

Inevitably there is one already: http://www.princessandambassador.btinternet.co.uk/

It did a job for us, I'm almost ashamed to say what followed it (so I won't).
A blue Dolomite 1850HL preceded it though.

David's8 · #5 11th April 2012, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by HPsauce

Inevitably there is one already: http://www.princessandambassador.btinternet.co.uk/

It did a job for us, I'm almost ashamed to say what followed it (so I won't).
A blue Dolomite 1850HL preceded it though.

I was just about to post the link when i saw that HP sauce had beaten me to it. I do like the note under the header on the site:

Thanks to member Stephen Bundy from Portsmouth who took this photograph of his Ambassador 1.7 HL in the Isle of Skye some years ago. Stephen than went on to visit John O'Groat before returning home via Inverness, Dundee, and North East England. He still has the car although it is now a different colour. This is, presumably, rust.

HPsauce · #6 11th April 2012, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by David's8

This is, presumably, rust.

That was the amazing thing about the one I had (and why I bought it) - it was totally rust-free.
In the time we had it the front valance developed a little rust from road grit/salt which I had treated and resprayed.
The general condition was once reason the insurers paid up with such a good price when it was concertina'd.

tonupkid · #7 11th April 2012, 09:02 PM

Aaaargh. That advert is amazing.
You may find it quaint, and the language odd, but spare a thought for the poor sod who got the job to write it.

To put this in perspective by 1975. Ford were into the Mk3 Cortina, Mk 1 Granada, Escorts and of course the Capri 2. These cars knocked the socks of everything BMC were churning out IMHO.
BMC or Leyland or BLMC or whatever could not even make a key that fitted both the door and ignition. Can you imagine, two keys, one to get in and another to start. And the plastic part on the ignition keys - it used to fall off after a bit of use.
Sorry guys, I know some of you have a thing for the SD1 Rovers, but they were dogs. I had one and the engine was the only good bit (3.5 V8). Even the Lucas fuel injection was pants.
They had the rear axle from the haywain, and it showed. On the other hand the Granadas had an independent set up that left the Rovers standing... or sliding about.
This was our home grown, home owned car industry flushing its self down the sewer. IMHO
Don't blame the workers. It was the management at the very top.
Rant over