@micra said:
I vaguely remember the Ambassador but the car that stands out most in my memory is a Royal Blue Austin Princess. A colleague expressed surprise, saying she thought it a very ‘staid’ choice for a fifty-year-old. Probably was but I’ve always loved me comforts!
I choose cars by which is going to be most like driving a living room.
@micra said:
I vaguely remember the Ambassador but the car that stands out most in my memory is a Royal Blue Austin Princess. A colleague expressed surprise, saying she thought it a very ‘staid’ choice for a fifty-year-old. Probably was but I’ve always loved me comforts!
You’d have liked the Ambassador in reality it was a Princess with a facelift mostly the same mechanics but was let down by the lack of a five speed box. It was a shame BL only sold it for two years. @drcongo the Ambassador was your living room on wheels combining the cushiness of hydrogas suspension and the feel of velour seats (if your living room is like mine) .
I remember the Ambassador well @Morris_Ital, when I was a kid I thought it was a slightly silly car for slightly silly old men. But now that I'm a silly old man I have a very different view of it. My current car is the closest thing I've ever found to a living room on wheels and I love it.
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The brain does strange things. I read the letters in that Ambassador reg as BLUE.
I choose cars by which is going to be most like driving a living room.
You’d have liked the Ambassador in reality it was a Princess with a facelift mostly the same mechanics but was let down by the lack of a five speed box. It was a shame BL only sold it for two years.
@drcongo the Ambassador was your living room on wheels combining the cushiness of hydrogas suspension and the feel of velour seats (if your living room is like mine) .
I loved the Cambridge for the deep wallowy seats.
I remember the Ambassador well @Morris_Ital, when I was a kid I thought it was a slightly silly car for slightly silly old men. But now that I'm a silly old man I have a very different view of it. My current car is the closest thing I've ever found to a living room on wheels and I love it.
It’s a glimpse into the future,