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| ![]() Nice amby. the color is Neptune blue one could find quite some cars with this king of modifications like gypsy disc etc. one of my uncle has an amby with a matador engine and isuzu gear box fitted way back in coimbatore CAG recently done up with a good paint job from Chevorlet showroom , bucket seats from coimbatore . May be the car would be up for sale also. If any one intrested PM. Are any more Landmaster / amby restoration in progress. What is the status and update of the restored Landmaster's could all owners advise on how the cars are doing. ![]() my car will be going back to garage for some metal work and a over coat of paint. will post the pics soon. cheers Pradeep |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() I got this mail from my friend, who owns a few Ambassadors and some Morris Oxford Series II and III from the UK.The extract from this mail pertaining to the Ambassador is put up here: "Our Ambassador is going to be used for filming on Saturday, 12th Dec 2009. The job takes place in London [ we are only 22 miles from the centre of London] and we have to be there at 7 A.M. At this stage I do not know if it is a film or a pop video but the scene is an Indian family arriving in London to live and their possessions being unloaded, the Ambassador emerges from the back of a large removal lorry, decorated with garlands etc, that is all I know at the moment." "Had an interesting experience today with a new customers Ambassador. The owner brought this car with her from Delhi where she had worked at the French embassy. The car is a 2006 petrol model with air con and power steering. We had to take it for the 'Individual vehicle approval' test which is a legal requirement here. It failed on a few niggly points but more worryingly it failed on the glass not having the appropriate markings on it. This could turn into a real headache." Last edited by anjan_c2007 : 13th December 2009 at 19:24. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Again Ambassadors here from Kolkata their heartland. ![]() This Amby Mark 4's headlight chrome rings are basically the ones that go with the Mark 1 and II.Guess some older, classic Amby owner looking for these may feel the pinch seeing these here in the wrong place. ![]() ![]() This one is parked in the Park Circus area ![]() This one has the tailgate and the glass on the rear door plus the glass between the B and C pillars from the Maruti Omni-What an ingenuity? ![]() This last one shows the newer taxis -the 1500DSL Grand,5 Speed conforming to the BS III norms, taking over from the older Ambys.The 15 year or older taxis are off road now, going by the court ruling on commercial vehicles.The new taxi costs Rs 3.80 L on road and the older one gets Rs 50,000 in exchange.The taxi series WB 02 D 0001 till 9999 has ended within some three years (a record of sorts) due to the brisk sales of Ambassador taxis recorded. Its WB 02 E 0001 onwards now for the newer taxis. The plastic bumpers and the newer fairings on the new taxis give an unwritten message. The chrome bumpers of the older Mark 4 may be passe soon and it will not be surprising to see these bumpers feature for sale after a few years on the Vintage and Classic car Spares thread or on eBay. Another point that comes to the fore is that the last car in India to be still manufactured with chrome bumpers will no more come with these as OE. Last edited by anjan_c2007 : 24th December 2009 at 19:56. |
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![]() The very first model among Ambys. Even though of course, it never was officially badged as such, it's only for convenience sake that we call it mk1. | |
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Thats in contrast with the Morris badged cars sold and exported by Morris Motors, UK, where the OHV engines were launched with the Morris Oxford Series II (the workshop manual copy of which is with me)viz. Landmaster here.The 1472 cc side valve that was fitted to the Morris Oxford MO Series (our Hindustan 14) was shelved with that model but found its place under the Landmaster's and later the early Ambassadors bonnet. True as Stanher says there was no Mark I. It was only the Ambassador here and the Morris Oxford Series III there in the U.K.The car started getting Marks after 1964 with the Mark II. | |
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| ![]() posting pics of my friend's ambassador recently restored in coimbatore . |
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