My ride in Rudra's Amby was long overdue.. i was wanting to check out his ride from quite sometime and today at the meet when Rudra showed up in his Amby, my eyes lit up... i thought to myself... this is it.. today is the day...
And what a car it turned out to be! truly one of a kind... my first leg of the drive was in the Amby and as i was hopping in... Rudra said "i'm running it in after the head job.. so i won't be fast".. so i expected him to do around 60-80kmph... but, only later would i realise that "running it in" for this Amby meant comfortably cruise at 100-110kmph!! The speedo was a bit off so it was showing around 80kmph. Later Anush was the one who said we were doing 100+ at some places!! All this while keeping the rpm below 3500.
Later, during our first stop, i hopped along with Anush in his Esteem, who decided to follow the Amby along the way... and as Keshav mentioned in the above post.. the car was rock steady while doing 90-100kmph!
Hell! no other car, apart from maybe a couple of cars from our group, could beat this Amby.. and in the Esteem we were doing 100-110 just to keep in touch with it! It changed directions like no other amby i've ever seen.. and absolutely poised while doing so..
This Amby really moves...while overtaking other cars it never felt the lack of power or torque... there was plenty of it.. always... even with the AC on, the car was doing good speeds comfortably.
The ride is immaculate, no complains what so ever and while keeping the ride clean, like i've already mentioned earlier, it sort of liked to change directions quickly..like modern day cars or maybe even better than some.
The interiors are top class as most of the members already know.. awesome looking bucket seats with leathers, really nice audio setup along with a good instrument console.
The engine note is really really pleasing. It produces a nice little grunty sort of note that puts a smile on your face.
The one thing i really like in this car is its functionality. Unlike many old (and maybe a few newer) Ambys , the door knobs work, the headlamps work, the window rollers work.. everything is just right. But, the fine tuning and finishing for the car is still pending, which i'm sure will be done shortly...
For a 40+ year old car....... its doing great! The engine note will take some time to stop ringing in my ears. For anyone who wants to know a car or rather a classic car feels like...... take a ride in this Amby. This has it all, classic looks, the interiors... the engine.. well, i can brag about it all day.
It turns out that everything about this car is about 20-30% better than i expected, and i was expecting a lot from this car. I would say that this is the best Amby in the entire country... nowhere would you find a more well maintained Amby which would be this quick. The best Amby in India.. without a doubt. |