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09 May 2011, 10:08 PM
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09 May 2011, 11:22 PM
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Yeah, bloke I used to work for got one. Pile of crap, never worked.
09 May 2011, 11:39 PM
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Brushed stainless Steel
Took the Taxpayer for a shed load of money..............but the fim was fun LOL
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Austin Princess .... smart
10 May 2011, 06:40 AM
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10 May 2011, 06:50 AM
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Cheaper to run a flux capicitor on depleted uranium than v power know adays lol
10 May 2011, 08:10 AM
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Wow, you don't see many of those! Actually looks pretty clean o.o
10 May 2011, 08:22 AM
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10 May 2011, 08:24 AM
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Brushed Ali panels, Renault engine... 88mph was but a dream....
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There is one around Derby. The owner used to go to same gym as me. But yeh, a rare piece of history.
10 May 2011, 08:51 AM
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do they not run a volvo engine? await my correction :-)
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10 May 2011, 09:09 AM
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do they not run a volvo engine? await my correction :-)
PRV-V6 engine. Primarily Renault but I think Pugeot and Volvo had their finger in the pie (so to speak).
Besides, Renault and Volvo and large affiliations back in the day.
10 May 2011, 09:12 AM
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Brushed Ali panels, Renault engine... 88mph was but a dream....
looks quite a lot like a Renault 15 as well
10 May 2011, 09:27 AM
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4 or 5 of them at Goodwood Supercar Sunday the other weekend, one done up to look like the car in the films.
10 May 2011, 10:28 AM
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do they not run a volvo engine? await my correction :-)
Mainly Renault: but sourced via Volvo.
Almost all of Volvo's engines during that era were outsourced, mainly via Renault.
Yes, you could put in a 5 GT turbo unit into a Volvo 340 if one wished, both had the same pushrod 1.4 unit (and OHC 1.7)
10 May 2011, 10:57 AM
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There is one around Derby. The owner used to go to same gym as me. But yeh, a rare piece of history.
there is one in heanor, I was going to show it you, but looks like they have requested its removed on street view?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=hean...N&hl=en&tab=wl
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Mainly Renault: but sourced via Volvo.
Almost all of Volvo's engines during that era were outsourced, mainly via Renault.
Yes, you could put in a 5 GT turbo unit into a Volvo 340 if one wished, both had the same pushrod 1.4 unit (and OHC 1.7)
Ahh the good old C1J
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10 May 2011, 11:54 AM
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I've owned one of the last Ambassadors - from March 1984 - a 2.0 HL Automatic. Usual problems on the body-work are evident (wheel arches and door rust, but all mainly surface not deep), but the interior is very spacious, as is the engine bay.
Automatic model works very well for it's age, and I've found the car to be surprisingly economical. Shape is striking (chap I know mistook it for a DeLorean at first!), and she'll still turn quite a few heads.
There can't be a huge number left - a good classic for the future, I think.
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