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Feb 17, 2007 11:05:30 GMT
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I had a Pageant Blue V-reg 2.0 HL back in 1990, cost me £15 plus another £13 to get it thru the MOT :-)
I wish they'd launched them with a hatch and 5 gears, would have been a winner...they were a bit soft but handled brilliantly, remember a blast down some local lanes with a carb'd XR3 and he couldn't lose me....I was probably seasick at the end though!!!
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Feb 17, 2007 11:59:38 GMT
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 Kinda a 4-door Mk1 Scirocco? |
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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Feb 17, 2007 12:16:21 GMT
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Kinda a 4-door Mk1 Scirocco? That just looks straight amazing! |
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bxer
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Feb 17, 2007 19:08:17 GMT
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I had a Pageant Blue V-reg 2.0 HL back in 1990, cost me £15 plus another £13 to get it thru the MOT :-) I wish they'd launched them with a hatch and 5 gears, would have been a winner...they were a bit soft but handled brilliantly, remember a blast down some local lanes with a carb'd XR3 and he couldn't lose me....I was probably seasick at the end though!!! Someone I knew years ago had a hatchback Princess lurking on his drive... can't remember the story, but it might've been an experimental version or something... Dunno why they weren't 5 speed, when the Maxi was?  |
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Feb 17, 2007 19:15:47 GMT
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The hatchback version was the Ambassador....now so rare even rockin' horse poo is common....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored
Rover 75 - Barge
MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer...
MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored
Project Minion........
Can you see the theme?
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bxer
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Feb 17, 2007 19:28:55 GMT
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The hatchback version was the Ambassador....now so rare even rockin' horse poo is common.... Wasn't the Ambassador a later model? It's a long time ago, but I think this was an early Princess with a hatch, which made it a proper rarity even at the time... I've a feeling it was a fairly early Princess... His was a drive of retro tastiness: This was the late 80s, he had a then newish Manta in gold, his brother had a graphite 2.8 turbo Capri... ;D I lost touch with him many years ago... |
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Feb 17, 2007 21:08:15 GMT
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Kinda a 4-door Mk1 Scirocco? That just looks straight amazing! I would agree totally with the last two comments. Never thought about it before but the front grill is really quite aggressive! |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Feb 18, 2007 18:17:23 GMT
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Oooooooooffff! More silly ideas! You never see em any more! they must be curse word, what was the prob with them or just eternally unfashionable? i thinks they are sexy. you see maxis and allagros occasionally  |
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slater
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Feb 18, 2007 18:27:09 GMT
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i spotted one in use last summer and one turned up in the scrappy at about the same time so they are about.
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chaseracer
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If you have to ask why, you will never understand...
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Feb 18, 2007 18:34:19 GMT
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The hatchback version was the Ambassador....now so rare even rockin' horse poo is common.... Wasn't the Ambassador a later model? It's a long time ago, but I think this was an early Princess with a hatch, which made it a proper rarity even at the time... I've a feeling it was a fairly early Princess... I think Crayford (or some similar top-choppers) did a few hatch conversions on the Princess  |
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Feb 18, 2007 18:38:20 GMT
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They certainly did! www.austin-rover.co.uk/ado71convf.htmBy the way folks, the austin-rover site is somewhere you can spend a LOT of time! Packed full of interesting stuff about cars which everyone just loves to take the proverbial out of. In other words, cars I love! |
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Feb 18, 2007 19:44:19 GMT
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those p shop are awesome slater. if u started on one now u could have it finished for tuesday dinner time.
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Mike
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Feb 18, 2007 23:05:40 GMT
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Aren't Lotus rims (a la Rmads ride) 4 x 114.3 pcd? Just trying to imagine a princess on lotus rimz...
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zeus
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Feb 18, 2007 23:21:18 GMT
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Just had a quick go:  |
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Aug 31, 2019 19:44:44 GMT
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Custom car mag 1980 i know a guy who ended up owning this modded princess in 1985
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Aug 31, 2019 22:28:07 GMT
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That was modded by Richard King (El Richie) Karman Konnection.
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vulgalour
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Holy thread revival! To answer the Q about Lotus rims.  And the question about modified Princesses.   So there you go. One exists. |
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Sept 1, 2019 14:46:40 GMT
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A Princess has a lot of potential - the problem was the 'Broughamification' of the design between concept and production. That is to say the gratuitous adding of chrome trim along the wings, vinyl roof, Calligraphic badges and trinkets everywhere that worked against the very futuristic wedge-shape and sharp creases. Other problems are the long front overhang, the curve at the bottom of the front door window edges, the overly bulbous wheel arches, low door handles and the slightly-too-big rise in the bonnet to cover the windscreen wipers. I wont mention the rear lights that look like they've been installed upside down. Do away with those, add a little crease along the bottom of the doors and add some nice Alpina rims and there's a real diamond there. - Definitely more like a Giorgetto Giugiaro design of the time like a Golf or Scirocco Mk1.  EDIT One thing not mentioned in this thread yet is the one-off Triplex 10-20 'Glassback' I'd say this fits the brief of 'modded Princess' to a tee     I understand it's at the Gaydon museum. |
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Sept 1, 2019 16:46:12 GMT
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most "modded" one i have seen was about 25 years ago.. a group of lads cruising in a convertible. by convertible i mean they had welded to the doors up and hacked to roof of and beaten over the sharp edges with lump hammer and graffiti'd it up. memorable yes...pretty no!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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