19TGD Estate on Bay of E

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19TGD Estate on Bay of E

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About 25 miles away from me but never seen it about.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Citroen-BX-/18066 ... 2a10a672b3
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''This car is not new so being french has the usual dents and scratches''

He has a strange perception of French cars :?
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P'raps he watched that Peugeot 206 advert where the indian guy beats his old Ambassador into a Pug and thought it was the way all French cars are made??????????? :lol:
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This one is close to me too but do i want another one??
Cant drive em both at the same time!!! :o
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Des Smith wrote:P'raps he watched that Peugeot 206 advert where the indian guy beats his old Ambassador into a Pug and thought it was the way all French cars are made??????????? :lol:
DES !

Are you SURE it was an AMBASSADOR :?


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RxBX wrote:
Des Smith wrote:P'raps he watched that Peugeot 206 advert where the indian guy beats his old Ambassador into a Pug and thought it was the way all French cars are made??????????? :lol:
DES !

Are you SURE it was an AMBASSADOR :?


:lol:
Yes he is, read the footnote *
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You mean a Hindustan Ambassador then, which is basically an old Morris Oxford, so not an Austin Ambassador, so your both right. Play nicely :wink:
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Defender110 wrote:...................
Yes he is, read the footnote *
But we don't live in India, also I've never been to India and I never wish to !

So as the foot note extends to states 'but based on a Morris Oxford from the 1950s'.

So if DES was describing the particular vehicle as to what it is known by in India, he should have stated it was a 'Hindustan Ambassador' !
(From the Link) wrote:The car is known as a Hindustan Ambassador in India, but based on a Morris Oxford from the 1950s.
But a comment on the YOU TUBE (Advert) someone thinks it's a Morris Minor :-
You Tube Comment wrote:Thats thats the one were he turns a moris miner into a 206.
Note the Lovelly Spellin :lol:

Back O/T, IIRC the Green 19 TGD Estate has been on E-Bay before (Within the last 6 month's) where the corrosion issues were highlighted/discussed, if someone can be bothered to search thro' the forum/posts !

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Oh what it is to be in the company of experts! I know it was an Ambassador because I had the dubious pleasure of a taxi ride in one across Delhi and I felt quite indignant that I might meet my maker in an Indian re-tread of a fifties car. Now that was an experience I'd rather not repeat :shock: and certainly not one suitable for diplomats of any persuasion. Only slightly less scary than a ride in a tuc-tuc earlier the same day. Then there was the flight out of a fog-bound Delhi...

The Austin Ambassador was a face-lifted Princess, yes. What I don't remember is whether this was anything other than the desperate marketing ploy of British Leyland in its death-throes.

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RxBX wrote:if someone can be bothered to search thro' the forum/posts !
:-k Hmmm, do you know of anyone who could be bothered to do such a thing? :wink:
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Hindustan Ambassador based on Morris Oxford Series 3

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I sold a black Austin 2 litre Ambassador to a neighbour, it was a stunning looking car inside and out and he loved it, the only problem he, and I had with it was fuel consumption, he couldn't afford it and I couldn't improve it.
I think at best it got around 16 mpg. Gibbo.
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RxBX wrote:
Defender110 wrote:...................
Yes he is, read the footnote *
But we don't live in India, also I've never been to India and I never wish to !

So as the foot note extends to states 'but based on a Morris Oxford from the 1950s'.

So if DES was describing the particular vehicle as to what it is known by in India, he should have stated it was a 'Hindustan Ambassador' !
Blumin eck Rick, The advert was filmed / based in India so Des quite correctly mentioned it as an Ambassador, this was purely a humourous correct observation not an advanced technical quote with dire consequencies if he was wrong (which he wasn't :lol: ).
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a humourous correct observation not an advanced technical quote
Thanks, Kevan. Couldn't have put it better myself! I was referring to a Hindustan Ambassador. The one I was briefly acquainted with was black, old and dented. Sadly I didn't get the driver's name or his inside leg measurement, but if fate should offer up a chance meeting, I will of course post my findings on this thread for completeness.

As for India, well worth the visit IMHO. It certainly has the effect of giving an individual a sense of proportion.

Apologies for rambling further off-thread. The BX is certainly worth a punt for someone... I am seriously considering a holiday home in the south of france and a diesel estate would be ideal for carting sundry possessions long distances. Maybe next year...

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I had an Austin Princess for too short a time for it to appear on my list of 'vehicles owned' - it was a stop-gap car and pissed petrol out of too many orrifices. I thought the Princess was the 1800 and the Ambassador the 2200 ?

Interesting car despite its strangenesses - the balloon tyres meant that if I reversed into its parking slot in my driveway and just missed the tree - it would hit the tree on its way out again because of the flexibility of the tyres.

And another thing - popped in to the local shop and when I got back to the car there was an elderly couple sitting in the back :lol: took me a couple of minutes to explain that it wasn't the taxi they'd ordered :lol:
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