Hindustan Ambassador - India's best loved classic car

[@eddiestevenson-kaatsch6306]

Oh my goodness! I used to work with Fullbore Motors, the UK importer of Hindustan Ambassadors way back when. Tim Bishop (Tatra, Connaught, etc) had the contract to put them through the Euro regs and I did the brake development. I believe our prototype was the only car that ever got the full system added, as Fullbore offered the car with the 'upgrade' of original carb setup, and everyone chose that! Suffice to say, at least one Hindustan lives out there with full sequential fuel injection, catalyst, a form of ABS and every other (then) modern technical feature, including the ability to top 100mph quite easily

[@thromboid]

Now that's what I call a hybrid! 😊

[@genespell4340]

I had an Isuzu Pup pickup. It had a 1.8 with a two barrel carburetor and a four speed transmission. It got about 30 mpg city and highway combined. At 1800 rpm it would be doing 55 mph. It would easily go way beyond 100 mph but I didn't want a speeding ticket so I never tried to get it that fast. If the Hindustan will only do 90 with a five speed, the rear end must be geared very low. I think the body style is very nice and would be glad to own one if I could afford it.

[@harindranathghosh1283]

reading this gives me goosebumps

[@RonBhattacharya]

Even the later version of the car in India could do 140 KMPH quite easily (I've ridden in one) on the highways. And I don't know why the one in the video doesn't, but Ambys (as they're called in upscale Indian circles) do have air conditioning.

[@ankurbamne7155]

I am yet to sit in a car as spacious and as comfortable as an ambassador. The Indian military has these ambassadors with a gloss black polish. And they look beautiful 😍

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

"Ranjit, you are on KP son... now get polishing the Major's car!"

[@E_Legal_Alien]

You've never sat in a late 80s Lincoln Town Car

[@captainnemo8072]

Even more with the front and rear bench seats models.

[@ianjay5301]

Used to get a ride to school every day in an Ambassador when we lived in Bangalore in the 1960's. At the time it was practically the only thing you saw and we travelled all over southern India in it.

[@iceberg789]

wow. you must have been rich.

[@MoneyMuscleMastery38]

Rich guy😊

[@bucksman]

Yeah 😂. One had to be pretty rich to be getting dropped to school in one of those.

[@chrispenn715]

When they were first imported to the UK, one of the gimmicks was the two speed wipers described as: 1st speed for rain, 2nd for monsoon 😂

[@chennai9090]

😂

[@RonBhattacharya]

Hahaha! 😅

[@prakashtiwari8003]

😂😂

[@ArupRatanMitra]

My father was a used car dealer in the early 2000s so I got to ride on a lot of different Ambassadors as a child, back then I'd be embarrassed to be seen on an Ambassador but today I'd pay good money for one in good condition

[@HardikPatel1992]

One of the grandfather in my village in India had exact same model. But after he died, I don't know what his sons did to his car. I wanted one like that but my father or grandfather didn't have money to afford one. I wanted to sit inside ambassador but unfortunately, I couldn't. I wish I could go back to 25 years ago to fulfill my wish.

[@ArupRatanMitra]

@@HardikPatel1992 Great to hear from you, I've been looking for a mk1 for while now but everything I've come accross till now is either in bad condition or is missing documents

[@OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOok]

Like 2 dollars for this shitbox?

[@gaufrid1956]

A Morris Oxford for the nineties, noughties, and early teenies. An amazingly long-lived vehicle.

[@RogerWarren-ec2ql]

Morris.oxford.provine.winner❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertkartechner5850]

Reminiscent of my dad's 1958 Morris Oxford. 45 HP and hauled a 12 ft Sprite caravan all over Europe when he was stationed in Germany. Such a great little car.

[@gaufrid1956]

@@robertkartechner5850 Certainly was! My late dad in Australia owned an Austin A40 when I was very small in the early sixties. We were pretty much a BMC family.

[@siddharthshekhar909]

​@@robertkartechner5850The Ambassador IS based on the Morris Oxford.

[@checkthetech9125]

It will be dream to drive a amby in those roads .we are even comfortable with amby with roads have 4*4 experience here in india😂

[@trraghunandan9726]

Have an Amby bought new by my parents in September, 1964. It has an unusual colour, a brownish pink shade termed as 'Autumn Russet' in the shade card. It's run all over India, 600,000 miles to be precise. It was my sole, daily use car till 2012. There are many active Amby enthusiast groups in India now and we argue a great deal about originality, modifications and driving these lovable beasts.

[@rahulgolikeri1187]

Do you still have it? Wondering if you would be interested in selling it...

[@RonBhattacharya]

When the modular Marutis came out in the early 90s, we were in high school... and there was a common joke among us that if you lose a nut in an Amby, you can just stick in a radish and make it to the next service station. 😅

[@redbaron18]

I'm speaking from Kolkata, India. Just a few miles from the city was where once HM had their ambassador unit. It's a shame that we couldn't go on with it. The Hindmotor factory complex today lies abandoned, and HM is out of the market. No ambassadors are produced anymore. Bengal lost one of it's glory. And now, we are planning to stop the tram services in the city, probably the oldest in Asia. Anyway, glad you made this video. Thanks.

[@dnapolren]

I am sorry but at this pace Kolkata is going end up like Detroit.. can't live in the past..

[@bineetgupta]

We ❌️ TMC party ✅️ TMC has ruined Bengal completely that 'we' includes those hordes of fools who vote for it, but it definitely does not include everyone

[@TraderQuant]

@@bineetgupta So sad to see people on a self-destruction path by electing first CPI(M) for decades and now TMC ....so for last 50 yrs they have turned "West Bengal" to "Waste Bengal"!

[@terraplane49]

The car equivalent of the Royal Enfield Bullet, and just as excellent. Great description and I wouldn't mind owning one.

[@Mariazellerbahn]

The Ambassador is in many ways the equivalent of America's Checker Marathon.

[@nlpnt]

And/or the Ford Panther platform.

[@warmstrong5612]

@@nlpnt Sort of a mix of the two.

[@Davyfb75]

I think they stopped the Checker Marathon in 1982

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The influence of the Hillman Minx is unmistakable......

[@danielhutchinson6604]

@jonahwhale9047 The lines of the Car just looked like my Hillmans.

[@stephenwestley1017]

That's how cars should be made, adaptable to any era id drive one around ❤

[@chennai9090]

Morris oxford in India Ambassador has seen transformation with unthinkable mods in India

[@shyamchabra5355]

Just what India needed, bright lights and a loud horn!

[@huguesgillet1967]

Hello from France ! Amazing mix between antics and modernity 😊

[@IanRosie-mx6rn]

Talking of mysterious switches. Back in my youth, a friend in Alston had an old Moggie Traveller that he careered around the Northumberland moors in. My first time in it I noticed a rocker switch on the dash that had 'Switch' hand printed above it. I asked him, as he sawed away at the wheel, what it did. He looked at it for a moment, then replied "Well, if I flick it up, I get the smell of burning wiring. If I flick it down, I don't". Cheap motoring in the 1980s.

[@FMFGUF]

Hehe, I still use a 1970 one today for that reason.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

I wonder if tht switch is the electric radio antennae mounted on the left rear quarter panel?

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

The Ambassador is the Indian equivant of the Lada, but curiously westeners never think of critizing it for being old and obsolete... Either way, I really want one.

[@Yandex-y1p]

Lada is still going the boxy Lada was still in production until 2018 although only as an estate.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

@@Yandex-y1p I thought it stopped in 2012 in Egypt? They're still making the Lada Niva though.

[@Yandex-y1p]

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge yes you're correct the Niva is still in production. There's also the Vista, Vesta and Largos although that's a rebadged Dacia.

[@clivefrankwhite4690]

You do talk rubbish they were a British based car nothing like a Lada all the tooling was British to make these cars

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

@@clivefrankwhite4690 Okay, so?

[@ArupRatanMitra]

5:56 One little correction though, you'll mostly see Ambassador taxis in and around Kolkata, in the rest of India including the south Ambassadors are mostly used privately and they're getting increasingly rare

[@andyf750]

When I travelled round India in the late 1980s this was literally the only make of car on the roads. I'd love one now! You look fab as always Steph! x

[@mrcringe-fg6zq]

That was because we were a communist dictatorship back then

[@PatDemitras]

As I watched this latest, terrific, episode, I am struck by how uneven UK roads are. Must be good for suspension parts suppliers! Thanks Steph!

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

If it was a stabilized camera not basically hard mounted to the body/window etc....the progress would look much smoother!

[@Happyfacehotwheels]

A solid axle with leaf springs makes it ride like a truck. Modern suspension as spoiled us just a little. 😁

[@frimleyfrodo]

My father, who served his mechanics apprenticeship in the late fifties was a master at setting up drum brakes. When I had a mk2 Escort 1100 in the late eighties, he kept them on form for me and the only issue I ever had was one occurrence of brake fade coming down the Llangynidr mountain road in south Wales because I held the pedal down for far too long and overheated them. He passed away 9 years ago and I recently set about sorting the drums on the rear of my son’s Corsa with a wish that he was still about to advise me!

[@genespell4340]

My first two cars had drum brakes and I thought they worked quite well. I did all of the mechanical work on my vehicles including the brakes with the exception of a few oil changes. I got baptized in auto mechanics starting at nine years old. Just watch some KZbin videos on drum brakes and you won't have any problems.

[@stephenricketts7764]

Maybe it's me but the engine still sounds like a Morris Oxford from the back! It was the best thing Morris could have done at the time and I don't want to sound patronising in saying that. They could not have known it would have lasted so long but for India it has been a great car and still is. The BBC did a programme in the last year of production with the presenter travelling through India and it didn't miss a beat as far as I recall. This is a wonderful example and I would say it has many, many more years of motoring ahead of it. Thank you for the review Steph I hope one day you get your hands on one of these perhaps even with a mystery switch! 👍👍

[@UnknownPurush]

its a love of many india kid from 90s, sofa type seating, so comfortably safe

[@bindefuni5407]

In the 2000s Peugeot ran a TV advert where one of these was transformed into a 206.

[@gazonatrike7005]

it'd be the other way round now 😆

[@martijnappeldoorn8686]

Funny commercial that was!, he even had an elephant sitting on it as I recall 😂

[@UnusSedLeo-w5l]

I still remember the music/song that went along with it.

[@CheerfulNE]

I do remember riding this car a few times when I was a kid, around 1996 or 97. The comfort is something that I still remember about this car and the seats were Bench Seats at the time.

[@julesmarwell8023]

an utterly practical good motor car without a computer. just what we need today. Thank you greetings from OZ

[@mirchshake50]

My dad had one of these in the 70s. It came with a column shift. This one is obviously a custom job. All the dials, dash, switches etc. were different. Even the wipers were opposing ones. Good memories

[@Hankynopanky]

In India , you could get one with a bench seat in the front . I have memories of 3 passengers sitting in front 😂. What a great car the Amby is man , and that engine rumble was just so special and still is

[@JacobTJ1]

That Engine sound is very soothing and nostalgic

[@abhijitkundu1879]

It was you all overseas who are very much keen into preservation and restoration of old vintage and cult cars 🌹❤️🌹❤️🙏🙏🙏thank you n lots of respect

[@johnfh]

In 1961 or 1962 I drove my boss's 1955 Morris Oxford to have the windscreen replaced. I had a VW Beetle and my father had a Vauxhall Velox - the Oxford was horrible! But a few years later I travelled in a Hindustan taxi a few times in India, it was more in its place there.

[@zarkocambier2124]

SINCERLY I LOVE THIS INDIAN CAR. BRAVO.

[@PranayBansal_]

Genuinely my dream car. Been looking to buy one for a while now

[@neilfoster814]

It needs a tassel fringe at the top of the windscreen, and an statuette of Shiva or Ganesh on the dashboard! A nice, useable classic though. My classic has drum brakes all round, so I know what you mean.

[@andywells397]

That Isuzu engine was indestructible..

[@jb6142]

Had that engine in my Bedford midi van 1986

[@westmus]

Drums can brake just as hard as discs. But discs have by design better cooling, meaning they are an better fit for hard use. But discs do also require an higher line pressure to give the same brake force as drums, since drums are self-energizing. So brake servo became an standard, as discs became the standard on cars. Discs without servo do usually need an somewhat high pedal pressure or have an long pedal travel (to get leverage).

[@genespell4340]

​​@@emjayayyou have to press the pedal a few times to dry out the shoes and drums and your brakes will be completely normal again.

[@pradeepKarInd]

Nostalgic car. As a kid during 80s-90s from a middle-class Indian family, a car meant only 2 makes: Ambassador and Premier Padmini (Fiat).

[@davidhinkson8856]

This car truly has a fascinating history and it's good that the manufacturers in India kept on updating it as the years went on to keep it relatively competitive against much newer cars. How many other cars have had such a long production run? The KZbin channel "Big Car" did the full rundown on the Hindustan Ambassador a couple of years ago, but it's nice to see one being driven. I suppose it's a homecoming of sorts, given that it originated in England. I guess you could call it a factory resto mod, and I'm impressed with the quality of the seats. Presumably if you own one it shouldn't be too hard to get parts for it since it was in production for so many years and I'm sure there are enthusiast clubs in India and among the Indian community in other countries catering for it.

[@impgt67]

Hi Steph, David here from Tasmania. That round gauge on the right hand side of the dash, looks like the same one fitted to just about every Hillman Minx, Sunbeam and many other Rootes family cars I have restored/worked on over the last 20 years

[@adarshbijumaya]

Sir/ma’am, the hillman minx can be associated with fiat padmini. It was the compact version of ambassador 😊

[@richardshiggins704]

I used to see many of them in India (2016) and still used as Govt. cars . They were frequently white in colour .

[@ethelmini]

That'll be the air conditioning.

[@RobertHaynes-kw2sk]

The dashboard style & format derived from the Vanden Plas Princess 1100 apparently, Steph. I also see that the radiator grille derived from the Humber Hawk that came out first in 1957 and was in production 10 years. The gauge circle on the right hand side of the steering column does come from a Triumph, the 1500 by my reckoning. Only 62 days and counting until the Classic Motor Show at the NEC, so I'll see you there along with Freddie & the team from HubNut.

[@evertonshorts9376]

It crossed my mind that it might've been a Rover P4, but I think you're right with tthe Vanden Plas Princess.

[@RobertSmith-jl4yw]

Yes, or the Allegro version. The clock is mounted in the original ash-tray hole. The triple gauge is 1/6 out of rotation anti-clockwise.

[@phillipevans9414]

I thought the "triple" gauge looked like the one from a mark 1 Cortina (Smiths gauges were common fitment on heaps of different makes/model back in the day)...but I could be wrong? Cheers!

[@robt2151]

Agreed on the VDP, especially the cracking on the glove box!

[@stuartdavies5191]

Great video thanks Steph- looks like you had fun 🚗💨

[@MrStinker101]

Thank you for uploading this great video

[@michaeltutty1540]

It is the master cylinder that is the important bit to make sure it is a dual system. I learned to drive on a 72 Dodge Dart with 4 wheel drum brakes without assist. Given a strong enough leg the brakes will lock up. The only benefit to discs is the heat factor and that can be mitigated with synthetic brake fluid. We went climbing the Rocky Mountains in the Dart with no problem and no special techniques. What a fantastic video. Good luck on the hunt for an Ambassador. Looks like great fun. You, as always, are looking fantastic. You always make these videos so great to watch. Well done.

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

Those seats would look at home in our Rover 75 Classic. Saw one of these in 1998 at the Enfield Pageant of Motoring, a wonderful car with a Japanese engine. Whats not to like.

[@srinathiyengar.mudgal]

So nice to see this, my uncle had one of these in the 80's. Very very dependable and no nonsense vehicle. Thanks for refreshing the memories.

[@confusedbuddy5156]

Hi I am the grandson of Hindustan Motors chief engineer and maintenance manager 😊

[@joyid]

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[@confusedbuddy5156]

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[@ExcitedHiker-ro7ku]

He didn't have any name?

[@scroll.withmohit]

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[@confusedbuddy5156]

@@ExcitedHiker-ro7ku yes he have if require I will mention 🙄

[@timhughes8386]

Hi Stephanie, I think that the Hindustan dashboard is taken from a Triumph Toledo, or the like, but definitely looks Triumphesque to me.God Bless you, Tim from Sandhurst ❤❤

[@davidquinn5906]

I think that's one imported as a 'Fullbore Mk10' One of the changes they made on import was to add that wood dash. I believe the Indian market car had a horrible horrible plastic dash.

[@timhughes8386]

Ah thank you, I thought that seemed odd or irregular

[@Vince_uk]

Another great video and subject Steph.

[@princepinju]

LOVED OUR HAMBI ON BRITISH ROADS. GREAT REVIEW

[@dhall4363]

Ahh serious bumper bars. Like how the rear one has had bits welded to it. Interesting car that could do with some bringing back to original state.

[@gazonatrike7005]

lovely video, enhanced by me knowing the roads you're on which is always fun for some reason.

[@scroggins100]

Amazing how much decoration the average Indian Taxi. Chinz everywhere, tassels and more of your average 50s front parlour.

[@davidking9707]

I adore those cars. Another great video well done.

[@nyctophilecat]

So I am sure now my phone listens to me. Just yesterday I was saying that I want to buy an used ambassador and my mother strongly opposed my idea based on how old they are now. Today this video pops up. Lovely video❤❤.

[@allanmollison6971]

Very interesting car, never seen one before, Thanks for sharing Steph 😊👍

[@GavinMellon]

I'd love one of these.

[@arianbardez7149]

I owned and drove an Ambassador from 1975 to 1985. It surely was spacious and rugged.

[@RonaldThomas-j9g]

what a wonderful car and I think that the dashboard look's like a mix of Triumph and Vanden Plas.

[@jb3222]

I agree - VDP was my first thought!

[@grumpytorque8905]

Been in them when I worked in Mumbai as beaten up taxis. However that is a great example.

[@Aniketshyam]

the one you have ridden in mumbai was probably a Premier Padmini derived from the Fiat 1100D

[@Alexanderstive]

Wow I really appreciate your love with ambassador I can't believe it the Indian famous car in European roads thanks for sharing mam

[@pauldavies6037]

Another gem Steph what an improvement and modern upgrades the Indians have made to the old Morris Oxford I'm impressed

[@bobwalsh172]

Nice to learn the history of the Hindustan Ambassador. British and American customisers have for ages been in the habit of re-engining old cars, usually with the aim of enhancing performance; but it's all frowned on by preservationists. Hindustan were effectively "modders" with a production line, which gave their mods a claim to authenticity. Incidentally, the most fascinating mod job I heard of involved the machinery from a crashed Marina TC going into a Morris Minor - complete with the original Minor wheels. It was reckoned to be easy to do, because the Marina was just a stretched Minor with new body panels. Result: bog standard looking Minor with 90 bhp...!!

[@philbaldwin7190]

Hi Enjoying your videos and especially the informed commentary. Found your KZbin from the interview you did with Tasty Classics. Keep up the good work. Thanks

[@gokulkrishna4456]

Our family still owns on from the 1957 , one of the first model company rolled out. It has a trafficators. Children used to slam the door harder to make those things pop up.

[@lanternsown3525]

I'd love to own one those Ambassadors.

[@amitmitra6487]

Brilliant presentation...loved it👍👍

[@martiniv8924]

Been in a few of those in different cities in India over the years, with the older original engines too …..and survived ! 😅

[@ganeshshenoy1102]

... i learned driving on one of these steph in the early 80's...that brought back a lot of memories... thanks for the upload... Cheers❤🎉

[@lovinthumper]

Your knowledge of the Ambassdoor and the Indian automotive landscape is fairlly accurate - An Indian from the south indian state of Kerala (Owned Ambassdoor Nova)

[@ambassadorcarclub]

I also have the 2006 model, this car is the best car in India

[@debasisagasti5646]

I learnt a new thing-Biting Point of the clutch. The way she drives and elaborates things, I am going to watch her videos.

[@vetiarvind]

Ambassador, Maruti 800 and Premium Padmini were the iconic classics of India. My neighbour still has his dad's padmini and maintains it quite well. There was also the Contessa classic but i don't see many of them on the road.

[@a11csc]

just the perfect starter classic Steph

[@Scrubworks]

My dad investigated buying one of these when the Fullbore company was set up in the mid-80s to import them. He visited the dealers who were a bunch of sharkish businessmen operating out of some railway arches in Fulham. As you touched on, the promises made by the dealer were many but when it actually came to the sticker price he was put off. He ended up doing a Hubnut and buying a brand new 2CV Dolly.

[@roygeorge1386]

Morris Mainer Mark III is HM Ambassador.. still i have it and doing well, 1961 model . valuable road vehicle it is .. no other one in the history same as it ..

[@sumanpaulchowdhury8333]

My neighbour used to be the chief sofa maker for the ambassador. In India we had bench seats for the front. Which was amazing actually. That person was amazing. He even built a sofa for us in ambassador style. It was amazingly comfortable.

[@ShubhoBose]

This car was produced very close to my hometown in India; and are very commonly still used as taxis in a yellow paint scheme there. Leather seats are not that much preferred in India as leather gets really hot in summer.

[@clangerbasher]

When back in the day I learned about these I sooooooooooo wanted one.

[@adoreslaurel]

In Australia in the 1950s the Yellow cab company dropped using basic Dodge type vehicles [plymouth, de soto ] and they went over to the Morris Oxford with the 1500 cc B series engine.

[@stuartrudrum779]

Lovely Video Steph, lovely car and gorgeous scenery. I live in County Durham, love it ( originally from Norwich City, Norfolk ). I have had many classic cars. over the years, Inc. a Humber Sceptre to name but one.

[@SAM-zt2uy]

There was one at the Cai Dai Museum in North Wales on a P reg, I've seen an Indian Restaurant in Nottingham with a couple of Morris Oxfords sat outside done up very smart with flags and decorations.

[@glmm2001]

The car lasted so much due to the closed Indian auto market. The fact there was little to no competition keep Hindustan building obsolete vehicles with the absolute minimum upgrades. This changed as the Indian economy opened and newer cars became available. Hindustan Motors tried to modernize their steed with little success as sale began to crash and the general obsolescence of the car finally killed it in 2014

[@virtuosowins]

My grandfather had a mark 3 Ambassador when I was a kid. As he lived 350 KM away, I would visit only on holidays and this car was a holiday companion. It had, what I'd presume a BMC petrol engine and hand gear. Fond memories.

[@sarathyj]

This is car I learnt to drive back in the day....and also on Premier Padmini (which was based off of Fiat 1100 Delight)

[@BelfastMurf]

Ha! Mystery switch! I thought I was the only one who used that term! I use it to refer to the indicator stalks on BMWs….!

[@keithfernandes7350]

After the landmaster it was Mark 2, Mark 3 and Mark 4 The Contessa was a repeat of the Vauxhall but never really succeeded unfortunately Having lived with an Ambassador it was and always will be an iconic part of growing up

[@eyelidlighting7830]

This is the classic car even today in India.

[@spodface12]

Once again Steph. lovely pattern on the dress !

[@captaindelta43]

Absolute God tier childhood OG car . As legendary as it , its so painstakingly manual which was actually the joy of driving it

[@Krieky]

Visited Calcutta in 2019 and sat in a rickety Ambassador taxi there and loved it absolutely! I think everything but the horn made a sound in the car!

[@GunnarMiller]

I was on a business trip to Singapore in the 1990s, and on the road in from the airport I saw a completely beaten-up Bedford truck humping it in the oncoming lane. I thought to myself "rule Brittania!"

[@shrishsingh9791]

This car is still relevant in today traffic and road conditions, one of the best car

[@henryjohn2218]

All ambi fans assemble here!!!

[@lesklower7281]

I actually do like lndian built vehicles we own one a Suzuki Baleno getting back to the Hindustan Ambassador what an interesting mix of classic and new l do like the dash board and the wood rimmed steering wheel and those seats front and rear so nice and of course the quarter windows (lights) l have them in my 1997 Toyota Hilux they are a touch of class also the lack of black plastic that looks so good and rear leaf springs so simple also the Hindustan Ambassador was around until 2014 and are still driving around India as Taxis just goes to show you how well built they are

[@michaelmccann4706]

Hi Steph, Ambassador is cool, thanks for reviewing it.

[@dharmarajanmadathiparambil5381]

Body from Oxford car, engine from Mersedes, German , use for power generator, after second world war. I saw a Oxford car in Cyprus, but width was little less.

[@simonc858]

Fabulous car! My parents neighbour had one and I actually had a ride in the back once! Sadly it rotted away. Happy Sunday.

[@razwimk6671]

My uncle is his younger ages used to go to chennai and picks up 4-5 cars from the HM dealer and drives back home and with his friends and sell it here in kerala. At that time he also sourced a lot of grt cars too. Like old fiats, benz etc. He is a great collector at heart too. He has this vintage shop. He keep a lot of old vintage radios, vcrs and vinyl player. Really cool person btw.

[@TomSmyth-j2k]

Great video, thank you

[@RogerWhittle-z3w]

Love your reviews, and this one was great. I remember the original Oxford, which was a far better car than its successor. I have wanted one of these for a long time and want one even more now. Thank you so much

[@wilburytwist6683]

Thanks for this. Its a bit of a different one ! The dashboard reminded me of my Vanden Plas Princess. I had the 1300 but the style looks identical if maybe a bit larger. The switch panel was in the same place. The chrome cup holders in the glove box lid are similar too. The towbar welded to the bumper worries me though ! 😱

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

If you look closely there is a bar going forward under the boot...that does the majority of the strain carrying while towing.