Advertising Last completed movie pages 1975 Austin 1800 [ADO71] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2006-04-23 19:10 |
La bleue. |
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◊ 2006-04-23 19:31 |
Austin Princess? |
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◊ 2006-04-23 20:03 |
Or was Princess the make? |
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◊ 2006-04-23 20:10 |
Leyland Princess |
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◊ 2006-04-23 20:27 |
Source: Auto-Journal Salon 1976. Marque: Princess. Modèle: 2200 HL, sans le toit vinyl en option (on appelait ce toit vinyl le "cache-rouille...  ). Autre surnom allemand de cette Princess: Edelrost Stahlfrei...  |
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◊ 2006-04-23 20:54 |
En France, c'est bien possible, mais en Angleterre il me semblait que c'était sous la marque Austin  -- Last edit: 2006-04-23 21:56:27 |
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◊ 2006-04-23 21:25 |
Its either Austin Princess or Leyland Princess. Model year 1976. 'Princess' is not the makers name. This is similar to the other Sweeney car....http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_30410-Princess-1800-ADO71-1975.html -- Last edit: 2006-04-23 21:29:26 |
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◊ 2006-04-24 00:08 |
The trapezoidal headlights define it as either the Austin Princess 1800, 1800HL, or 2200HL from 1975 or the Princess 2200HL or 2200HLS (1975-82). The six cylinder (2200) versions had vinyl covering on the roof and the C-column, the 1800HL on the C-column only. The entry level model Austin Princess 1800 came without any vinyl. |
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◊ 2006-05-26 17:56 |
Although everyone refers to this car as an Austin Princess, technically it was a Leyland Princess. See this wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_Princess |
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◊ 2006-05-26 18:16 |
The grill looks more the one of the Austin on the Wikipedia page... However, there was also a model with "Pricess" instead of Austin/Morris, so we could suppose that at some time it was used as make: http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3668/leyland772fr.jpg |
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◊ 2007-01-13 15:58 |
Not strictly a Princess at all as this is one of the now very rare 18-22 Series cars, in this case an Austin 1800 basic model, manufactured by British Leyland, soon to be renamed Leyland Cars. You can identify this as one of the pre 'Princess' cars by its lack of badging on the rear c pillars, bonnet, plus the lack of chrome trim on the sills. There were two levels of trim available initially - basic (though obviously never badged as such) and High Line (HL) and this one is clearly a basic model, distinguished by its lack of bright trim on bodywork, no vinyl covered rear quarter panels and wheels without alloy trims. The model range, as originally launched in March 1975 to replace the Landcrab, was initially described as the 18-22 series, rather than Princess and was manufactured by British Leyland, with Austin, Morris and Wolseley variants. Merely six months on, following the infamous Ryder report, the individual brands were dropped and confusingly a separate marque/model; Princess was established. From then on all 2200's had the (previously Austin only) trapezoidal lights, whilst 1800's had the (previously Morris or Wolseley) twin headlights, though the 'humped' bonnet was dropped. The DVLA database suggests that there are fewer than 50 of these cars remaining of a c19000 production run. Compared to contemporary offerings from Ford and Vauxhall, these 'Wedges' were possibly underated and were certainly very brave in design terms, but poorly executed by BLMC. -- Last edit: 2007-01-21 15:11:41 |
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◊ 2007-07-30 09:07 |
The car was originally called the Austin / Morris / Wolseley 18–22 series. Later, it was given the name Princess, first used on the Austin Princess limousine of 1947 and being revived almost as a marque in its own right. The Leyland Princess is often referred to as the Austin Princess, but this name was not used in the home (UK) market. |
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◊ 2007-07-30 09:10 |
This film was shot in the UK, so if wikipedia is right about it not being sold with the name AUSTIN , it must be a Morris or a Wolseley or a Later Princess model. |
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◊ 2008-02-06 02:25 |
This is an Austin 1800 - in otherwords the Austin wedge saloon in base trim. As has been said before when these wedge shaped saloons were launched in 1975 they came in Austin. Morris and Wolseley variants. Both the Austin 1800 and Austin 2200 models had trapezoidal headlamps. All Morrises and Wolseleys had round lights and raised bonnets. Search this site under 'Morris 1800' to see the difference as there is a black wedge Morris listed too. This example is also in base rather than HL (High Line) trim - note the lack of vinyl on the rear quarter. Once the entire range was rebranded as Princess, all 1800 models had round lights and all 2200 models had trapezoidal lights. Also, all Princesses had features such as chrome strips along the sills and a crown symbol on the bonnet, which this Austin doesn't have. This needs to be moved from ''Austin Princess'' to ''Austin 1800''. There is another wedge shaped Austin 1800 from the 'Sweeney' listed under that heading. |
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